At the end of this month, Altadis USA will release a special limited edition offshoot under its H. Upmann by AJ Fernandez. The cigar is called H. Upmann Nicaragua by AJ Fernandez Finca La Lilia 2009. While it features the same components as the regular production H. Upmann Nicaragua by AJ Fernandez line, Finca La […]
At Inter-Tabac 2019 came word of Royal Agio Cigars relating its Balmoral Añejo XO Oscuro Lancero FT Edición Limitada. Today the company officially announced this cigar will be offered in the U.S. market. The Balmoral Añejo XO Oscuro Lancero FT Edición Limitada consists of a sun-grown, stalk-cut Mexican San Andrés wrapper, a Dominican Olor binder, […]
The CroMagnon EMH Don Bosco is a limited production cigar that comes from RoMa Craft Tobac. It’s a cigar that was released for Virginia-based retailer Old Virginia Tobacco Company. It’s an off-shoot of the company’s CroMagnon blend, but utilizes a barber-pole style wrapper of Candela and Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper. The name Don Bosco refers to […]
On September 16, 2019, there came shocking news to many in the cigar industry that Royal Agio Cigars was being acquired by tobacco giant Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG). As we typically do on Cigar Coop, we will here offer analysis on what this news could mean for both parties as well as cigar enthusiasts. Why […]
The Cigar Industry Report is a one-stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop. It is a combination of the news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. In addition, each week we will look back at Cigar Coop history. Look for this report every Saturday morning at […]
Francisco Batista, the Master Blender of Royal Agio Cigars will be our special guest tonight on Prime Time. We’ll dive into the projects he has been up to over at Royal Agio. In our Alec Bradley Live True segment, Aaron and I will catch up on the end of the baseball season as the pennant […]
Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are rescoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
Two Drew Estate lounges will be the recipient of new limited production Liga Privada Unico Serie cigar. Today Drew Estate announced the release of the Liga Privada Unico Serie Pancetta. It’s a once a year exclusive cigar that will be exclusive to Wooden Indian Tobacco Shop in Havertown, PA and Barrister Cigars in Union, NJ. […]
Back in 2006, Davidoff celebrated what would have been the 100th birthday of company founder Zino Davidoff. To commemorate the occasion, there were three special cigars released: Diademas Finas (6 3/4 x 50), Robusto (5 x 50), and Diademas 100 (9 1/8 x 55). As we have seen in the past couple of years with […]
Espinosa Cigars is adding three Corona extensions to it Espinosa Crema, Espinosa Habano, Espinosa Laranja Reserva lines. Each of the cigars will be a classic 5 x 42 size. “We kept hearing from our consumers up in the northeast and our cigar connoisseurs, when are you going to release some corona sizes? Some wanted a […]
Alec Bradley Cigar Company has announced it is adding a fourth size to its Magic Toast line. The new size will be a 4 1/2 x 60 vitola known as “Chunk.” Prior to the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Alec Bradley announced it was releasing a “mystery” cigar at the show. That cigar turned out to […]
Francisco Batista, the Master Blender of Royal Agio Cigars will be our special guest tonight on Prime Time. We’ll dive into the projects he has been up to over at Royal Agio. In our Alec Bradley Live True segment, Aaron and I will catch up on the end of the baseball season as the pennant […]
