A major announcement came today from the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) in regards to the 2024 Trade Show moving its dates to March 22-25, 2024 and its location to the Las Vegas Convention Center. In terms of what this could mean, here are some thoughts. The industry calendar is going to be very crowded for […]
The PCA Trade Show is moving to the spring. Today the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) announced its 2024 Annual Convention and Trade Show will be held March 22-25, 2024 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. This marks a change from the traditional summertime trade show to earlier in the year. The PCA says it is […]
Each Saturday morning, I have the opportunity to co-host KMA Talk Radio with Abe Dababneh, Alex Tavella, and Paul DeGrocco. I also produce the cigar news segment for the show. Our format is free-form, where we talk cigars and other newsworthy topics. The following is Episode 483 which aired on January 14, 2023. Catch the full […]
Each Saturday morning, I have the opportunity to co-host KMA Talk Radio with Abe Dababneh, Alex Tavella, and Paul DeGrocco. I also produce the cigar news segment for the show. Our format is free-form, where we talk cigars and other newsworthy topics. The following is Episode 482 which aired on December 17th, 2022. Catch the full […]
On Episode 251, we welcome Brian Motola and Sebastien Decoppet of Cavalier Genève as our special guests broadcasting from Honduras and Switzerland respectively. 2022 has almost been quite a busy year for Cavalier and tonight we will also catch up on all of the happenings around their factory, new distribution center, and product innovation. We […]
Tonight we celebrate Episode 250, and to mark this milestone we have Charlie Minato co-founder of Halfwheel as our special guest. If you know Charlie, there isn’t a major news story in the cigar industry he is not on top of – and tonight we’ll get his thoughts and perspectives on plenty of items in […]
The Amendola boys are back! Tonight we welcome back Jeffrey Amendola and Chris Monaco, the two principals behind Amendola Family Cigar Company. We’ll catch up with Jeff and Chris and we’ll get the insights behind their first release in their NYC Series – the West Side Story.. In addition, we will have our Cattle Baron […]
Ozgener Family Cigars has announced its second line, Aramas. While it won’t be exclusive to Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) retailers, the cigar will make its debut at the 2023 TAA Convention opening on March 26 at Casa de Campo in La Romana, Dominican Republic. Once again, Ozgener Family Cigars will turn to Ernesto Perez-Carrillo‘s […]
Viaje has announced a pair of cigars being released under its Collector’s Edition series. These cigars will be in a special size for the Viaje Honey & Hand Grenades line known as the Falchion. A falchion is a one-handed, slightly curbed single-edged sword of European origin. Falchion will be a 6 x 54 vitola in […]
Each year as we enter spring, there are a series of exclusive cigars released for the Tobacconists’ Association of America (TAA) member retailers by leading manufacturers. Since 2014, Cigar Coop has covered these releases. Over the years, I’ve seen what should be an elite series of cigars by leading manufacturers for some of the nation’s […]
