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Alec Bradley Cigars has begun informing retailers of a line extension to its popular Nica Puro line. The Alec Bradley Nica Puro Diamond Rough-Cut will be a limited production 6 1/2 x 54 toro that will come in diamond shaped box-press shape. According to Alec Bradley, the Nica Puro will be packaged in boxes of […]
Photo Credit: Casa Fernandez Instagram Casa Fernandez Cigars is adding a fourth extension to its Aganorsa Leaf Maduro line. Today the company announced a 6 1/2 x 50 box-pressed toro will be heading to its retailers this month. The new size will be called “Delire”. The name Delire is French for “delirium” or wild idea. […]
Tatuaje Wolf The Tatuaje Wolf is a part of Tatuaje’s Pudgy Monsters series that was released in mid 2014. This is the second sampler series released based on Tatuaje’s Monsters Series – a cigar released on an annual basis that pays homage to a different monster / horror movie character. In 2012, the Tatuaje Little Monsters series was released […]
J. Grotto Silk Lancero At the 2014 IPCPR, Ocean State Cigars introduced their second lancero in their portfolio. The J. Grotto Silk Lancero became the fifth size in company owner Paul Joyal’s Ecuadorian Connecticut line. Two years prior, Joyal introduced a lancero to his J. Grotto Reserva line. That lancero was originally meant to be […]
Last month, Pete Johnson of Tatuaje Cigars released a special cigar for the GWAR-B-Q event in Richmond Virginia called CiGWAR. Following that event, remaining cigars were made available to Richmond retailer Havana Connections where they sold out quickly. Havana Connections has now announced a second batch of CiGWAR will be arriving in stores this October. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Boutique Blends co-owners Rafael Nodal and Hank Bischoff were guests on the 9/4/14 edition of Stogie Geeks. The duo talked about their four new releases that were just released at the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show, but also mentioned some other projects that are in the works for 2014 – including a second version of its […]
La Colmena Amado No.44 La Colmena is one of three new cigar lines that was launched by Kyle Gellis’ Warped Cigars in 2014. The La Colmena made its debut at the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The name La Colmena is Spanish for “the beehive”. The line is manufactured in the United […]
E.P. Carrillo Medalla D’Platino New Hampshire retailer Federal Cigar will be receiving its third shop exclusive from E.P. Carrillo. The E.P. Carrillo Medalla D’Platino is scheduled to arrive at Federal Cigar later this month, and will have a familiar look to the previous E.P. Carrillo Federal exclusive, the E.P. Carrillo Medalla D’Oro. According to Derek […]