Weekly News (February 21, 2011)
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…
Weekly News (February 14, 2011)
The Tatuaje CMF5 was announced. The newest limited edition to honor a retailer’s anniversary, this time Fresno, CA’s Cigars Más Fino. It’s a closed foot…
Review: Viaje White Label Project (OR)
Today we will be taking a look at a Viaje small batch production, the Viaje White Label Project. At this point no one is unfamiliar…
Weekly News (January 31, 2011)
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…
Viaje WLP (White Label Project) Announced
Earlier this week, we broke the story that Viaje was releasing a special new release, the White Label Project (WLP) – within a few days,…
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.
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…
Viaje Platino Samurai (Prerelease)
In 2009, Viaje started the tradition of allowing two different retailers to choose a vitola of one of their two core line of cigars, the…
Weekly News (December 20, 2010)
Hmm… the news. On Wednesday, I broke some news regarding the second (and unreleased) batch of Nosotros, or Nosotros “seconds” as some like to refer…
Viaje Holiday Blend 2010 Petit Robusto
For those of you that don’t know, in December 2009, Viaje released another of its small batch cigars, the Holiday Blend. It was a 5…
Weekly News (December 6, 2010)
The impressive C. Gars Ltd Auction finished, with 85% of the lots selling. The ten highest selling lots: Lot 141 Fidel Castro Presidencia Humidor by…
