White Hat Cigars has hired Todd Vance as Vice President of Sales and Erica Arroyo as Director of Marketing and Social Media. Both were most recently with Cornelius & Anthony Cigars. “We are incredibly excited to add two friends and industry pros that will add significant value to our growing operation. We are creating a […]
The first of La Flor Dominicana’s releases as a part of the 2019 Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) Exclusive Series will soon be available. Today the company announced the La Flor Dominicana TAA 50th Segunda Edición Natural will be heading to retailers this week. The La Flor Dominicana TAA 50th Segunda Edición Natural is based […]
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 re-scoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
Concerto Cigars has announced it will be partnering with Tabacalera G. Kafie y Cia to produce the RTB Cigar line – a brand named company owner Ronald Thomas Brown. Concerto Cigars launched in 2015. The cigar landed a footprint in the Southeast U.S. in the Charlotte, North Carolina region where Brown is based. The line was […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, the Oliva Serie V Maduro, previously an annual limited edition line, will make its debut as a regular production offering. News of the release was reported this past Friday by Cigar Aficionado. The Oliva Serie V Maduro made its debut in 2008. Since then, the series has showcased different […]
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 […]
If you are keeping track of the percentage of the states to raise the tobacco purchase age to 21, it is now 28%. On Friday, May 17th the State of Vermont became the 14th State in the U.S. to raise the tobacco age to 21. A bill which was passed in the Maryland legislature was […]
For Episode 95, the Prime Time Show is back in Orlando, Florida. We’re thrilled to do our Drew Estate Florida Barn Smoker Pre-Game Show for 2019! We will have the one and only Jeff Borysiewicz as our special guest. We’ll give you everything you need to know about this event and Florida Sun Grown Tobacco […]
Over the past few years, cigars produced in Costa Rica have performed extremely well on Cigar Coop as evidenced by the performance ratings over the years. When the opportunity presented itself to visit the Tabacos de Costa Rica factory located in Costa Rica, I was quite intrigued to find out why these cigars were consistently […]
Davidoff has announced the nominees for its 2019 Golden Band Awards. The awards will officially be given out in Las Vegas during the time the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show is taking place. For 2019, Davidoff will hold a celebration on June 30th for the winners at a venue to be announced. The celebration […]
Crux Cigars long-awaited San Andres Maduro is now hitting the stores. Today, the company announced the release of its latest production line, the Crux Epicure Maduro. The Crux Epicure Maduro was actually announced last year as the Crux Epicure Galant. Since the announcement, the company has rebranded the cigar as Crux Epicure Maduro. It’s […]
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 re-scoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
