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Casa Fernandez Aganorsa Leaf Maduro Illustre Earlier this month, Casa Fernandez announced some line extensions to they Casa Fernandez Aganorsa Leaf and JFR lines. These lines introduced the Casa Fernandez Aganorsa Leaf Maduro Illustre and JFR Junior (Natural and Maduro) frontmarks. For the Aganorsa Leaf Maduro line, the Illustre becomes the third vitola to […]
Smoke Inn Cigars is pleased to announce its toy drive to benefit Kids Cancer Foundation, with an event at their Boynton Beach location on December 7th, 7-10pm. Kids Cancer Foundation is a Wellington, Florida based charity that provides a wide variety of support services for children diagnosed with cancer, and their families. Donors may drop […]
Alec Bradley Raices Cubanas 1941 The Raices Cubanas 1941 is an eponymous cigar for the famed cigar factory in Danli, Honduras. The cigar is a collaboration with Alec Bradley Cigars and was one of the two showcase releases by Alec Bradley at the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show. Since Alec Bradley has a long working relationship […]
ONE 13 represents a new boutique cigar company based in San Antonio, Texas founded by two friends, Steven Dru and Joe Torres. The company will be launching two new blends, the ONE 13 Natural “Prelude” and the ONE 13 Maduro “Prelude”. The name of the company is derived from the fact that both Dru and Torres […]
Black Warrior – Reagan by R&R Cigars Note from the Editor: A new feature is being introduced on Cigar Coop that will provide assessments of some house exclusive cigars from some of the great retailers nationwide. We’ve found some house cigars to offer high quality cigar experiences, and from time to time we will highlight […]
Viaje Holiday Blend 2013 (Photo Andre Farkas Facebook) For the fifth consecutive year, Viaje Cigars will release an installment of its Holiday Blend series – the Viaje Holiday Blend 2013. This cigar is typically a Nicaraguan puro that features a criollo wrapper. For the 2013 Holiday Blend, the size will be a 4 1/2 x 56 […]
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 […]
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 an […]
The Ditka 89, the fifth installment in Camacho’s Mike Ditka line of cigars is scheduled to make its way to retailers in late November. The release is meant to coincide with Ditka’s upcoming jersey/number retirement ceremony on December 9th at Soldier Field in Chicago. Back in September, word first surfaced from Camacho Cigars on the […]
Viaje Full Moon (2013 release) In terms of 2013, Viaje’s focus has mostly been around line extensions and follow-up small batches to many of their existing releases. It was back in May when I talked with Viaje president Andre Farkas about his 2013 plans. He mentioned he had something special in the works for Halloween. […]