One of the larger cigar companies, and certainly one of the larger exhibitors has confirmed it will be at the 2020 Premium Cigar Association (PCA)Trade Show. Today Nick Perdomo, President of Perdomo Cigars confirmed to Cigar Coop that his company will be in attendance at the 2020 PCA Trade Show. Last week, four large companies: […]
The Performance Rankings were introduced in 2012 as a statistical analysis based on the average numerical score of all cigars assessed on Cigar Coop. It is meant to serve as a barometer in terms of how the cigars were assessed Today we slice this data by Factory – a category introduced for 2017. This is not meant […]
While there are four big companies staying home from the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show in 2020, it has triggered other companies to declare whether they will be attending the Trade Show or not. Today Gurkha Cigars announced it will be in attendance when the PCA Trade Show opens in Las Vegas on July […]
Oveja Negra Brands has announced it will attend the 2020 PCA Trade Show this summer in Las Vegas. In addition, the company announced that for the first time it will participate in the Tobacco Plus Expo 2020 show which opens January 29th and also takes place in Las Vegas. The brands of Oveja Negra Brands […]
It’s Special Edition #66, and we are honored to have Terence Reilly re-join us! 2018 saw the second full year for Terence at Aganorsa Leaf and we will catch up on what’s going on. Plus we will have discussions on Tobacco 21 and the “Big Four Pull Out” at PCA! You can watch LIVE […]
It’s a project that has been ten years in the making – or at least almost 18 months. The concept for doing a Cigar of the Decade selection started in July, 2018. I was driving outside Alburquerque, New Mexico heading to Las Vegas for the IPCPR Trade Show. I had just talked to Sam Morales, […]
A Nicaraguan counterpart is coming to Altadis U.S.A.’s Romeo y Julieta Reserva Real line. Last week the company announced the Romeo y Julieta Reserva Real Nicaragua. It’s another collaboration between Altadis U.S.A. and AJ Fernandez. The cigar is expected to launch at the Tobacco Products Expo (TPE) 2020 in Las Vegas and will ship to […]
While there are four big companies staying home from the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show in 2020, two other larger companies won’t be joining them. Today both Arturo Fuente and J.C. Newman Cigar Company announced they will be attending PCA 2020. Both companies typically have exhibited in the same booth and are partners […]
The Prime Time Awards are voted on by each of the three members of the Prime Time Podcasts. The awards look at the impact on the cigar industry. Today, we unveil our choice for 2019 Person of the Year. This award looks at the individual who for better or worse had the most significant contributions to the cigar […]
On January 10th, 2019 came word that four of the largest cigar companies: Altadis U.S.A., General Cigar Company, Davidoff of Geneva, and Drew Estate were not going to be attending the 2020 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. Today we peel the onion and offer some thoughts and perspectives on this announcement and what I […]
