While the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) Convention has been postponed, that hasn’t stopped Nat Sherman International from announcing its 2020 TAA Exclusive Cigar, the Timeless TAA 2020 Limited Edition. The company says the cigar is available to be shipped to TAA retailers immediately. While the 2019 installment of the Timeless TAA Cigar was a […]
Although the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) has postponed its annual convention and trade show, that is not stopping companies from announcing their TAA releases. Today, Drew Estate has announced its 2020 edition of the Herrera Esteli TAA Exclusive. It’s the same blend that was originally introduced in 2016, but it has received a packaging […]
The VegaFina Year of the Rat is the third installment of the brand’s limited edition cigar series to pay homage to the Chinese New Year. The past few years have seen the Chinese New Year become a theme of many limited releases. Davidoff is best known for launching its Chinese New Year Series that launched […]
Prime Time Jukebox is bringing to you a tradition from the Cigar Jukebox Show, the Dedications Show for 2020 The Dedications Show was started by Dave Burck on Cigar Jukebox. Each year, listeners would get the opportunity to submit a dedication song in honor of a loved one or someone special who has passed […]
The 2019 IPCPR Trade Show was one that was quite busy for AVO Cigars. The brand in the Davidoff portfolio would have six different offerings – all limited production. Four of the cigars were the “limited” AVO Unexpected Series, which most cigar enthusiasts know by now were basically repackaged and rebanded versions of AVO core […]
Olujide Oluyeba, the man known as “Luj” and founder of the “LUJ” brand of cigars passed away on March 19th. He died after suffering a serious illness. LUJ Cigars was a small batch line of cigars based in Chicago, Illinois. Luj’s company was focused on small batch production and his brand achieved a cult following […]
Cigar factories in the Dominican Republic are beginning to suspend operations due to the growing threat of COVID-19. Dominican President Danilo Medina announced a series of measures on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, that included the suspension of commercial flights and ship voyages as well the closing of schools and entertainment centers. While he didn’t suspend […]
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 […]
Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
Next month Dissident Cigars was planning on releasing the 2020 edition of its Home release. However, in order to support its retail partners during the Coronavirus pandemic, the company has announced a partial allocation of the Home release to select retailers. “I was waiting until next month when the whole of the shipment was stateside […]
