Oliva Family of Cigars

Editor’s Note: Surreal is the word of the day. This week, the industry lost one of its brightest figures — Bert Gottfried of Oliva Family…

This will be the start of what is going to be a weekend full of statements celebrating the life of the iconic Bert Gottfried of…

In 2008, Oliva released the first incarnation of the Serie V Maduro Especial, which used a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper, to great critical acclaim. They followed…

While at the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show in Las Vegas last month, I got a Tweet from Ian Hummel, regional sales manager for Oliva and…

For those of you that don’t know… In March of 2011, the (Oliva) StudioTobac Executive Board approved a request from Padilla Cigars to produce a…

Today we will be taking a look at another cigar from the current Studio Tobac sampler that is making its way to consumers through the…

Earlier this week the chatter regarding Sam Leccia and the Oliva legal battle picked up. Earlier today, the tensions between Oliva and their former employee…

Today we will be taking a look at another cigar from the current Studio Tobac Sampler, the ST-DS001 (Studio Tobac Dark Side). I have made…

Today we will be taking a look at a special Studio Tobac cigar, the NUb San Andres Maduro. At the moment there are absolutely no…

I like the Serie V and I like Lanceros. Put the two together and we should get a real winner, right? Until last year’s arrival…

It has been a while (i.e. 9 months) since our last Redux Review (of the Coronado Maduro, smoked while I was in Mexico), and I…