The Prime Time Awards are voted on by each of the three members of the Prime Time Podcasts. The awards look at the impact on the cigar industry. Today, we unveil our choice for 2020 Person of the Year. This award looks at the individual who for better or worse had the most significant contributions to the cigar […]
“The American Toro is one of the best examples I have seen of using FSG tobacco and one of the best cigars J.C. Newman Cigar Company has ever released. “ Wrapper Florida Sun Grown (Clermont, FL) Binder: Connecticut Broadleaf (South Windsor, CT) Filler: Pennsylvania Type 41 (Lancaster, PA) and Connecticut Habano (South Windsor, CT) Country […]
ACE Prime has announced it will be heading into the French market. The company has announced a partnership with Albana Tobacco, which will be the exclusive distributor of several ACE Prime brands in France. Albana Tobacco is owned by Charles Spriet, who also owns A La Civette du Palace Royal. Opened in 1716 and located […]
For Episode 170 on the Prime Time Show, Nick Melillo makes his return to our show. On this episode, we’ll catch up on a lot of the happenings with Nick and Foundation Cigar Company since we last talked to him. We’ll learn a little more about Nick in our “Live True” segment, and finally in […]
Each week, I have the opportunity to produce the news segment for KMA Talk Radio. On the Cigar Coop “blog,” we will now post replays of the shows the week following the date the show is aired. Last week the one and only Nick Perdomo of Perdomo Cigars was the featured guest. Catch the full […]
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 […]
Forged Cigar Company, the recently launched subsidiary under Scandinavian Cigar Group has announced it will be selling cigars from the El Rey del Mundo brand to its brick and mortar customers beginning in February. Previously, El Rey del Mundo was sold through JR Cigar and distributed through Santa Clara Cigars. El Rey del Mundo is […]
Arturo Fuente has announced it will keep prices the same for 99% of its entire production of cigars as it begins 2021. “The Fuente family has experienced and overcome major difficulties and tragedies during our 109 years in the premium cigar industry, and our long-standing principles and values dictate we must do our best to […]
Before you say this is a joke, it’s not. But we’ve also been told at times we need to lighten up at Cigar Coop – and this is going to be one of those times. Many of the personalities in the cigar industry spend many days a year on the road, and that involves air-travel. […]
Honest Abe returns to Prime Time for Episode 171. On this episode we talk with Abe on the 2021 Great Smoke. Virtual Insanity has gripped the cigar industry, but in the case of the 2021 Great Smoke, Abe is taking things where no cigar event has gone before. We’ll dive into the details on […]
On the last night of the Trump Administration being in office (January 19, 2021), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) released rules about Substantial Equivalence (SE) and Premarket Tobacco Product Application (PMTA). Regarding premium cigars, the FDA did not apply the rules at this time. This is the […]
Manifatture Sigaro Toscano (MST), the manufacturers of Toscano Cigars, has announced it is ending its distribution agreement with Miami Cigar and Company and will now distribute through MST’s subsidiary Parodi Holdings LLC, dba Avanti Cigar Company. The move is effective February 1, 2021. According to Manifatture Sigaro Toscano, Avanti Cigar Company’s sales and management […]
Over the past few weeks we have been ranking and looking at data on the performance of products released by cigar companies. One thing that we are adding this year is how do cigar companies rate in terms of the readership on Cigar Coop. This year, we rank the 25 “most-read” companies on Cigar Coop. […]
The AVO Classic Belicoso, a size that was last released back in 2005, is returning for a limited run. Davidoff has said one time production of 2,000 25-count boxes will be released in the United States in February. The Belicoso is in a 6 x 48 format. The blend is consistent with the other regular […]
