Room101 is going pink for its 13th anniversary. This year Matt Booth will unveil the Room101 13th Anniversary to commemorate the occasion – complete with pink boxes and pink bands. According to a report from Cigar Aficionado, cigar itself is 100% Nicaraguan puro produced by AJ Fernandez featuring tobaccos grown on Fernandez’s farms. The cigar […]
Cigar News: CAO BX3 Coming in July
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This July, CAO will unveil the CAO BX3. BX3 represents “three times the Brazilian tobaccos” with blends focusing on the tobaccos from the growing regions of Northeastern Brazil. The BX3 follows the CAO CX2, MX2, and LX2 releases. The BX3 features a Brazilian Mata Fina wrapper, Brazilian Arapiraca binder, and fillers from Brazil, Honduras, Mexico, […]
Cigar News: STG Acquires Room101 Cigars & Accessories and Brings Matt Booth on as Creative Director
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Today Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) announced it has acquired the Room101 cigar brand from Matt Booth and has retained Booth as creative director. The acquisition is limited to Room101 cigars and accessories and does not include any of Matt Booth’s other Room101 entities. In a press release Régis Broersma, president of STG’s North America […]
Cigar Review: Diesel Disciple 2021 TAA Exclusive
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Since 2018, the Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has participated in the annual Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) Exclusive Series of cigars. For the first three years, this cigar came from the CAO brand In 2021. Things would change as the Diesel brand from STG’s newly formed Forged Cigar Company would be given the opportunity to […]
Cigar News: Dion Giolito Teams Up with General for Illusione of Excalibur
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General Cigar Company has announced it is teaming up with Illusione Cigars’ Dion Giolito to roll out a collaboration under the Excalibur brand known as Illusione of Excalibur. It’s a cigar that Giolito blended with Justin Andrews, and it will also mark the first time an Excalibur is being produced in Nicaragua. In a press […]
Cigar News: La Gloria Cubana Serie S Announced
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Next month, La Gloria Cubana will introduce the La Gloria Cubana Serie S. It’s a regular production offering that will be the first regular production from La Gloria Cubana to feature a Mexican wrapper. In addition to the Mexican San Andres wrapper, the La Gloria Cubana Serie S will feature a Nicaraguan binder and a […]
Prime Time Episode 224: Five Year Anniversary Show w/ Special Guest Justin Andrews
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Tonight Prime Time celebrates its 5 year anniversary and we are bringing in Justin Andrews from Scandinavian Tobacco Group as our special guest. We will be talking trilogies, elixirs, and sunday gravy! Plus we will be talking cigars and a whole lot going with Diesel and more. Plus we will have our Cattle Baron Steak […]
Cigar News: Punch “The People’s Champ” Slated for June Release
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Next month General Cigar Company will unveil a limited edition cigar under its Punch brand known as “The People’s Champ. It’s a cigar General says was created from input from the Punch Brotherhood, an online group of Punch brand enthusiasts. According to General Cigar, the project started back in 2019. All aspects of the cigar […]
Cigar News: Forged Cigar Company Adds El Rey Del Mundo by AJ
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Forged Cigar Company has released its first limited edition cigar for El Rey del Mundo. It’s also the first time AJ Fernandez has worked on a blend for El Rey del Mundo. The cigar is appropriately titled El Rey Del Mundo by AJ. It’s a cigar that has already begun arriving at retailers. El Rey […]
Cigar Review: Punch Aniversario
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Anniversary milestone cigars have been a part of the cigar industry for many years. Some companies have been embraced these milestones and have frequently released cigars to commemorate the occasion. Others have been more selective of which anniversary milestones were released. In the case of Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG)’s associated brands, STG has been quite […]