At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, Villiger Cigars will introduce the 2023 installment for the Villiger Miami line – appropriately titled Villiger Miami 2023. While it’s not made in Miami, the Villiger Miami pays homage to Villiger North America’s Headquarters in Miami, Florida. When it was released in […]
Last week, Dapper Cigar Company released HolySmoke Genesis. This is a project done in collaboration with the HolySmoke Bible Club out of Fresno, California. HolySmoke Genesis is a cigar that is shipping nationwide to U.S. retailers. According to Ian Reith of Dapper Cigar Company, this is a project that has been in the works for […]
The team behind Hand Rolled: A Film About Cigars is getting ready to launch a follow-up docuseries. The first episode, Hand Rolled: J.C. Newman Cigar Company is set to premiere at the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. Showtime is planned for noon on July 7, 2023. A press release also said J.C. […]
When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) put its Deeming Regulations into effect, the concept of predicate cigars was introduced. Predicate cigars are ones that were first introduced to the market prior to February 15th, 2007 and anything introduced after that would require the FDA pre-market approval. This gave companies with predicate cigars a […]
In 2021, Padrón Cigars added to its record for Number One Cigars of the Year when it captured its fourth Number One cigar with the Padrón 1964 Anniversary Series Torpedo Natural. Now the company has updated its No. 1 Cigar of the Year Sampler to include that cigar. Information on the sampler was communicated to […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Black Star Line Cigars will showcase its Rosewood 1923 cigar. It marks the first time that the company will be working with James Brown and Fabrica Oveja Negra. The cigar will be a regular production offering by Black Star Line Cigars and will come in one […]
In 2022, Drew Estate announced a three-way collaboration project that was done between Metallica’s James Hetfield, Distiller Rob Dietrich of Sweet Amber Distilling, and Jonathan Drew known as Blackened M81. Blackened is the name of a whiskey collaboration of Metallica and Dietrich and Dietrich and Drew have been friends for a while. It was Dietrich […]
The Cigar Industry Report is a one-stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop. It is a combination of the news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. In addition, each week we will look back at Cigar Coop history. Look for this report every Saturday morning at […]
J.C. Newman Cigar Company’s Diamond Crown brand has its 38th lounge. On June 8, Norwood Cigars in Chicago had a grand opening as it became the latest Diamond Crown lounge. The grand opening was held at the retail store where J.C Newman owner Bobby Newman was in attendance. “Norwood Royal is a haven for cigar […]
Mombacho Cigars S.A/Favilli Cigars have announced it is closing its operations. The company which was launched in 2006 and operated out of Grenada, Nicaragua has said it is exiting the cigar industry. Jared Michaeli Ingrisano, the company’s former President and co-owner, is continuing in the cigar industry with his new distribution company Nica Oro. In […]
