At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Perdomo Cigars formally showcased the return of the Perdomo Estate Selección Vintage (ESV). Perdomo is a company with a huge portfolio of FDA predicate blends and has felt the pressure to bring something new to market for the sake of bringing something new. Perdomo had much success with the […]
It’s been said that the cigars for the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) are the best cigars by the best manufacturers for the best retailers. Now E.P. Carrillo its taking one of its most acclaimed blends and making it a part of the 2020 TAA Exclusive Series. Last week at a virtual meeting held by […]
The Davidoff Year of the Rat Limited Edition 2020 is the ninth installment of the company’s Chinese Zodiac inspired limited edition cigars. Each year these cigars feature a different blend in a different size with exquisite packaging reflecting the particular Zodiac theme. The Chinese New Year falls between January 21st and February 20th, but typically […]
On Special Edition #70, we return to Mount Rushmore! It’s the second installment of our Mount Rushmore Series. This time we will be looking at our favorite Rocky Patel cigars and look and see which are the ones that belong on Mount Rushmore. And we’ll update you on cigar industry happenings around the COVID-19 Coronavirus […]
Prime Time Jukebox is bringing to you a tradition from the Cigar Jukebox Show, the Dedications Show for 2020 The Dedications Show was started by Dave Burck on Cigar Jukebox. Each year, listeners would get the opportunity to submit a dedication song in honor of a loved one or someone special who has passed away. […]
On Prime Time Episode 130, we welcome back Charlie Minato, co-founder of Halfwheel.com. Charlie’s been on top of some of the biggest stories we’ve seen in the cigar industry. Tonight we will get his thoughts on a variety of topics and catch up on the latest happenings on Halfwheel. This will be an episode you […]
The boys at Developing Palates doing it again! Cigar Coop will be participating in another online vHerf. This Saturday, March 28th, at 2PM Pacific/5PM Eastern, a few of us media guys will get together for an old school vHerf where we talk about random topics, some cigar related, some not. We’re also opening this up […]
For Prime Time Episode 129, we have a very special guest – Drew Estate CEO Glenn Wolfson. Glenn joins us for the full show. We’ll talk about Glenn’s journey on how he got to Drew Estate and how he has assimilated into the unique culture of Drew Estate. Plus, we’ll tackle several industry topics, and […]
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 […]
For the second year in a row, AJ Fernandez Cigars will release an exclusive cigar to the retailers of the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA). At a virtual meeting held in place of the annual TAA Convention, it was announced that the AJ Fernandez Belles Artes Maduro will be a part of the 2020 TAA […]
Collaborations have become the rage in the cigar industry over the past few years, but in 2019 one of the more unique collaborations was launched between two unlikely cigar companies and it was called Warzone. It was a project that would take both Espinosa and General out of their traditional comfort zones in four ways: […]
