Back in February, Room 101 and Matt Booth announced they were releasing the latest in the company’s anniversary series of cigars. This year was special, as Room 101 is celebrating 15 years in the market. Certainly, it was not an easy feat given all the crazy headwinds any cigar brand faced over the last decade. Read more about Cigar Review: Room 101 15th Anniversary – Rated 97[…]
Matt Booth announces the launch of a limited-edition release called Room101 Red Rocket in collaboration with retail partner Sir Louis Cigars. Matt Booth said, “Hunter and Matt at Sir Louis Cigars embody the very essence of brand partner that we work best with. They have always afforded our brand the highest levels of attention and Read more about Cigar News: Room 101 Announces the Limited Edition “Red Rocket”[…]
Remember back in 2017, Matt Booth decided to retire from the cigar industry after his service to Davidoff was completed. Yea… That did not last long! Matt loves this business too much. In fact, he loves it so much he partnered with Robert Caldwell to produce what would be known as the Hit & Run. Read more about Cigar Review: Room 101 Hit & Run Redux Robusto – Rated 94[…]
The redux of Room101 Hit & Run will soon hit retail, with the new blend created by the dynamic duo of Matt Booth and Robert Caldwell shipping today. Matt Booth said, “I’m thrilled to bring another Room101 sub-brand back to life with this expression of Hit & Run. The brand was born of a collaborative Read more about Cigar News: ROOM 101 Hit & Run Redux Ships Today – March 1[…]
Today I offer the next set of candidates for the Stogie Press top cigar of 2023. As is the case every year, Stogie Press has three lists – one for large companies, one for medium companies and one for small companies. If you ask me how I decide the difference between large, medium, and small Read more about 2023 Cigar of the Year Candidates – Part 2[…]
For those that follow Room 101 and Matt Booth, you know that his Room 101 Cigar brand was acquired by General Cigar Co. in June of 2022. It took only 5 months after the Acquisition, for General to start shipping the 4th rendition of the Room 101 Farce known as the Farce Nicaragua. The blend Read more about Cigar Review: Room 101 Farce Nicaragua Toro – Rated 94[…]
Room101 originally released Daruma in 2012 as a follow up to Namakubi to reflect the authentic heartbeat of the Room101 cigar collection. Nearly a dozen years later, Daruma is back to begin a new chapter of perseverance and good fortune. For those of you who aren’t up on Japanese talismans, a Daruma is a small Read more about Cigar News: Room 101 Resurrects Revered Daruma Blend[…]
Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) announces today that the company has acquired the Room101 cigar brand from Matt Booth and has retained Booth as creative director. The acquisition is limited to Room101 cigars and accessories and does not include any of Matt Booth’s other Room101 entities. Régis Broersma, president of STG’s North America and Rest of Read more about Cigar News: Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) Acquired Room101 Cigar Brand from Matt Booth – Retained Booth as Creative Director[…]
Cherubs by Room 101 and Luxury Cigar Club is the first Limited Edition offering available in Luxury Cigar Clubs Exclusives product line.Produced at Joya De Nicaragua, these Cherubs are limited Edition Cigars which are associated with the Johnny Tobacconaut Story line.The Cherubs will be available at Luxury Cigar Club and its Preferred retail partners. Shipping Read more about Cigar News: Room 101 and Luxury Cigar Club Announce Cherubs[…]
The Luxury Cigar Club has teamed up with Matt Booth and Room 101 to create an exclusive cigar known as the Snake Shake. This is the second time that the two have worked together, the previous was the Stogie Press 90 rated Room 101 Johnny Tobacconaut which hit the market back in November of 2021. Read more about Cigar Review: Snake Shake by Room 101 and Luxury Cigar Club – Rated 89[…]
Back in 2015, Room101 Cigars debuted a new cigar with a quirky name – the Johnny Tobacconaut. It was a limited edition Nicaraguan puro made in Honduras. Now six years later, the team from Luxury Cigar Club reached out to Matt Booth, Room 101 Cigars owner, to bring back Johnny as a full production cigar Read more about Cigar Review: Room 101 Johnny Tobacconaut Chapter 1 Luxury Cigar Club Exclusive – Rated 90[…]
Pospiech has created a new cigar with a new collaboration. The Who Shot Ya is a 5 x 52 Torpedo cigar that is made with Room 101 Cigars. Only 5,000 cigars were produced. Mike Szczepankiewicz owner of Pospiech Cigars and Cigar Hustler stated: “Who Shot Ya is the second in our line of exclusive partnerships Read more about Cigar News: Pospiech Inc Announces New Cigar. Who Shot Ya[…]
At this years PCA Trade Show, Matt Booth and His Room 101 Cigars team were showcasing his latest anniversary cigar – the 12th Anniversary. The (6 x 52) toro is hand handcrafted at Tabacalera AJ Fernandez in Nicaragua. This is the same factory that produced the 10th Anniversary. Do not ask me about the 11th Read more about Cigar Review: Room 101 – 12th Anniversary Toro – Rated 96[…]
Washington, D.C. and Naples, Florida–based cigar distributor and négociant brand La Palina®, and Los Angeles-based cigar brand Room 101®, have joined forces and announced today, LOCK DOWN – their shared virtual consumer experience to support local brick and mortar tobacconists that will go into effective immediately. This is a program specifically created to support smoke Read more about Cigar News: LA PALINA® and ROOM 101® announce LOCK DOWN – Virtual Consumer and Brick & Mortar Support[…]