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Press Release: Room101 Namakubi Heads to Ecuador

March 7, 2013 (Tampa, Fla.) — Room101 is extending its popular Namakubi franchise with a bold and exciting new blend due out in early March 2013. The new Room101 Namakubi Ecuador is a fusion of wrapper and binder tobacco from a recent, highly rated Room101 release combined with the filler tobaccos of the original Namakubi [...]

News: Room101 Master Collection On the Way

A new line of cigars that is described as the most premium offering from Room101 to date is on the way. “This is the most premium Room101 offering to-date,” said Dylan Austin, Head of Marketing for Room101. “That includes the blend and the package, both being above and beyond what has ever been developed for the [...]

Review: Camacho Super Limitado

Back in March of 2011 the president of Camacho Cigars, Christian Eiroa, did an interview with Cigar Aficionado’s David Savona. During the interview Christian introduced a cigar he had been working on for awhile called the Camacho Super Limitado. The cigar was one of 24 blends he was working on that are going to be [...]

Press Release: Camacho Signs Partnership With the Legendary Mike Ditka

July 27, 2012 (Pinellas Park, FL) — Camacho, the world’s boldest cigar and a core brand in the Oettinger Davidoff Group portfolio, is pleased to announce a new partnership with legendary hall of fame football player and coach, Mike Ditka. Under this new partnership, the “Coach” and Camacho will develop a series of new cigar [...]

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 [...]

Press Release: Bold Honduran Smokes, New Convenient 4-Packs

April 16, 2012 (Pinellas Park, FL) — Camacho, the world’s best-known producer of bold Honduran smokes, has announced the release of new 4-pack assortments for its popular Corojo and Connecticut lines. Camacho Corojo, released in 2000, is the highest rated product in the Camacho portfolio and has been in Cigar Aficionado’s “Top 25” both in [...]

Press Release: Camacho Signs Three-Year Sponsorship with the Orange Bowl

December 12, 2011 (Pinellas Park, FL) — Davidoff of Geneva and the Orange Bowl Committee announced today a new 3-year agreement making Camacho Cigars a “Corporate Sponsor” of the Orange Bowl Festival, which includes the 2012, 2013 and 2014 Discover Orange Bowls and 2013 Discover BCS National Championship. The sponsorship includes a large presence at [...]

News: Changes at AVO, Griffin’s & Winston Churchill (Exclusive)

A few weeks ago news became public that Eddie Simon would be leaving his role as Brand Manager for AVO, Griffin’s and Winston Churchill. (Eddie Simon’s newest role is at this point, unannounced and he has not officially taken any new position at Davidoff.) Yesterday, Davidoff announced internally who would be taking over Simon’s former [...]

IPCPR 2011: Davidoff Group

There are a lot of new faces at Davidoff, a lot. Some are formal additions like Matt Booth and Dylan Austin, who moved Room 101 and Camacho into the maze that was the winner of the large booth award at the show. Others were additions like Jim Young, the new North American President of Davidoff [...]

IPCPR 2011: Room 101

After some high ratings from everyone’s favorite print publication earlier, the amount of people taking note of Room 101 has no doubt skyrocketed. I was fortunate enough to spend quite a bit of time with brand head Matt Booth, including a late night after party that included much of the brain trust and many that [...]