The cigar industry trade associations (Cigar Association of America (CAA), Cigar Rights of America (CRA), and the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR) have officially filed an appeal in the lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Deeming Regulations. Most specifically, the crux of the lawsuit focuses around the implementation of warning […]
2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Trinidad brand, and XXI Festival del Habano saw the brand get some considerable focus. This year, Habanos SA announced it is adding three regular production vitolas under the Trinidad brand: Esmeralda, Media Luna, and Tropes. Trinidad Esmeralda introduces 53 x 145mm (53 x 5 7./10) Dinoras size into […]
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 […]
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 […]
At the XXI Festival del Habano, Habanos SA introduced a new line extension to its Punch brand called Short de Punch. It’s a new regular production offering that is positioned as a shorter, thicker cigar. Short de Punch measures 50 x 120mm (50 x 4 3/4). While there have been several Punch Edición Regional releases […]
Governor Ralph Northam of the Commonwealth of Virginia has signed into a law a bill that will raise the legal age to purchase tobacco products to age 21. Virginia joins Hawaii, California, New Jersey, Maine, Oregon, and Massachusetts as states where the tobacco purchase age is now 21. Based on the Virginia code, any laws passed during the […]
For Episode 85 of Prime Time, Zev Kaminetsky makes his debut. Zev’s the National Sales Director for Royal Agio Cigars and he will be in-studio as we talk about the noise Royal Agio Cigars is beginning to make. In our Debonaire Ideal, we will try to find the positives about air-travel, and in our Deliberation […]
The second gala night of the XXI Festival del Habano was held in Havana Cuba on February 21st, 2019. The brand in the spotlight for the evening was Hoyo de Monterrey, and the Festival used the evening to showcase the first Gran Reserva release in Hoyo de Monterrey’s history, the Hoyo de Monterrey Gran Reserva […]
In 2016, Habanos SA released a regional release to Great Britain under its Juan Lopez line known as the Juan Lopez Selección Superba Edicion Regional Gran Bretaña. Looking at the massive portfolio for Habanos SA, the Juan Lopez brand is one of the smaller ones. However over the years it has sustained a popular following […]
For Episode 85 of Prime Time Zev Kaminetsky makes his debut. Zev’s the National Sales Director for Royal Agio Cigars and he will be in-studio as we talk about the noise Royal Agio Cigars is beginning to make. In our Debonaire Ideal, we will try to find the positives about air-travel, and in our Deliberation […]
The first night of the XXI Festival de Habano paid homage to the 500th anniversary of Havana. On center stage that evening was Habanos S.A.’s San Cristobal de la Habana, the brand named for the city of Havana which was celebrating its 20th anniversary. On the gala evening, a special limited edition handcrafted humidor was […]
Who are those people who have “it”? Who are the ones that what they touch turns to gold and get the attention of everyone around them? We’re dubbing this “The Midas Touch” and tonight we will look at who in the cigar industry falls into that category, and some names that at one time were […]
