For several years, many companies have been offering exclusive cigars to those retailers that attend the annual IPCPR/PCA Trade Show and place an order. In 2021, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) made an attempt to somewhat formalize these trade show releases into an exclusive series. The second year of this program was 2022 and Kristoff […]
Next month, Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust will deliver its first cigar for Cigar Dojo, the Sobremesa Brûlée Wagashi 和菓子. It’s a Toro-sized Prensado based on the Sobremesa Brûlée Blue blend. The cigar will be sold exclusively through South Florida retailer Smoke Inn. Keeping to the Japanese influence of Cigar Dojo, the Wagashi 和菓子 is named […]
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) has announced that Arango Cigar Company President Mike Gold has been appointed to the PCA Board of Directors to fulfill the balance of Alan Rubin’s term, which will conclude at the PCA trade show in 2024. Following the sale of Alec Bradley Cigar Company to STG earlier this year, Rubin […]
If you go back to the days when Tim Ozgener was at the helm of the CAO brand, there was a series of cigars that were (unofficially) called the “X2” series. Each of these cigars incorporated a blend that included two components of a particular tobacco. There was CX2 (Cameroon wrapper and binder), MX2 (Maduro […]
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 […]
Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust says the 2023 edition of the StillWell Star Holiday cigar will be called the StillWell Star Holiday Y2023. The cigar will be launched at the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show in July. StillWell Star is a line of cigars in the Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust portfolio that incorporate pipe tobacco […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust (DTT) will release a limited run of its Unicorn size for its Sobremesa Brûlée Blue and Mi Querida Black Lines. The Unicorn is a 6 1/4 x 60 Diadema. It is the size of the Muestra de Saka Unicorn line, which is […]
Foundation Cigar Company has announced that 1573 Cigars, a new distribution company, will be its exclusive distributor in the United Kingdom. 1573 Cigars was founded by Damien O’Donohoe, Winston Marshall, and George Frakes. The company takes its name from the year cigars first arrived in the United Kingdom. The company will be importing and handling […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust (FTT) will add its Polpetta offering to its lineup of ongoing releases. Polpetta was first introduced in 2020 as an event-only cigar. It is a mixed-filler “Cuban sandwich” that consists of seven leftover tobaccos used on DTT cigars produced at the NACSA […]
Amendola Family Cigar Company has now announced its latest release, “The West Side Story” is now shipping to retailers. This is a cigar that was launched earlier this year at Total Product Expo (TPE) 2023. The West Side Story is the first release in Amendola’s NYC Series, which is a series of cigars that pay […]
