STG acquires Royal Agio
STG acquires Royal Agio. In a deal that nobody saw coming, Scandinavian Tobacco Group acquires Royal Agio. The Danish tobacco mogul pays 210 million Euro for the 115-year-old Dutch family business. Royal Agio is best known in the premium cigar industry for their...
Blanco Cigars changes distributor in Germany
Blanco Cigars changes distributor in Germany. The American cigar company and their German distributor PasionPuro mutually agreed to part ways. PasionPuro will focus more on the other brands they distribute and the European warehousing for Mombacho. And Blanco cigars?...
Neya F8 Gringo Ligero Typhoon
Neya F8 Gringo Ligero Typhoon. Roberto P. Duran has been in tobacco all of his life, and so have his ancestors. The family roots in tobacco trace back to the 1920s in Cuba. The Robert P. Duran brand might not be one of the first brands that pop up when you speak to...
Certified Cigar Sommelier Scam
Certified Cigar Sommelier Scam. The other day, we read about a Cigar Sommelier Certificate and people proudly claim that they are now an official Cigar Sommelier. It’s by a company called The International Association of Cigar Sommeliers, founded by the Cuban Yamir...
Cumpay cigars drop in price in Switzerland.
Cumpay cigars drop in price in Switzerland. The distributor, Royal Cigar Company, can lower the prices on their selection of Cumpay cigars with an average of 9 percent. The price drop varies from 4 percent to 13 percent, depending on the vitola of the cigar. Maya...
De Sigarenman is expanding
De Sigarenman is expanding. The shop, which opened less than a year ago, will undergo serious reconstruction. The total floor space will more than triple to 50 square meters. Previously the shop acted more like a showroom for the cigars imported and distributed by De...
Exclusive Zone Lounge Bucharest opening
Exclusive Zone Lounge Bucharest opening. On September 25th, Exclusive Distributions, a premium cigar distributor in the Eastern European country of Romania, will be opening their first lounge: Exclusive Zone Lounge. The lounge is located at Paris Street no 59A,...
Charatan pipe tobacco available in Switzerland
Charatan pipe tobacco available in Switzerland. True, we are Ministry of Cigars and not Ministry of Pipes. But pipes and cigars sometimes cross over. And that’s the case for Charatan. Just like Drew Estate did for a while. Dunhill was known for the cigars and their...
Winston Churchill The Late Hour Robusto
Winston Churchill The Late Hour Robusto. When Davidoff acquired Camacho in 2008, they changed everything. They reblended the Camacho blends. They redesigned the packaging and the rings. And with that, they lost a lot of the Camacho fanbase. It took the brand years to...
First international shipment Casa Cuevas
First international shipment Casa Cuevas has left the Dominican Republic last Monday. So it should be at the country of destination when you read this. And that country is New Zealand. The only official importer and distributor for New World cigars, Canteros has...
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