The Cigar Week Wrap is a one stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop. It is a combination of our news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. We will throw in a few bonus items from time to time as well. Our intent is to […]
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Assessment Update: La Flor Dominicana Colorado Oscuro 2013
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews, Uncategorized 1 Comment 88-90, Assessment Update, La Flor Dominicana, LFD, Nice to Have
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) A re-assessment and re-score of a previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we provide a score […]
Cigar Review: Room 101 Serie HN (Honduras)
William Cooper Reviews, Uncategorized 1 Comment 91-93, Camacho, Davidoff, Nice to Have, Review, Room 101
Room 101 Serie HN Just prior to the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show, Room 101 Cigars launched the Room 101 Serie HN. This cigar marks the tenth blend to be produced by Matt Booth‘s Room 101 brand. This cigar is intended to be a core line. For the past few couple of years, the Room 101 […]
News: Crowned Heads Headley Grange Drumstick (Cigar Preview)
William Cooper Cigar News, Uncategorized No Comments 2013 Preview, Crowned Heads, News
Crowned Heads is adding a limited edition lancero to its Headley Grange line. The cigar is being dubbed the Headley Grange Drumstick. Information on this line extension was reported in a 9/11 story on Cigar Aficionado.com A few weeks ago, we noted a report by Crowned Heads co-founder Jon Huber on his blog indicating a […]
News: Alec Bradley Launches Royal Monkey Society Cigar Club
William Cooper Cigar News, Uncategorized 2 Comments Alec Bradley, News
For the past few weeks, Alec Bradley has had teasers on the launch of something called the Royal Monkey Cigar Club. On September 11th, the details of this project were officially announced. The Royal Monkey Society is an online cigar club that will offer its member exclusive blends and vitolas as well as pre-release and […]
Cigar Review: Rocky Patel Royale (RP Royale)
William Cooper Reviews, Uncategorized 1 Comment 91-93, Nice to Have, Review, Rocky Patel
Rocky Patel Royale The Rocky Patel Royale is the first of several new cigar blends launched at the 2013 IPCPR by Rocky Patel Premium Cigars to make their way to retail shops. Word of the Royale first surfaced on the 5/11/13 Cigar Dave Show. It was just prior to the IPCPR when the details about […]
News: Reinado Grand Empire Reserve Premium Collection Ships to Retailers
William Cooper Cigar News, Uncategorized No Comments News, Reinado
Reinado Cigars has confirmed to Cigar Coop that they have begun to ship the Reinado Grand Empire Reserve Premium Collection to retailers. This line adds three additional sizes to the Reinado Grand Empire Reserve line. Reinado made these announcements for the line extensions just prior to the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show. The blend was […]
Cigar Preview: Cubita Nouveau by S.A.G. Imports
William Cooper Uncategorized No Comments 2013 Preview, Cubita, IPCPR 2013, Quesada, S.A.G Imports
Cubita Nouveau by S.A.G. Imports (Cigar Coop IPCPR Photo) At the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show, one of the quieter new releases was Cubita Nouveau. Cubita is a brand that is made at the Quesada family’s MATASA factory and distributed by S.A.G Imports. The Cubita has recently begun to surface at retailers around the country. Cubita […]
Cigar Review: Camacho Criollo (2013)
William Cooper Reviews, Uncategorized 1 Comment 91-93, Camacho, Davidoff, Nice to Have, Review
Camacho Criollo Just prior to the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show, Camacho Cigars launched a major campaign known as the “bold standard”. It was described by Camacho as “the most brazen move in their nearly 50 year history”. This campaign not only involved rebranding their cigars with a new logo and new packaging, but it also […]
Cigar Pre-Review: L’Atelier Extension de la Racine ER13
William Cooper Pre-Review, Uncategorized 2 Comments L’Atelier Imports, Pre-Review
L’Atelier Extension de la Racine ER13 At the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show, L’Atelier Imports launched the new L’Atelier Extension de la Racine line. This is a cigar that we have been tracking for several months leading up to the trade show. The cigar was only made available to those retailers that actually were in attendance at […]