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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 […]
Last week we reported on five event offerings that would be offered at the 2014 DC Tweet-Up. Two of the offerings are cigars that are being provided by Fabricas Unidas. Cigar Coop has now learned additional details around these offerings. The new robusto sized Asylum 13 Ogre offering will be packaged with a new size […]
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 previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we re-assess the […]
Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Edicion de Aniversario 2008 The Fuente Don Carlos Edicion de Aniversario 2008 is the third release in the Don Carlos Edicion de Aniversario line. The story of this cigar goes back to 2006. That was the year of the 30th anniversary of Arturo Fuente’s Don Carlos line. The original Don Carlos line […]
Image credit: Room 101 Facebook page Room 101 Cigars is getting ready to release the second blend in its Room 101 Master Collection, the Room 101 Master Collection Two. According to a Facebook post by Room 101, the Master Collection Two is expected to ship “next week”. Last February, when we broke news of the […]
Sosa Limitado Prior to the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show, Sosa Cigars announced a new limited cigar offering called the Sosa Limitado. This is a cigar blended by Arby Sosa and made at the Puros Indios factory in Miami Florida. The Sosa Limitado is a limited production cigar. There are only 800 cigars (80 boxes of […]
Cigar Federation – The Collective Cigar Federation, the online social media community will be launching their first cigar. The cigar will be called “The Collective”. Cigar Coop has obtained a first photo of this upcoming release. Cigar Coop has also learned that the plans are for the Cigar Federation “The Collective” to be launched in […]
Drew Estate Tobacco Company officially opened their new leaf processing facility – called “DE2”. The facility is located in Esteli, Nicaragua directly across the street from the La Gran Fabrica facility. The opening was commemorated with a ribbon cutting ceremony on January 17th, 2014. Special guests for the ceremony included Francisco “Pancho” Valenzuela Blandon and […]
Pinolero Maduro by A.J. Fernandez At the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show, A.J. Fernandez Cigars introduced its second blend in its Pinolero line. As the name indicates, the Pinolero Maduro brings a maduro wrapper offering into the line. The Pinolero was introduced the prior year in a sun grown Nicaraguan wrapper offering. That original Pinolero brought […]