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News: STUDIO TOBAC 2013 World Tour Sampler Comes to Light

The third iteration of Oliva’s STUDIO TOBAC event sampler is here. Yesterday, multiple Oliva executives posted pictures of the STUDIO TOBAC 2013 World Tour Sampler. National Sales Manger Ian Hummel posted the following photograph on Twitter: Cain Daytona NUb 460 Cain F 550 STUDIO TOBAC CTP-013 Toro Padilla/STUDIO TOBAC Figurado STUDIO TOBAC SGP-013 Toro Cain [...]

News: Cain F Lancero Shipping This Week

The scheduled late 2012 batch of Cain F Lancero Tubos is shipping to retailers this week. It’s the third formal shipment of the cigar, following the January and July 2012 shipments, which were actually one large batch. Once again, packaging delays with the tubes are listed as the culprit for the delay, but Oliva says [...]

Weekly News (July 23, 2012)

Editor’s Note: A few weeks ago I said the 2012 Cigar Releases List would sit at 750 before IPCPR. With a bit over a week before the start of the show, the list has 751 entries. And it’s just getting started. Litto Gomez Outlines La Flor’s IPCPR Releases — Details here. Camacho Ships Liberty Series [...]

News: STUDIO TOBAC Ships 2,000 Boxes of Cain F Lancero

STUDIO TOBAC is shipping an additional shipment of 2,000 boxes of the limited Cain F Lancero to retailers. The shipment is actually from the initial batch of cigars that shipped in January after months of delays because of the tubos. Ultimately, the January shipment was only a partial shipment as Oliva was still waiting on additional tubos. [...]

Weekly News (January 22, 2012)

Editor’s Note: It was the week of price increases. Rising energy cost and a new standard of living increase in Nicaragua were the blame for the majority of the price increases announced this past week. While no increase was that drastic, the common theme might seem a bit alarming. Anyone that thinks this will be [...]

Redux: Cain F Lancero

For those of you that don’t know… Back in December of 2010, I first reviewed the (then preproduction) Cain F Lancero. This is what I said over a year ago about this cigar: The interesting thing to me is how much in common, yet unlike the other Cain Fs this Lancero blend is. I always [...]

News: Oliva Ships Cain F Lancero Tubos

Earlier this week, Oliva indicated that the Cain F Lancero, a cigar that first debuted over a year, was finally shipping. While the cigar has been offered as part of STUDIO TOBAC event samplers and the STUDIO TOBAC Lancero Exclusive Collection, the much-anticipated ten-count box has been delayed because of production delays with the Tubos. [...]

Editorial: Ten Questions for 2012

Last year, I published an article entitled Ten Questions for 2011. The concept was simple, what were a few of the topics to watch for in the upcoming year. With the notable exception of E.P. Carrillo’s crazy year, I’d like to think that we covered most of the major topics of 2011. With another year [...]

Weekly News (December 5, 2011)

Editor’s Note: December has arrived, and it is quite obvious. There’s not a whole lot of public news, but projects are beginning to come together for the upcoming year. There’s not a tremendous amount of news, and I suspect that will continue through early next year. A few things ship this week and next week [...]

Weekly News (November 14, 2011)

Editor’s Note: Dare I say it, but the 2011 List is actually almost updated. You’ll notice the list is not in perfect form right now, but it is updated, a lot. There are a few manufacturers I’m still confirming things with, but the vast majority of the list is up to date, including new entries. [...]