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 8am Eastern Time.
Cigar Industry Report: Edition 500 (8/27/22)
The Headlines
TODAY IS THE 500th INSTALLMENT OF THE CIGAR INDUSTRY REPORT!
On January 26, 2013, we introduced a Saturday feature called “Cigar Wrap Week” meant to summarize all of the activities on Cigar Coop for the previous week. Eventually this morphed into the “Cigar Industry Report.” For nearly every Saturday since then (with the exception of some IPCPR/PCA coverage), this has been a feature on Cigar Coop. Today we have published our 500th installment of this series.
Caraballo Splits from Tarazona; Tarazona Loses U.S. House Bid
Mario Caraballo has split from Tarazona Cigars. This week Caraballo announced he has launched Casa Caraballo Cigars, and he has taken the Caraballo branded cigars with him. Meanwhile, Tarazona Cigars’ owner Eddie Tarazona has lost his bid for the U.S. House of Representatives as he was defeated in the GOP Primary.
The News
PCA Product Coverage
We are entering the home stretch.
- Cigar Blondie: Cigar Blondie Cutter & Lighter Set
- Matilde Cigars: Matilde Limited Exposure No.1 Lonsdale
- Quality Importers Trading Co: Tazza and Tazza Alta Ashtrays
- Tatuaje: L’Atelier Racine ERB
- Villiger Cigars: Villiger Miami 2022
PCA Post Game Reports
- PCA 2022 Report: ADVentura Cigars
- PCA 2022 Report: All Saints Cigars
- PCA 2022 Report: Dapper Cigar Company
- PCA 2022 Report: Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust – 33 Minutes with Steve Saka
- PCA 2022 Report: Freud Cigar Company
- PCA 2022 Report: Matilde Cigars
- PCA 2022 Report: Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Co
- PCA 2022 Report: Quality Importers Trading Company
- PCA 2022 Report: Tatuaje Cigars – 28 Minutes with Pete Johnson
Other News
- Drew Estate: The Nica Rustica has shipped
- United Cigars: The Red Anchor has shipped
- All Saints Cigars: The company has announced a price increase.
- La Flor Dominicana: The Golden Bull NFT auction has closed.
- Quality Importers Trading Co: The Xikar Revolution has shipped.
Legislative News
Cigar Reviews
Assessments
- None This Week
Agile Cigar Reviews
The Smoking Syndicate
- None This Week
Features and Blog
Feature Story
- None This Week
The Blog
- See above (Cigar Coop 12 Year Anniversary)
Prime Time Podcasts
Prime Time Show
- No show this week
Prime Time Special Edition
- No show this week
Prime Time Jukebox
The Smoking Syndicate Roundtable
Upcoming Schedule
9/01 Prime Time Episode 239: Casa 1901 Cigars
TBA Prime Time Jukebox Episode 78: TBA
On This Date…
On this date Aug 27th…
- Aug 27, 2010: We covered an installment from Tales from the IPCPR – A Review of the 7-20-4 Cigar
- Aug 27, 2011: We assessed the Viaje Platino Reserva VPR DT (Double Torpedo).
- Aug 27, 2012: We published Dan Tiant of Tiant Cigar Group.
- Aug 27, 2012: We did a pre-release assessment of the Herrera Esteli by Drew Estate.
- Aug 27, 2013: We reported on Jorge Padron and Jim Young being named to the CRA Board
- Aug 27, 2013: We reported on new Executive Appointments at Joya de Nicaragua.
- Aug 27, 2013: We assessed the 262 Revere Lonsdale (a J. Shepherd Retail Exclusive)
- Aug 27, 2013: We posted a press release announcing Blessed Leaf.
- Aug 27, 2013: We reported on D’Crossier Diplomacy Series Presidential Collection line extensions.
- Aug 27, 2014: We reported on the Viaje Oro Reserva and Viaje Platino Reserva Churchill “Aficionado” line extensions.
- Aug 27, 2014: We broke news on the return of My Father Cigars’ El Rey de Los Habanos Returns as a shop exclusive to The Pipe and Pint in Greensboro, North Carolina.
- Aug 27, 2014: We reported on the Viaje White Label Project (WLP) TB#7.
- Aug 27, 2014: We assessed the 601 La Bomba Warhead II by Espinosa Cigars.
- Aug 27, 2014: We reported on Camacho Cigars’ distribution agreement in Canada.
- Aug 27, 2015: We assessed Tatuaje The Jackal.
- Aug 27, 2016: We reported on the Perdomo Edicion de Silvio Relaunch
- Aug 27, 2016: We reported on the JC Newman Brick House Maduro Toro
- Aug 27, 2016: We reported on the La Aurora 107 15 Minute Break Showcased at the 2016 IPCPR
- Aug 27, 2016: We published Cigar Industry Report: Volume 5, Number 40 (8/27/16)
- Aug 20, 2017: We published the feature story, Spotlight on D’Crossier Cigars at the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show
- Aug 27, 2018: We published the feature story, Spotlight on Caldwell Cigar Company at the 2018 IPCPR
- Aug 27, 2018: We published the feature story, Spotlight on PDR Cigars at the 2018 IPCPR
- Aug 27, 2018: We assessed the La Palina Number Series LP01 Robusto
- Aug 27, 2019: We reported on the Drew Estate ACID 20
- Aug 27, 2019: We reported on the return of the My Father El Hijo
- Aug 27, 2019: We published the feature story, IPCPR 2019 Spotlight: Oveja Negra Brands
- Aug 27, 2019: We reported on Altria and Philip Morris International Merger Talks
- Aug 27, 2020: We published The Blog: Summer of ’20 “The Big Board” (8/27/20) – Winding Down?
- Aug 27, 2020: We published Summer of ’20 Spotlight: Aganorsa Leaf
- Aug 27, 2021: We published PCA 2021 Report: Casa 1910
- Aug 27, 2021: We published The Smoking Syndicate – Camacho Factory Unleashed
