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Review: Davidoff Up Down 50th Anniversary

On November 1 and 2, 2012, Up Down Cigar in Chicago, Ill., held events to celebrate the store’s 50th anniversary. On hand to commemorate the milestone was famed Davidoff blender Henke Kelner, who not only attended, but who also ran a blending seminar for those who were present. In addition, the event was the release of [...]

Review: Davidoff Puro d’Oro Gordito (Prerelease)

Earlier this month, Davidoff announced it was nearing the eighth release of its Puro d’Oro line, the Gordito. The cigar begins shipping to retailers this week, meaning the 3 3/4 x 58 vitola will begin arriving in stores just before March.  Davidoff’s press release covered the basic details: Davidoff “Puro d’Oro” Gorditos: a new addition [...]

Review: Davidoff Golden Band Awards 2012

In mid-July, just a few short weeks before the 2012 IPCPR convention and trade show kicked off in Orlando, Davidoff announced a new addition to the festivities: the inaugural Golden Band Awards. From the website dedicated to the awards: The inaugural Davidoff Golden Band Award Show will honor those Appointed Merchants that truly embody the [...]

Review: Davidoff of London 25th Anniversary Series

On May 29, 2005, Davidoff of London, a British retailer, celebrated their 25th anniversary at Mosimann’s Resturant. At that same celebration, a new Davidoff blend was released to commemorate the occasion. Dubbed the Davidoff of London 25th Anniversary Series, it was meant to be as close as possible to the Cuban Davidoff No.2 blend, the cigar [...]

Review: Davidoff Belicoso Supremo Limited White Edition 2011

Released at the 2011 IPCPR trade show, the Davidoff LE 2011 made its way to retailers in late September 2011, joining another limited release from the company, the Davidoff 100 Years Geneva, which commemorated the 100th anniversary of Zino Davidoff’s parents’ arrival in to Switzerland, where they opened up a tobacco shop a year later. [...]

Review: Davidoff No.1

In August of 1989, one of the most expensive, yet least destructive fires in history took place. Zino Davidoff, founder of Davidoff, allegedly burned upwards of 130,000 Cuban Davidoffs in the infamous Davidoff bonfire that marked the end of white label in Havana. By 1991, after years of frustration over poor quality, Cuban Davidoffs were no [...]

Review: Davidoff OVTC 35th

For those of you that don’t know… In April of 2006, the Old Virginia Tobacco Co. celebrated its 35th Anniversary with a huge party that had many of the top cigar makers at the time in attendance. Some of the cigar makers decided to produce specific sizes or blends to mark the occasion, and the [...]

Review: Davidoff 100 Years Geneva Robusto (Prerelease)

For those of you that don’t know… In 2006, Davidoff released a three cigars created in honor of (what would have been) Zino Davidoff’s 100th birthday. All three cigars were the same blend, but in very different vitolas: a Robusto (5 x 50), a Diademas Finas (6 3/4 X 50) and a Davidoff Diademas (9 [...]

Review: Davidoff Classic No. 1

I’ve made it no secret that I’m a fan of Davidoff. Lanceros? I like those too. Perhaps my favorite Davidoff of all time? The Classic No. 2. Easily one of the best cigars featured on the site and in the market. Davidoff makes four cigars as part of the “Classic” series, a No. 1, the [...]

Review: Davidoff Dom Perignon

For those of you that don’t know… Ask any cigar smoker that has been enjoying this hobby for a while a cigar they want to smoke before they die, and the odds are the Davidoff Dom Perignon will be fairly close to the top of the list… A brand (much like Dunhill) that has grown [...]