Weekly News (January 24, 2011)

On Tuesday, we broke the news regarding the discontinuation of the AVO 787. La Sirena, Miami Cigar & Co.’s newest release, is in Miami at the warehouse, should be at retailers in a few days. In other news from Miami Cigar & Co., the La Aurora Corojo will be released at the 2011 IPCPR show. For anyone that was at the show this past year, you’ll know it was one of the cigars featured at the booth, however packaging and branding concerns led to a decision to relaunch and release the cigar in July. It will feature new packaging and banding, but the cigar itself will be the same. La Aurora also announced that the 1495 BME Sumo Short Robusto will be making it’s U.S. debut. The NUb-style cigar has been in the European markets since early fall, and Miami Cigar & Co. has now decided to bring the cigar to the U.S. market. It’s 4 x 58 and should be available in a few packaging options, including boxes of five. In other large ring gauge news, the Cain F NUb is also shipping this week, the post from when we originally broke the story now has price points for the two sizes. In other Oliva/Studio Tobac news, rumor has it the Studio Tobac tour will start on el niño diablo’s birthday.

Cain F Nub Becomes Regular Production

I’m not sure this is really “breaking” or even “news” because everyone knew this was coming, but sources are telling me that Oliva plans on…

La Sirena (Updated)

One of many announcements out of the IPCPR show from Miami Cigar & Co. was the La Sirena. A revival of an older brand, but…

Review: El Triunfador SODO

Today we will be taking a look at a recent limited store release from none other than Pete Johnson and Tatuaje, the El Triunfador SODO…

AVO 787 Discontinued/Relaunch at IPCPR 2011 (Exclusive)

Yesterday, Davidoff quietly stopped shipping the 787 and is now no longer taking orders. Edward Simon, brand manager of AVO, told me they will relaunch…

Review: Padrón L. J. Peretti 140th Anniversary

For those of you that don’t know, about two weeks ago, it came to my attention that Padrón had released a cigar that I was…

Fonseca No.4 (ER Benelux 2010)

Fonseca has just four cigars in its regular offering and this marks the first time the brand has gotten an Edición Regional offering. In true…

Weekly News (January 17, 2011)

StogieReview decided that it would become the place to break all news regarding cigar shops closing up. First, Walt White informed us that Demuth Tobacco…

State of the Brand: Tatuaje

It’s unlikely that there will be a day three installment of this one… but for now here is day two. Pete Johnson, owner of Tatuaje,…

State of the Brand: EO Brands/United Tobacco

It’s been a while since we heard from EO Brands, which was one of the hottest stories this summer, as the merger with Rocky Patel…

Review: Puro Express Bespoke Laguito No.5

Today we will be taking look at another cigar in our Custom Rolled Cubans series, the Puro Express Bespoke. It comes as no surprise that…