halfwheel

IPCPR 2012: Oliva

For the first time in five years, Oliva added a new eponymous regular production line; it just wasn’t readily available on the floor of IPCPR. Outside of that, it was another year of small changes for the company which also has Cain and NUb to round out its portfolio; and it was another year of [...]

Review: Cain F (Prerelease)

At the 2009 IPCPR show Oliva released Cain, the second of their two new age lines following NUb’s release in 2008. Sam Leccia was pegged to serve as the face of both brands, which were a departure from the family’s core lines. In exchange for bringing in the regular Cain Habano and Maduro lines, retailers [...]

News: Oliva Announces Price Increase

Oliva Cigar Company has informed retailers that a price increase will take effect February 1, 2012, on all premium cigars, which includes the NUb and Cain brands under the STUDIO TOBAC banner. This is the second year in a row Oliva has raised prices on February 1. Last year they announced a 5% price increase [...]

Review: Cain Daytona Maduro 646 (Preproduction)

Here we are at day four of the Oliva/Studio Tobac test blend week and I must say it’s been really fun trying out these cigars with the different wrappers; it really gives you insight on what really makes a certain blend work and possibly what could make it work better. Today we are looking at [...]

Review: Cain Daytona Lancero (Prerelease)

For those of you that don’t know… As you may or may not know, I am a sucker for a good background story on a cigar, and the Cain Daytona Lancero is one of the best I have heard in a while. While at the IPCPR show in Vegas last month, I got a Tweet [...]

IPCPR 2011: Oliva Cigar Co.

Publicly, the biggest news regarding Oliva and the 2011 IPCPR was the court order that prevented former employee Sam Leccia from attending the trade show. Despite a fairly one-sided discussion on various online format, numbers don’t lie and Oliva wasn’t really worrying about a Miami courtroom. An Oliva employee was trying to explain just how [...]

Review: Cain FF

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 Studio Tobac tour, the Cain FF Torpedo! A few weeks back I decided I was going to review one cigar each week from the Studio Tobac Tour Sampler and as [...]

News: Oliva Connecticut Reserve Petite Corona & Tubos

A while back (here, to be specific), I posted a host of information about the happenings of Oliva. Somewhere bigger news, Cain Daytona pricelist/sizes and others were a bit less important, some reposting of things that were only found on Oliva’s NUb Live forum. Most of what was posted has already gone into effect (Cain [...]

First Look: Studio Tobac Limited Edition Sampler

Oliva’s Studio Tobac World Tour kicks off today and we might have gotten a sneak peak of the Studio Tobac Limited Edition Sampler. If you are around Tampa Humidor today, stop by and ask Ian Hummel why his iPhone can’t run Flash.

Weekly News (February 28, 2011)

And cigar news… (Going to have to find a way to keep the intros interesting, which might be difficult.) This past week was dominated by the XIII Festival del Habano in Cuba and all of the events that make-up what is perhaps the most interesting cigar festival. Outside of Havana, there was still quite a [...]