The Illusione of Excalibur No. 4 Limited Cigar of the Year 2022

No. 4 Limited Cigar of the Year 2022 – The Illusione of Excalibur

January 13, 2023

News, COTY 2022

Spearheaded by Justin Andrews, business development manager of Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG), we've seen the company continue its push into the craft space in recent years. Perhaps this became first apparent... Read More...

Illusione Allegria No. 6 Cigar of the Year 2022

No. 6 Cigar of the Year 2022 – Illusione Allegria

Jordan Guttormson

January 11, 2023

News, COTY 2022

Illusione's Allegria might have been the most quirky, unconventionally designed cigar in Illusione's portfolio had it not been preceded by the equally quirky OneOff cigar of 2018 (which also ranked among our To... Read More...

Smoke Night LIVE – Cavalcade of Stars

Eric Guttormson

August 23, 2022

Smoke Night Live

August 25th 2022 it's a special Thursday night edition of Smoke Night LIVE. Coming to you live from the Dochela Festival at Dojo Studios it's our annual extravaganza featuring several surprise guests from the c... Read More...

Dion Giolito Adds His Magic to STG’s Excalibur

Eric Guttormson

June 9, 2022

Press Releases

Dion Giolito of Illusione and Justin Andrews from STG are teaming up on a new cigar collaboration that will be released July 4th 2022. The Illusione of Excalibur, a limited-edition blend that marks the first Ex... Read More...

Smoke Night LIVE – Illusione’s Fred Rewey

Eric Guttormson

March 2, 2022

Smoke Night Live

Friday, March 4th, we catch up with Fred Rewey, who was recently named brand strategist for Illusione Cigars. Get all the details on Fred's new job and see what he plans to bring to the table for one of the mos... Read More...

89%Bit-O-Honey

PIV Robusto

Jordan Guttormson

February 25, 2022

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2022

In August of last year, at the PCA 2021 trade show in Las Vegas, Dion Giolito made a surprising announcement. He would be partnering with actor Jeremy Piven, crafting the PIV Robusto as the first cigar in The J... Read More...

Black Star Line to be Distributed by Illusione

Eric Guttormson

February 17, 2022

Press Releases

Aric Bey announced today that Dion Giolito and Illusione would be the new distributor of Black Star Line Cigars. Black Star Line Cigars which was launched in 2019 by Aric Bey have several popular cigars which a... Read More...

No. 9 Cigar of the Year 2021 – PIV Robusto

Jordan Guttormson

January 10, 2022

News, COTY 2021

Collaborations are not the norm for Dion Giolito and his Illusione Cigars brand, but the opportunity to work with actor and cigar aficionado Jeremy Piven was not one to be missed. Piven is best known for his ro... Read More...

Illusione Cigars – PCA 2021

Jordan Guttormson

August 12, 2021

PCA 2021

In the course of the eight years that Cigar Dojo has covered the IPCPR/PCA trade show, it seems that virtually every other year Illusione arrives sans cigars. Such was the case for PCA 2021, with the company di... Read More...

Amendola Family Cigar Co. Illusione Cigars distribution agreement

Amendola to be Distributed by Illusione Cigars

Jordan Guttormson

March 1, 2021

Press Releases

Amendola Family Cigar Co. today announced that the company's cigars will be distributed by Illusione Cigars throughout the U.S. and internationally. Amendola was founded in 2017 by Jeffrey Amendola after bec... Read More...

Flavor Odyssey – With Dion Giolito

Eric Guttormson

June 29, 2020

Flavor Odyssey

Wednesday, July 1st, Illusione's Dion Giolito joins Robby and Randy as they begin their journey into the Corojo wrapper. Not many folks know how to blend a Corojo wrapped cigar better than Dion so we will get h... Read More...

Illusione Epernay 10th Anniversary d'Aosta No. 4 Limited Edition Cigar of the Year 2019

No. 4 Limited Edition Cigar of the Year 2019 – Epernay 10th Anniversary d’Aosta

Jordan Guttormson

January 17, 2020

COTY 2019

It was in 2009 that Illusione Cigars first debuted the famed Epernay blend, being a milder spinoff of a 2008 limited-edition cigar known as ~eccj~. Ten years following, the brand is perhaps the most beloved sel... Read More...

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