In 2019, General Cigar would release its second exclusive release for the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) under its CAO brand known as the CAO Brazilia Select. The CAO Brazilia line is one of the iconic lines of the CAO brand, highlighted by its Brazilian Araparica wrapper. With CAO Brazilia Select, this would be […]
Aganorsa Leaf has announced the return of the JFR Lunatic Torch. This is a brush foot cigar that first made its debut in 2015. The cigar itself consists of 100% Aganorsa Leaf Tobacco highlighted by a Nicaraguan Corona ’99 wrapper from Jalapa. The blend also features a double binder and fillers from Estelí and Jalapa. […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Joya de Nicaragua released a new cigar under its Antaño brand known as the Joya de Nicaragua Antaño CT. The CT stands for Connecticut and that is because the Antaño CT is a Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapped offering under its Antaño brand. The Antaño is perhaps the best-known brand […]
New Hampshire retailer Two Guys Smoke Shop will be the recipient of an exclusive cigar from Davidoff’s Zino brand. It’s the latest installment in the Zino Platinum Exclusive Series, a series of limited edition cigars produced by the brand. The Zino Platinum Exclusive Two Guys Smoke Shop Edition will go on sale beginning Friday, April […]
Launching “The Blog” component on Cigar Coop has provided us new avenues to deliver content in addition to our industry-leading news and reviews. Recently our friends at Perdomo Cigars announced a series of educational videos for their YouTube channel hosted by Nick Perdomo. Today we include the seventh installment of the series, “The Understanding of Humidity […]
General Cigar’s Cohiba Royale, a cigar the company describes as the strongest Cohiba offering to date, has begun arriving at retailers. “Cohiba Royale was created with the cigar connoisseur in mind, bringing to life the microclimates and fertile soils of the Caribbean and Central America in a way that is unique to the brand. All […]
Over the past few years, AJ Fernandez has been certainly making his mark on putting his own impression of several legacy brands that have originated in Cuba. We’ve seen this with brands such as Punch, Hoyo de Monterrey, Montecristo, Romeo y Julieta, Gispert, Trinidad, and H. Upmann. The first release for the H. Upmann brand […]
On Episode 7 of Prime Time Jukebox, we present our first Album Archaeology show. On this episode we cover Dave’s favorite album, The Rolling Stones “Let It Bleed.” Much like an archaeologist digs and hunts for gems, on Album Archaeology we do the same on the “Let It Bleed” album. We go deep into […]
For the past several years while Crowned Heads has been growing its core line of cigars, it has also built a nice assortment of limited edition and shop exclusive cigars. In 2018, one of the more intriguing releases that was both limited edition and shop exclusive went to a retailer called Shore Thing Cigars called […]
On Prime Time Episode 131, it’s our ninth All-Star Media Panel. We have three veterans of the cigar media ready to hit the panel for some lively discussion as we welcome back David Jones of Leaf Enthusiast, Ben Lee of Stogie Review, and “Big Tuna” Seth Geise from Developing Palates. Anything could happen with this […]
