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The Cohiba 55 Aniversario Edición Limitada, a cigar launched at the 2021 Habanos World Day to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the Cohiba brand will have its official launch on May 14. Habanos S.A. has selected Phoenicia T.A.A Cyprus, its distributor covering the Middle East, Africa, and part of Europe to handle the launch. Phoenix […]
For the fifth year in a row, E.P. Carrillo will release an exclusive cigar for Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) retailers. The E.P. Carillo TAA 2022 will be a part of the 2022 TAA Exclusive Series. Last month, the cigar was announced at the TAA’s annual convention. The cigar consists of an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper […]
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 […]
La Flor Dominicana is getting ready to release a 6 1/2 x 42 size of its Andalusian Bull blend known as The Golden Bull. Not only will this cigar be a limited offering, but it will also require acquiring a Golden Bull NFT (non-fungible token) to do so. If you aren’t familiar with NFTs, it […]
One of the pioneers in the large ring gauge movement was Perdomo Cigars. It was back in the early 2000s when Nick Perdomo introduced a line called the Perdomo Inmenso. It was a line well ahead of its time, as it featured some very large ring gauge cigars. Over the past decade, large ring gauges […]
La Flor Dominicana has announced a new value-priced long filler line known as the LFD Rolling School Class of 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to both an unprecedented demand for premium cigars as well as labor shortages. La Flor Dominicana has certainly faced those challenges and as it has begun to “return to normalcy”, […]
Favilli/Mombacho Cigars S.A. is releasing its new core line of cigars called “The Granada Line.”. The line includes the rebranding of its existing Tierra Volcan line, as well as the addition of two new core lines. The Granada line will be sold as Favilli Cigars in the U.S. and Mombacho Cigars S.A. outside the U.S. […]
Aganorsa Leaf’s core line offerings have been repackaged into a new series known as La Validación. The new look will be applied to Aganorsa Leaf’s Corojo, Maduro, Connecticut, and Habano lines. The new packaging will feature vibrant colors for each of the four blends that will highlight the Aganorsa logo, and name. While these blends […]
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA)Trade Show is less than three months away, and it’s never too early to start our Big Board coverage. What is the Big Board? This is meant to be a one-stop-shop where you can go follow all of the happenings leading up to the PCA 2022 Trade Show, and then recap […]
Next month there will be a new cigar company hitting the scene called Freud Cigar Company. As the name indicates, Freud Cigar Company pays homage to Dr. Sigmund Freud, the Austrian Doctor who is the father of psychoanalysis and a renowned cigar smoker. The company will debut with its first cigar, Superego, which is being […]