Next week Forged Cigar Company will begin shipping the Partagas Valle Verde, a new regular production line that ships on July 1. It will debut as the first Partagas blend to feature a Mexican San Andrés wrapper. The name “Valle Verde” stems from an agricultural region in Mexico known as the “Green Valley” where the […]
Last year, Forged Cigar Company introduced the La Gloria Cubana Serie S, the first regular production Mexican-wrapped La Gloria Cubana. This year, there will be a maduro counterpart for this line released, the La Gloria Cubana Serie S Maduro. The La Gloria Cubana Serie S Maduro features what is described as a Mexican San Andres […]
Next month, Forged Cigar Company will release its latest line under its El Rey del Mundo brand, the El Rey de Mundo Shade Grown. This will feature two regular production sizes plus a limited edition vitola. El Rey del Mundo Shade Grown is highlighted by a Honduran-grown Connecticut Shade wrapper, a first for the brand. […]
“We tease him a lot because we got him on the spot”. Tonight, its Welcome Back Justin – Justin Andrews of Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG). This is the second of two shows around our 6 year anniversary! There is plenty to talk about with Justin on the happenings of brands of both General Cigar and […]
Over the past few years, the several brands of Scandinavian Tobacco Group have been engaging in collaborations with various spirits companies, some involving utilizing barrel-aged tobacco. Such projects have come to the Diesel (Rabbit Hole Distilling), Cohiba (Weller), and even a Buffalo Trace branded line. In 2022, Macanudo became one of the STG brands which […]
It’s been a while since we visited the cigar version Mt. Rushmore, but tonight we once again journey to this iconic monument. This time we look at candidates from Alec Bradley. A new era is coming to Alec Bradley as Scandinavian Tobacco Group has acquired the company and the brands that go along with it. […]
Forged Cigar Company is releasing a new regular production line under the Bolivar brand called Gran Republica. The Bolivar brand pays homage to Simon Bolivar, who led the liberation of many countries in South America. The Gran Republica blend features an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper over a Brazilian Arapiraca binder and fillers from Colombia, Brazil, and […]
Scandinavian Tobacco Group has announced several personnel moves in its General Cigar and Forged Cigar Company field sales organizations. These include incorporating former Alec Bradley sales representatives into the business units, and some new senior leadership positions. In a press release announcing the changes, Gene Richter, Vice President of Sales for STG North America said, […]
Editor’s Note: This is the edited YouTube video of our live Roundtable from Facebook. The Smoking Syndicate Roundtable is back!!! Tonight the Coalition tackles the Macanudo Flint Knoll Churchill. Flint Knoll is a winery that is located in the Napa Valley.The release features a proprietary Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper that was grown exclusively for Macanudo. This […]
The Smoking Syndicate Roundtable is back!!! Tonight the Coalition tackles the Macanudo Flint Knoll Churchill. Flint Knoll is a winery that is located in the Napa Valley.The release features a proprietary Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper that was grown exclusively for Macanudo. This leaf is aged in French Oak barrels that were used to age Flint Knoll’s […]
