From Cigar Aficionado, Cigar of the Week, 11th August 2022: Tobacco leaves from Nicaragua, Honduras and Mexico come together brilliantly in this belicoso-style cigar made by Drew Estate. The Herrera Esteli Norteño Piramide Fino (5 by 50, $10.95) is a full-body smoke with some zippy notes of red pepper, along with the sweetness of chocolate. … Read more

In the July/August edition of Cigar Aficionado reviewed some of the smaller ring gauge sizes in our portfolio and loved what they smoked! Both the Herrera Esteli Habano Lancero and the Liga Privada No 9 Petit Corona scored high marks in the summer edition. We would like to first thank Cigar Aficionado for the review, … Read more

When I was in Las Vegas for the PCA2022, I made a video in which I talked with Brian Shapiro (Brand Ambassador Oliva Cigars) about the Oliva Serie V 135th Year Anniversary. Brian explains a bit more about the limited annual release in this video.   Transcript: Hi, I’m here with Brian Shapiro, Global Brand … Read more

Aliados, the legendary brand produced by Don Rolando Reyes in Honduras, will continue to add to its legacy dressed with a new look. Don Rolando, a legend in the world of premium cigars and a member of the Cigar Journal Hall of Fame operated hand-rolling factories in Havana, the Dominican Republic, Miami and Honduras. Like … Read more

The Belgian based VCF (Vandermarliere Cigar Family) acquired Wörmann & Scholle and Wörmann Cigars on July 1st. 2022. At the same time, VCF came to an agreement with Wolfertz GmbH to take over their activities as of January 1st 2023. The cigar business of VCF that is being handled by Kohlhase & Kopp, with brands … Read more

I recently attended the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) show in Las Vegas and I made a video about the Oliva Cigars booth. You will see the presentation of the Oliva Cigars Serie V Melanio, Oliva Cigars Serie V, NUB Cigars, Cain Cigars, Oliva Cigars Serie G, Oliva Cigars Serie O and Aliados Cigars. Transcript: Alright, … Read more

I saw an interesting article in the spring issue of Cigar Journal. Sixty cigars were blind tasted and it was good to see that Oliva was well represented in the list. Have a look at the video and you will see what I mean… Please click on the image below.      

I recently interviewed Brian Shapiro, Global Brand Ambassador at Oliva Cigars. Here are some of the topics we covered: Background of Brian Shapiro and Oliva Cigars Cigar boom in the 1990s First steps Oliva Cigars internationally NUB Cigars Getting to know Fred Vandermarliere Cigar of the Year 2014 Serie V Melanio Figurado J. Cortes acquires … Read more

Drew Estate has revealed the secret identity of the mystery cigar inside its latest Freestyle Live Event Pack … the all-new Nica Rustica Adobe, the second expression in Drew Estate’s value-priced Nica Rustica line. Nica Rustica Adobe’s introduction happened during the “Freestyle Live: Special Edition” broadcast, which aired on the company’s Facebook Live page and … Read more

When Oliva Cigars renovated its Nicaraguan Tabacalera Oliva S.A. factory in 2019—casually referred to as Tabolisa I—the company set out to improve quality control, working conditions and productivity. Three years later, Oliva looks back on this achievement by creating a box of cigars modeled after the factory itself. Called Tabolisa Uno, the replica boxes contain … Read more