We’ve seen it many times, a small cigar company launches. The company expands and maps out a roadmap of growth. However sooner or later comes the day where that company reaches a cross road and has to figure out where it wants to go. Does it continue to grow? Does it get acquired? Or does […]
A second Davidoff Florida Sun Grown tobacco release has arrived at Davidoff’s Flagship Tampa store. Today the company announced the new Davidoff Exclusive Tampa Florida Sun Grown – a cigar that will be a shop exclusive to the Davidoff of Geneva since 1911 Tampa store. Davidoff of Geneva since 1911 Tampa is a Davidoff Flagship […]
It took a little longer than planned, but early in 2017 Cornelius & Anthony got a widespread release of its Meridian cigar into market. Meridian was a cigar that originally was showcased by Cornelius & Anthony at the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show. This was a cigar that was being produced by PDR Cigars for Cornelius & […]
The Jas Sum Kral Zlatno Sonce is a Connecticut Shade offering by Jas Sum Kral (JSK) cigars. The company was founded by cigar enthusiast Riste Riatevski. After being disappointed with many cigars on the market, Riatevski set out to create his own cigar that would satisfy him. That cigar turned out to be a Habano offering known […]
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 providing a score for a first time. It might be a blend we […]
Island Lifestyle Importers is introducing a new line of Tommy Bahama branded cigar accessories. The new Tommy Bahama “Cigar Club” series will begin shipping next week. The series will consist of a desktop humidor, folding ashtray, table-top plunge cutter, crystal ashtray, table-top quad torch lighter, dual torch pocket lighter, cigar cutter and the 610 travel […]
Island Lifestyle Importers has announced that it will bring three sizes of its Aged Reserve line of cigars into national distribution. Plans are for the company to introduce Robusto (5 x 54), Churchill (7 x 54), and Gordo (6 x 60) sizes to the company’s Aged Reserve Connecticut, Sungrown, and Maduro lines. The new sizes are expected […]
For Episode 7 of the Prime Time Show. we welcome our special guest, the one and only Enrique Sanchez Icaza, the founder and CEO of Global Premium Cigars – makers of the 1502 brand! It will be fun show to relax and enjoy. We will catch up on what’s been happening with 1502. In our […]
Mike Bellody’s MLB Cigar Ventures, makers of the Imperia and David P. Ehrlich line of cigars has named Alexandria Kling Vice President of Branding and Inside Sales. The move is effective June 1st, 2017. Kling’s experience includes running Inside Sales for a nationally known cigar company. She also created Alux Cigar Brokerage, the cigar industry’s […]
Early in 2017, Camacho Cigars announced the Camacho BXP line. This introduced a series of box-pressed offerings to the Camacho Corojo, Camacho Connecticut, and Camacho Ecuador lines. Box-pressed cigars are not only new to the Camacho brand, but they are relatively new to Camacho’s parent company Davidoff. The introduction of these box-pressed cigars can be considered an extension […]
John Drew Brands, the spirits startup venture by Drew Estate President Jonathan Drew has installed a new leadership team. The company was founded in 2016 with the goal of becoming “an authentic lifestyle company”, initially focusing on the development of alcoholic beverage brands. The leadership team includes: Jonathan Drew, CEO Nancy Berkowitz, President Steve Chernoff, National […]
