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Quesada Seleccion Espana Fabulosos – Exclusive to Casa de Montecristo The Quesada Seleccion Espana Fabulosos is one of two limited production shop exclusives sizes of the Seleccion Espana being made available to Illinois retailer Casa de Montecristo. The Quesada Seleccion Espana made its debut in 2011 at the ProCigar festival. It was originally intended for […]
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 […]
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 […]
Saison I: Photo Credit: Oettinger Davidoff AG At this year’s 2015 Art Basel Show in Hong Kong, Davidoff will officially launch its first installment in its Davidoff Masterpiece Humidor Collection called “Cave de Baille”. The project was done in collaboration with Paris-based artist Lison de Caunes. The first edition is being dubbed Saison I and […]
Recently, Room 101 Cigars announced a series of shop exclusive cigars called the Room 101 Ichiban Series. This series features a blend that will be received by eight retailers nationwide. Each retailer will receive one size of the Ichiban. Today, the second retailer and vitola was named as Cigar Realm in Ashland, Virginia will be […]
Two new line extensions are coming to the Aging Room Bin No. 1 line. Boutique Blends’ President Rafael Nodal announced the company will be adding a box-pressed toro and a lancero into the Aging Room Bin No. 1 line. The two line vitolas become the first two extensions since the Aging Room Bin No. 1 […]
La Aurora Cien Anos Lancero Cameroon Packaging (Photo Credit: Burns Tobacconist) A special version of the La Aurora Cien Anos has arrived at Burns Tobacconist shops located in the Chattanooga, Tennessee area. The shop has is the exclusive recipient of the La Aurora Cien Anos Lancero Cameroon. As the name indicates, it will feature the iconic Cien Anos […]
Garofalo Robusto The Garofalo is a cigar line that is distributed by United Cigar Group. The cigar is named for David Garofalo. Garofalo is best known for being the long-time owner and founder of Two Guys Smoke Shop in New Hampshire. He also is the host of the popular cigar broadcast, The Cigar Authority and […]
Photo Credit: Pete Johnson, Facebook / Instagram Tatuaje Cigars founder Pete Johnson announced on social media the availability of a new event only sampler. The sampler will introduce an unreleased 5 1/2 x 52 size to five of Tatuaje’s blends. The sampler will also contain a Tatuaje ashtray. The Event Exclusive package will contain a […]
Viva Republica Edicion Limitada Culebra (Photo Credit: Viva Republica) Back at the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas, we first reported on a series of planned limited edition projects by Viva Republica. One of those projects is a cuelbra offering called the Viva Republica Edicion Limitada Culebra. With this particular culebra, each component is […]