Owner Frederik Vandermarliere has announced he is restructuring his cigar brand properties under one umbrella known as Vandermarliere Cigar Family. Under the restructuring, J.Cortès will focus on machine-made production, and Oliva Cigars will focus on handmade production. The Vandermarliere family has been the owners of J.Cortès for 95 years. While J.Cortès has done some handmade […]
JR Cigars has announced the tenth installment of its 50th Anniversary Series. The Oliva Serie V Melanio JR 50th will introduce a rounded version of the famed Oliva Serie V Melanio blend for the first time in the U.S. market. Up until this point, all of the Melanio releases for the U.S. have been box-pressed. […]
Tonight we celebrate our 200th Episode of the Prime Time Show – and we welcome in the CEO of Oliva Cigar Company, Cory Bappert. Cory’s got an interesting journey as he moved into the CEO role for one of the iconic premium cigar brands in the industry and we’ll talk to him about that. Plus […]
Tonight we celebrate our 200th Episode of the Prime Time Show – and we welcome in the CEO of Oliva Cigar Company, Cory Bappert. Cory’s got an interesting journey as he moved into the CEO role for one of the iconic premium cigar brands in the industry and we’ll talk to him about that. Plus […]
One of the pillars of the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show is Oliva Cigar Company. Oliva is not known to do large numbers of releases. But 2021 is a little different as this year might have had the most new releases Oliva had brought to the trade show in recent memory. Even when Oliva […]
Oliva Cigar Company has purchased the trademarks for three well-known brands from the Reyes Family in Honduras. These brands are the Cuba Aliados, Puros Indios and Roly. Information on this deal was first reported by Cigar Aficionado. Reyes Family Cigars is currently run by Carlos Diez, the grandson of Rolando Reyes, Sr. While the brand […]
At the 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Oliva Cigar Company showcased a holiday collection in the form of an Advent calendar known as the Oliva Holiday Celebration. The Oliva Holiday Celebration consists of 25 cigars. Each day, a person can remove one of the “doors” on the top of the package to reveal […]
At the 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Oliva Cigar Company introduced three new sizes to its Serie V Melanio Maduro line. Joining the lineup for Oliva Serie V Melanio are the No. 4 (4 1/2 x 46), Toro (6 x 52) and a Double Toro (6 x 60). The new line extensions feature […]
It’s been nine years since Oliva Cigar Company introduced the Oliva Serie V Melanio. Throughout the nine years, it has been a staple in Oliva’s portfolio. At the same time, the Serie V has never had a traditional Toro size – until this year. The Oliva Serie V Melanio Toro is a 6 x 52 […]
At the 2021 PCA Trade Show in Las Vegas, Oliva Cigar Company will showcase a limited edition line extension to its Serie V line commemorating 135 years in the tobacco business – it’s called the Oliva Serie V 135th Anniversary Edición Limitada. Details of this story were first reported by Cigar Aficionado. The 135 years […]
