AJ Fernandez Cigar Company has announced an exclusive size for Bellevue Kentucky’s The Party Source of its New World line, the New World Oscuro Short Churchill. The New World Oscuro Short Churchill TPS Exclusive is a 6 x 48 Short Churchill. While the majority of the New World Oscuro line is box-pressed, the Short Churchill […]
The following is an editorial and represents the opinions of this author and this author alone. Earlier this week, the Cigar Rights of America found itself with some controversy when a meme was posted to the organization’s Facebook page. While many questioned the appropriateness of the meme, I think it exposed that the organization needs […]
General Cigar has announced CAO Borealis, a new exclusive release for the Canadian market. In addition to being an exclusive to all of the provinces of Canada, it also will be a cigar to feature Canadian-grown tobacco in its blend. The Canadian tobacco comes from Southwest Ontario near the Great Lakes where General Cigar says […]
On April 10th 2022, Quesada Cigars Founder and President Manuel “Manolo” Quesada turned 75 years old. This summer, a cigar to mark the occasion called the Manolo Quesada 75th Anniversary cigar will make its debut. “I have been very fortunate, and blessed, to have worked in the Tobacco world for 63 years and for 48 […]
Casa de Montecristo, located in Countryside, Illinois and home to the Byron Cigar Lounge, is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The retailer is being shipped a very special humidor to mark the occasion. The humidor was designed by Nelson Alfonso of Selected Tobacco. Each humidor includes 20-extra aged Grand Poemas (6 x 56) and 20-extra aged […]
Once again, Drew Estate has announced it has a new cigar. On May 12th on the company’s Freestyle Live: Special Edition broadcast, Drew Estate will introduce its newest premium cigar. And once again, the cigar will be offered as an unbanded pre-release as a part of a new Freestyle Live Event Pack. The event packs […]
On Episode 69 of Prime Time Jukebox, we continue our recap of the Rolling Stone’s recent refresh of their Top 500 songs of all time. This segment will cover songs 250 to 201 and Dave and Coop will go through some of their favorites that made the list, and assess how fairly these favorites […]
Gran Habano has announced Ryan Bathurst as its Northeast Territory Manager. Bathurst will be responsible for representing Gran Habano for retailers throughout the New York City, Long Island, New Jersey, Delaware, and Eastern Pennsylvania region. Bathurst has ten years experience in luxury sales retail at Davidoff of Geneva, Nat Sherman International, and Cigarz on the […]
The H. Upmann Magnum 52 Año del Tigre, a new vitola under the H. Upmann brand, made its debut in a “virtual unboxing” presented by Habanos S.A. and its distributors for Asia Pacific and China (Pacific Cigar Company and Infifon Hong Kong Limited). The cigar will be arriving on the market in a few weeks […]
Each week, I have the opportunity to produce the news segment for KMA Talk Radio. On the Cigar Coop “blog,” we post replays of the shows the week following the date the show is aired. On March 26, 2022, George Rico of Gran Habano Cigars was the special guest. Catch the full show below (Note: […]
