Review: Oliva Connecticut Reserve Exclusive Cigar Sponsor for the Mario Lemieux Golf Tournament

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June 22, 2012 (Miami, FL) — Oliva Cigar was the official cigar sponsor for the 15th Annual Mario Lemieux Celebrity Invitational held on June 13th and 14th at the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort outside Pittsburgh, PA. The proceeds from this annual event benefit the Mario Lemieux Foundation’s important work in cancer and neonatal research. Almost 200 [...]

Review: Oliva Connecticut Reserve F Lonsdale (Preproduction)

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As we have said all week, While chatting with Ian Hummel and Bryan Scholle of Oliva/Studio Tobac fame at the IPCPR Show in Las Vegas earlier in the year, it came to light that Bryan, who rolls cigars at Studio Tobac events, rolls quite a few different combinations of blends for attendees of said events. As part of my research, I [...]

IPCPR 2011: Oliva Cigar Co.

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Publicly, the biggest news regarding Oliva and the 2011 IPCPR was the court order that prevented former employee Sam Leccia from attending the trade show. Despite a fairly one-sided discussion on various online format, numbers don’t lie and Oliva wasn’t really worrying about a Miami courtroom. An Oliva employee was trying to explain just how [...]

Weekly News (June 13, 2011)

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  Editor’s Note: It was seemingly on track to be a much quieter week for cigar news (in quantity it still is), and then the never-ending saga between Oliva Cigar Co. and Sam Leccia decided to show itself again. The issue is over a non-compete clause, a somewhat common thing in this industry. Sam joins [...]

News: Oliva Connecticut Reserve Petite Corona & Tubos

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A while back (here, to be specific), I posted a host of information about the happenings of Oliva. Somewhere bigger news, Cain Daytona pricelist/sizes and others were a bit less important, some reposting of things that were only found on Oliva’s NUb Live forum. Most of what was posted has already gone into effect (Cain [...]

Weekly News (June 6, 2011)

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Editor’s Note: On Friday, the IPCPR sent out the much awaited “rules” for the bloggers. It was met with quite a host of criticisms, but in the end, I think it can only be viewed as a step in the right direction. There were a host of difficulties involved with trying to create a solution [...]

Weekly News (March 21, 2011)

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It’s been a busy week to say the least, and not just in cigar news. Tons of new news, including a few that came out from the middle of nowhere. Wednesday was a hectic day with one of the most confusing days in regards to cigar news. After the jump, other news about Pete Johnson, [...]

Weekly News (February 21, 2011)

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At the end of each Monday, I wonder what cigar news we could possibly have for next week, each week we seem to deliver. It’s Cuba’s most popular cigar week as the XIII Festival del Habano takes place, including the much-anticipated debuts of the Montecristo Gran Reserva and the Cohiba 1966; in addition, a few [...]