Davidoff has announced this month the release of its Small Batch Series. It’s a series of twelve distinct blends available in small batches. The Small Batch Series will consist of twelve unique and distinct blends in a single size. Tobaccos featured in the blends ae sourced from Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru and the Dominican […]
AJ Fernandez Cigar Company will now distribute the cigars made by Artesano Del Tabaco, the company that sells the Viva La Vida cigar brand. Artesano Del Tabaco is the cigar company owned by Billy and Gus Fakih, best known as the former owners of New York City’s Cigar Inn. Earlier this year Artesanos Del Tabaco […]
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 […]
The City of Havana Cuba is celebrating its 500th anniversary. Now HVC Cigars, a brand that pays homage to the city, is honoring that milestone with its HVC 500th Anniversary release. The cigar itself features Aganorsa farm tobaccos from Nicaragua including a Corojo ’99 wrapper, binder from Jalapa and a mix of Criollo ’98 and […]
One can say that 2019 has been a quiet year for Romeo y Julieta at Altadis USA, but that is going to change this fall as the brand is going to unveil its Romeo y Julieta 1875 Connecticut Nicaragua project. The Romeo y Julieta 1875 Connecticut Nicaragua is a groundbreaking project that incorporates a Connecticut […]
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 rescoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
Back at the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Steve Saka and Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust introduced a line known as Sin Compromiso. While it was a cigar that had a limited introduction in 2016 just before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Deeming Rules were put into effect, it wasn’t until two years later that the […]
Tonight we have our seventh industry panel discussion as we welcome back Skip Martin, cofounder of RoMa Craft Tobac and making his Prime Time debut, Honest Abe Dababneh of Smoke Inn and KMA Talk Radio. There’s been quite a bit of pre-game banter between these two, and tonight it’s showtime on Prime Time. We […]
Fratello Cigars has named Justin Harris its new Director of Operations. Harris will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations in the company’s Springfield, VA office including but not limited to customer relations human resources, logistics, process and quality improvement, and new initiatives. “I am beyond excited to welcome Justin to the Fratello family. I […]
Tonight we welcome back the Executive Director of Cigar Rights of America, Glynn Loope, to the Prime Time Show. We will talk the politics of cigars as we discuss the industry’s battle against the FDA and other anti-tobacco factions. Plus in our second segment, Bear and Coop will discuss shop exclusive and event cigars < […]
