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 […]
Next month, Davidoff will release the ninth installment of its annual limited edition Chinese Zodiac seres with the Davidoff Year of the Rat. As the name indicates, the cigar pays homage to the year 2020 which is the Year of the Rat on the Chinese calendar. The Davidoff Year of the Rat features an Ecuadorian […]
The cigar industry suffered another defeat in court when Judge Amit P Mehta of the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia ruled against Motion for Partial Summary Judgment filed by the cigar industry trade associations (Cigar Association of America, Cigar Rights of America, and the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association) to […]
Alec Bradley Cigar Company has announced the ninth installment of its Fine & Rare line. The 2019 installment will introduce the HOF / 506 line, which pays tribute to company founder Alan Rubin’s father David who passed away late in 2018. Fine & Rare made its debut in 2011. Each year it has been released […]
In the Spring of 2019, Crowned Heads announced the sixth installment of its Las Calaveras series. Las Calaveras is an annual limited edition release that first made its debut back in 2014. At the time Las Calaveras made its debut, it was significant because it marked the first time Crowned Heads would produce a cigar […]
Casey Haugen was our very first guest on Prime Time back in April 2017. Tonight, he makes his return to the Thursday Show. We’ll talk Crux Cigars. Some changes have been happening at Crux Cigars and we will get the low-down on what they are and what cigar enthusiasts can expect. In our Alec […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, HVC Cigars unveiled a cigar line called the HVC Edición Especial 2018. HVC Cigars is a company founded by Reinier Lorenzo in 2011. The name HVC stands for Havana City. It pays homage to Havana, Cuba where Lorenzo grew up in post-revolution Cuba. Over the past few years, while […]
Drew Estate has announced the Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve Barrel Fermented, a release previously sold exclusively to Pappy & Company will now also be available to Drew Diplomat (preferred) retailers. In addition, Drew Estate is adding a Flying Pig Vitola to the line and that is the one size that will sold exclusive to […]
Back in April 2019, La Aurora Cigars announced the fourth installment of its Time Capsule Series with the release of the La Aurora 1985 Maduro. The La Aurora cigar factory was founded in 1903 and it is the oldest factory in the Dominican Republic. La Aurora Cigars often commemorates milestones in the history of the […]
Royal Agio Cigars has announced it has commenced shipments of the Balmoral Añejo XO Oscuro Lancero FT Edición Limitada. This limited edition line extension to the Balmoral Añejo XO Oscuro was announced at Inter-Tabac 2019. The Balmoral Añejo XO Oscuro Lancero FT Edición Limitada is a 7 x 40 vitola. The cigars are presented in […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Caldwell Cigar Company introduced its third ongoing production under its Eastern Standard brand, the Eastern Standard Sungrown. As the name indicates the Eastern Standard Sungrown introduced a Sungrown wrapper offering into the line. In this case it’s a Habano wrapper. Caldwell Cigars has been known to do some […]
Effective today, La Palina Cigars has taken over distribution for Room101 Cigars. This past weekend, word of this announcement unofficially surfaced. The announcement was confirmed this morning in statements by both parties to Cigar Aficionado. Previously, Room101’s distribution was handled by Down & Back LLC, the company owned and operated by Robert Caldwell of Caldwell […]
