Weekly News (January 31, 2011)

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Can he do it? Will he do it…? Yepp, another week, another Viaje LE announcement. Nope, I’m not kidding. It marks the seventh sixth (I really thought there were seven) announcement of a new Viaje product this month joining the: Exclusivo Chiquito, Exclusivo Shorts, WLP, Late Harvest and Trifecta. The stick? You’re going to have [...]

Ten Questions for 2011

Screw top ten lists… Okay, maybe not. My list will be out at some point for all four of you that care, but in the mean time, the important one. Without a doubt, 2010 has been an interesting time for cigars and 2011 has the potential to be even more interesting. Disclaimers: These aren’t in [...]

Weekly News (November 1, 2010)

Hope everyone enjoyed their Halloween weekends. Instead of candy, I had Padrón weekend. The annual release of the Oliva Serie V Maduro hit stores this past week. The Rocky Patel Valedor which is a B&M only stick that was made for the NRA also hit stores. A special Opus X Scorpion was released at Casa [...]

Weekly News (October 11, 2010)

A pretty impressive cigar auction will be taking place in London at the end of November, items include items from Hemingway and a Fidel Castro humidor. Speaking of Cuba, the Havana Times had a look at the Cohiba Cigar factory. Habanos S.A. launched the H.Upmann Noellas Glass Jar. Outside of that forbidden island, it’s been [...]

Press Release: Scandinavian Tobacco & Swedish Match Merger

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Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S is now the world’s second largest cigar company After having received the necessary approvals from the relevant competition authorities, Skandinavisk Holding A/S and Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S on 1 October 2010 closed the transaction with Swedish Match AB which creates the world’s second largest cigar company and an even stronger world [...]

Weekly News (October 4, 2010)

This past week has been nothing but crazy. Only a few hours after posting the news for the week of September 28th, Dion Giolito of Illusione dropped a bomb: the Nosotros partnership with Drew Estate is over. Pete Johnson launched his new website and gave details on the newest edition of the Monster Series, The [...]

Weekly News (September 27, 2010)

The fight over the proposed park and beach ban in New York City continued, the IPCPR issued its own statement here. In addition, the loophole that has allowed many cigarette makers to reclassify their product as “small cigars” is drawing scrutiny. More news after the jump. Another hurdle in the merger between Scandinavian Tobacco and [...]