Drew Estate has announced a new 6 x 60 Gordo size for its Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve Barrel Fermented line. The new Gordo size will be exclusive to Pappy & Company’s pappyco.com website before being made available to Drew Diplomat retailers in 2023. The cigars feature a Tapa Negra-style Kentucky Fire-Cured and a barrel-aged […]
The Association of Dominican Cigar Manufacturers, Procigar, has announced its 2023 festival will take place in the Dominican Republic from February 19 to 24, 2023. “We are very pleased to know that our festival participants have knowledge of where our tobacco grows and how our cigars are produced. Once again, we were able to demonstrate […]
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 […]
General Cigar has announced a new limited edition cigar under its CAO brand known as CAO Pilón Añejo. It’s a cigar that follows the original CAO Pilón in that it uses tobaccos fermented in circular-shaped pilóns. Fermenting in circular pilóns is an old Cuban technique. Most tobacco is fermented by arranging tobacco in large rectangular […]
Quality Importers Trading Co. announces three new color options for its Palió “Original” cigar cutter. These new color options include: matte gray, matte blue, and matte red. Like the “Original” version in matte black, the new series uses the same high-grade double guillotine stainless steel blades designed to cut up to a 60-ring-gauge cigar. These […]
The Padrón Family Reserve No. 95 line, a pair of limited edition cigars first unveiled at the 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, is expected to arrive at retailers soon. News of the pending shipment of this cigar was first reported by Cigar Aficionado. Like most Padrón cigars, the Padrón Family Reserve No. 95 […]
Quality Importers Trading Co. announces the Palió® Basta cigar cutter designed for cigar enthusiasts of 70-, 80-, and even 90-ring-gauge cigars. Priced at $2.99 per unit, the Palió Basta is meant to provide a value-based option for those cutting large ring gauge cigars for smoking. The Palió Basta is a double-guillotine cutter with stainless steel […]
Kris Kachaturian, the long-time partner of AJ Fernandez, has passed away. Kachaturian was partners with Fernandez until the end of 2015. At that time, Kachaturian would depart the company and the premium handmade cigar business. During his time at AJ Fernandez Cigar Company, the company moved more toward growing in the brick & mortar space. […]
United Cigars’ Big Papi Firecracker, a cigar inspired by Major League Baseball Superstar David Ortiz, will begin to arrive at retailers by the end of this week. The Big Papi Firecracker is produced at Tabacalera El Artista by Ram Rodriguez, who produces the Big Papi and Slugger Cigars with the David Ortiz name. The Firecracker […]
Most of day three of Procigar 2022 was spent touring the factory and farm facilities at La Flor Dominicana (LFD). Every factory and farm tour is different, and La Flor Dominicana certainly brought their own story to the table. It didn’t take long to realize the factory and farm were a labor of love for […]
