Earlier this week Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) announced the re-organization of its business into three business units, and plans to close three non-premium production facilities. Concurrently STG announced the completion of integrating Royal Agio Cigars into its business. The three business units of STG’s organizational structure include: North America Branded & RoW (Rest of World): […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Royal Agio Cigars unveiled the second installment of its Balmoral Serie Signaturas line with the Paso Doble. Balmoral is the premium cigar brand under Royal Agio Cigars and in particular, the Balmoral Serie Signaturas is a line the company created to collaborate with other leading cigar makers. The first […]
Royal Agio Cigars is now a part of Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG). Today STG has announced it has completed its acquisition of Royal Agio Cigars. On September 16, Scandinavian Tobacco Group announced its intent to acquire Royal Agio Cigars. The transaction was pending regulatory approvals which have now been completed. While many in the U.S. […]
In 2018, Royal Agio Cigars introduced a new value-priced brand known as San Pedro de Macorís. At the time this brand was introduced Royal Agio was expanding its premium handmade cigar footprint in the U.S. market. A year earlier, after a three year run of distribution in the U.S. by Drew Estate, Royal Agio Cigars […]
Royal Agio Cigars has announced it has commenced shipments of the Balmoral Añejo XO Oscuro Lancero FT Edición Limitada. This limited edition line extension to the Balmoral Añejo XO Oscuro was announced at Inter-Tabac 2019. The Balmoral Añejo XO Oscuro Lancero FT Edición Limitada is a 7 x 40 vitola. The cigars are presented in […]
For the past five years, Royal Agio Cigars has been positioning itself to expand its premium handmade cigar business in the U.S. market. After a three year run of distribution in the U.S. by Drew Estate, in 2017 Royal Agio Cigars would open its own U.S. headquarters. At the time this occurred, Royal Agio had […]
Royal Agio Cigars has announced it is shipping the Balmoral Serie Signaturas Paso Doble to retailers today. Paso Double is the second installment of the Balmoral Serie Signaturas series, a line used for Royal Agio to work on collaborations with prominent names in the cigar industry. Paso Doble was a collaboration where Royal Agio Cigars […]
At Inter-Tabac 2019 came word of Royal Agio Cigars relating its Balmoral Añejo XO Oscuro Lancero FT Edición Limitada. Today the company officially announced this cigar will be offered in the U.S. market. The Balmoral Añejo XO Oscuro Lancero FT Edición Limitada consists of a sun-grown, stalk-cut Mexican San Andrés wrapper, a Dominican Olor binder, […]
On September 16, 2019, there came shocking news to many in the cigar industry that Royal Agio Cigars was being acquired by tobacco giant Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG). As we typically do on Cigar Coop, we will here offer analysis on what this news could mean for both parties as well as cigar enthusiasts. Why […]
Francisco Batista, the Master Blender of Royal Agio Cigars will be our special guest tonight on Prime Time. We’ll dive into the projects he has been up to over at Royal Agio. In our Alec Bradley Live True segment, Aaron and I will catch up on the end of the baseball season as the pennant […]
