Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Royal Agio Cigars for a price of €210 million ($234.59 million). The deal was announced in September but needed to be approved by both Agio’s work councils and regulators. When the deal was announced, the price was listed at €210 million, though due … Read more
Balmoral Anejo XO Connecticut Petit Robusto FT received a 92 rating from Cigar Aficionado! This rating is another important testament to Balmoral’s desire to excite and inspire cigar lovers everywhere with unique and distinctive discoveries and supports all of the incredible retailer and consumer feedback Balmoral Anejo XO Connecticut received since its release at the … Read more
Halfwheel has rated the Liga Privada 10-Year Aniversario yesterday, and the score has been tallied with an amazing review and 91 score! Brooks Whittington of halfwheel notes in his review, ” The Liga Privada 10 Year Aniversario starts off with a bang immediately after being lit with both black pepper on the retrohale and spice on … Read more
Royal Agio Cigars announced that they will begin shipping a new limited edition: Balmoral Anejo XO Oscuro Lancero Flag Tail (FT) Edicion Limitada. The introduction will take place during Intertabac in Dortmund. For export markets only 400 individually numbered 10-count boxes are available. Other markets will receive a restricted number of boxes as well. The … Read more
Swisher and Drew Estate participated in the Intertabac 2019 exhibition on 20-22 September in Dortmund, Germany. Intertabac is the world’s largest trade fair for tobacco products and smoking accessories. It is an important annual meeting place for the international tobacco industry and is held in the Westfalen Exhibition Center. Below you will find some photos … Read more
Royal Agio Cigars participated in the Intertabac 2019 exhibition on 20-22 September in Dortmund, Germany. Intertabac is the world’s largest trade fair for tobacco products and smoking accessories. It is an important annual meeting place for the international tobacco industry and is held in the Westfalen Exhibition Center. Below you will find some photos taken … Read more
Booth builder Creathings and booth designer Square created a time lapse video of the Swisher and Drew Estate booth, from setting up to the end of the show.
Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S, the Danish company listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen, has reached an agreement in principle with the shareholders of Royal Agio Cigars to acquire a 100% share in the Dutch family-owned business. The proposed acquisition is yet to be submitted for advice to the works councils and for approval by the competition authorities. … Read more
Blind Man’s Puff has recently published a review of the ACID 20 that was showcased at the 2019 IPCPR Trade show, and it earned an AMAZING 95 rating! A tremendous feat indeed. Alan from Blind Man’s Puff sums up his experience with the ACID 20, “ It does everything so well it’s hard to find a fault … Read more
Royal Agio Cigars announced that they will be introducing PASO DOBLE, the second cigar blend released under the collaboration-based Balmoral Serie Signaturas (Signature Series). This follows the release of the Balmoral Serie Signaturas DUETO in 2018, a special collaboration blend with Ernesto Pérez-Carrillo. For this second release, Boris Wintermans joined forces with Litto Gomez to … Read more