The 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show would be the second one for ATL Cigar Co. At the same time, it would be the first one since the company entered into a collaborative relationship with Luciano Cigars. Under the arrangement, Luciano Cigars is now handling distribution for ATL Cigar Co. In addition, ATL Cigar […]
On August 15 2010, Will Cooper went to his first IPCPR Trade Show as a buyer. After an adventure getting an Iced Coffee in the heat of New Orleans, he decided to chronicle his tales of his visit to the Trade Show and Cigar Coop was born. Along the way, he met some interesting […]
Cigar Coop has been covering the Trade Show since 2010, and every year we manage to visit Topper Cigars’ booth. There is a rich history for this family, and owner Chris Topper is quite proud of it. There aren’t any new offerings from Topper Cigars this year, but there were a couple of things of […]
At an FDA Seminar at the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show, a relatively unknown new brand had its debut cigar launched. That brand was Fratello Cigars, owned by Omar de Frias who worked for NASA. Following the Trade Show, Omar would take a grassroots approach to introduce his cigars to the market that he called “Fratello […]
L General Cigar has started informing retailers of the latest limited-edition extension to its CAO Flathead brand, the CAO Flathead V23. This is the third installment in the “Flathead V” series that focuses on larger ring gauge offerings. The CAO Flathead V23 follows up the CAO Flathead V19 and CAO Flathead V21. Made at the […]
Today we mark a big milestone on Cigar Coop, our twelve-year anniversary! Here is what I now write every year: As always, we go back to the beginning, our first article Worth it for an Iced Coffee? Cigar Coop’s first article wasn’t even about cigars – it was about iced coffee. It started at the […]
Back in 2017, Plasencia Cigars launched its company and brands at the IPCPR Trade Show. While Plasencia is a name synonymous with tobacco and cigar production, as far as branding their own cigars, the company was a relative newcomer in that space. That debut at the 2017 IPCPR was a blueprint for how a cigar […]
It has been over five years since Quality Importers Trading Company acquired Xikar. Since then, the company has worked hard to make it one of its flagship brands in the portfolio. In the past few years, the innovation pipeline for Xikar has not slowed down – and that trend continued at the 2023 Premium […]
In 2022, the company known as El Artista underwent a rebrand. El Artista brands are owned by Ram Rodriguez, who also owns the Tabacalera El Artista in the Dominican Republic. The rebrand included a portfolio restructuring as well as changing the company name for the brands to Artista Cigars. Last year as a part of […]
Ashton is a company that does not come out with new cigars every year. Going into this year’s Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, the company had its first new release in two years. During this time, much of the focus has been on the La Aroma de Cuba line. As for the new cigar, […]
