General Cigar Company has announced the Macanudo Gold Label is making its annual return. For 2023, the series will include a new 4 1/2 x 60 limited edition Gold Nugget size as a part of the collection. Originally released in 2002, the Macanudo Gold Label gets its name from its golden brown wrapper. The wrapper […]
For those who have a “Dad Bod,” meaning the physique of adult males who prefer to drink from a six-pack instead of spending countless hours at the gym obsessing over their abs; Punch has the cigar for you, the Punch Dad Bod. The Punch Dad Bod is a limited edition cigar that comes packaged in […]
“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 […]
Forged Cigar Company has a new release under its La Gloria Cubana brand known as Corojo de Oro. It’s a cigar named for the proprietary hybrid varietal tobacco it uses – Corojo de Oro. The Corojo de Oro varietal was created by crossing two Cuban-seed tobaccos, Corojo 97-98 and the rare Pelo de Oro. The […]
The question of where some of the former brain trust of Alec Bradley would land have has been answered. Today Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has announced that Alec Rubin, Bradley Rubin, and Jonathan Lipson, formerly of the Alec Bradley marketing team, will join the STG North American Branded marketing organization. In the new role, the […]
If you go back to the days when Tim Ozgener was at the helm of the CAO brand, there was a series of cigars that were (unofficially) called the “X2” series. Each of these cigars incorporated a blend that included two components of a particular tobacco. There was CX2 (Cameroon wrapper and binder), MX2 (Maduro […]
General Cigar has announced the first full-time addition to the Cohiba portfolio since 2020 with the Cohiba Riviera. This is a six-region blend that will also mark a couple of firsts for the Cohiba brand: Cohiba Riviera is the first Mexican wrapped and first box-pressed offering in the brand. The name Riviera comes from the […]
Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has announced it has added a Toro and Torpedo size to its Diesel Disciple line. The two new sizes join the lancero vitola that is currently available. Diesel Disciple first made its debut in 2021 as a part of the 2021 Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) Exclusive Series in a 7 […]
Each Saturday morning, I have the opportunity to co-host KMA Talk Radio with Abe Dababneh, Alex Tavella, and Paul DeGrocco. I also produce the cigar news segment for the show. Our format is free-form, where we talk cigars and other newsworthy topics. The following is Episode 489 which aired on March 4, 2023. On this […]
Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
