The soon to be released Davidoff Oro Blanco might be the company’s most anticipated limited edition cigar ever. While the company hasn’t exactly trickled a lot of details about this cigar, there is one detail everyone is wondering – what will the price tag be on this cigar? The reason for this question is because […]
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Cigar News: Villiger Cigars North America Announces Departure of Roy MacLaren and Fabian Barrantes
William Cooper Cigar News, Uncategorized No Comments News, Villiger
Villiger Cigars North America has announced the departure of two key members of its executive team – company President Roy MacLaren and Director of Marketing Fabian Barrantes. The announcement was made in a written communication today to its retailer base. MacLaren has served as company president of Villiger North America since February, 2012. His appointment […]
Cigar News: Viaje Farmer Bill Hatchet to be Part of Thanksgiving Seasonal Release
William Cooper Cigar News, Uncategorized No Comments News, Viaje
Photo Credit: Viaje Facebook As we reported this summer from the IPCPR Trade Show, Viaje Cigars is planning on a third cigar to release with its Thanksgiving seasonal release shipment. Today, the company posted a photo of the packaging of the Farmer Bill Hatchet. According to the company, this will be made available to select […]
Cigar News: Viaje Stuffed Turkey 2014 (Cigar Preview)
William Cooper Cigar News No Comments 2014 Preview, News, Viaje
Photo Credit: Viaje Facebook For the fourth consecutive year, Viaje will be bringing back its Thanksgiving Holiday theme line, the Viaje Stuffed Turkey. There is one difference in this year’s release. As we reported earlier this year, the Viaje Stuffed Turkey is moving from the “White Label Project” (WLP) to become its own line – […]
Cigar Review: E.P. Carrillo Medalla D’Platino (Federal Cigar Exclusive)
William Cooper Reviews, Uncategorized No Comments 4.0 - Box Worthy, 91-93, E.P. Carrillo, EPC, Review
E.P. Carrillo Medalla D’Platino The E.P. Carrillo Medalla D’Platino is a limited production shop exclusive for Federal Cigar in New Hampshire. It is the second release of three limited production lonsdale-sized cigars that E.P. Carrillo is producing exclusively for Federal Cigar. Each of the three lonsdales share common blend components, but contain a different wrapper. […]
Cigar Review: Hammer + Sickle Berlin Wall Series Celebration Short Corona
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 3.5 - Box Split, 91-93, Hammer and Sickle, Review
Hammer + Sickle Berlin Wall Series Celebration Short Corona Late last month, Hammer + Sickle cigars announced a limited production line extension to its Berlin Wall Series called the Hammer + Sickle Berlin Wall Series Celebration Short Corona. This 4 3/4 x 46 cigar is the first line extension to the Berlin Wall Series since its […]
Cigar Industry Report: Volume 3, Number 50 (11/8/14)
William Cooper Cigar Industry Report, Cigar News, Uncategorized No Comments Cigar Coop, Cigar Industry Report, Cigar Wrap, News, Stogie Geeks
The Cigar Industry Report is a one stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop and Stogie Geeks. It is a combination of our news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. We will also recap what happened on our Stogie Geeks show. Finally, each week we will […]
Cigar News: Drew Estate and Pappy & Company Announce Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve (Cigar Preview)
William Cooper Cigar News, Uncategorized No Comments 2015 Preview, Drew Estate, News, Swisher International
Drew Estate Tobacco Company has announced they have entered into a agreement to produce “Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve” premium handmade cigar. The agreement is described as a partnership between Drew Estate and Pappy & Company. Pappy & Company is the family-owned merchandise division of Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery – the producers of Pappy […]
Cigar News: CAO Gold Nasty Nutcracker and CAO MX2 Rabid Reindeer Mark 2014 Christmas Theme Releases
William Cooper Cigar News, Uncategorized No Comments 2014 Preview, CAO, General, News
Numerous retailers are reporting receiving a new pair of offerings from CAO. The CAO Gold Nasty Nutcracker and the CAO MX2 Rabid Reindeer are two limited production cigars are targeted to coincide with the Christmas Season. This marks the second consecutive year that CAO has done a Christmas-themed release following 2013’s CAO Angry Santa and CAO Evil Snowman. […]
Assessment Update: Joya Red Robusto by Joya de Nicaragua
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews, Uncategorized No Comments 3.5 - Box Split, 91-93, Assessment Update, Joya de Nicaragua
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system; 3) Provide a re-assessment and re-score of a previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we re-assess […]