On October 22nd, I was a guest on Cigar Dojo’s Smoke Night Live Show. It’s always fun being on Smoke Night Live. That night’s topic was entitled “Cigar Industry War Room”. On this show, I join Nick Libretti of JR Cigar and the Cigar Dojo crew where we each bring an industry topic to […]
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 […]
For Episode 206, we are joined by Jeremy McDonald, the founder of Wildfire Cigar Company Jeremy’s an industry veteran and best known for his tenure at Caldwell Cigar Company. Now Jeremy has struck out on his own and has a unique venture called Wildfire Cigar Company. We’ll talk to Jeremy about his journey and where […]
For Episode 205, we welcome Leonor “Leo” Abzaradel, the CEO of Nova Cigars. Leo has a very unique journey in the cigar industry and we will talk about how she got to Nova Cigars, and then learn more about Nova Cigars and some of the unique things the company is doing. In addition we will […]
On December 10th, 2021, I’ll kick off for the 12th consecutive year the annual Cigar Coop Cigar of the Year Countdown. Each day (except for Christmas, New Year’s Eve, and January 9th), I will reveal one cigar per day of what I consider the thirty best cigars reviewed over a 12-month period on Cigar Coop. […]
For Episode 208, we are proud to welcome back Kevin Schweitzer, owner of Vintage Rock-A-Feller Cigar Group. Kevin will be in the Perdomo Cigar Studio LIVE this week – our first in-person guest in almost two years. In the past few years, Kevin has been building up his portfolio of cigars, including two special limited […]
General Cigar has announced the Cohiba C8, a new ultra-premium offering geared primarily for U.S. Duty-Free shops. It’s a new limited edition ultra-premium cigar packaged with an ST Dupont Cutter and Lighter. The new Cohiba C8 Travel sets are scheduled to reach the U.S. today. The C8 cigar features an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper, a wrapper […]
Pospiech Cigars has announced a new collaboration with Room101 Cigars known as Who Shot Ya. “Who Shot Ya is the second in our line of exclusive partnerships with our close friends in the cigar industry,” says Mike Szczepankiewicz, owner of Pospiech Cigars and Cigar Hustler, in a press release. The cigar itself is […]
My Father Cigars has announced a new line extension to its Don Pepin Garcia Original (a.k.a. Don Pepin Blue Label) line in the form of a 3 x 50 vitola known as Sparky. The Don Pepin Garcia Original is a Nicaraguan puro highlighted by a Nicaragua Corojo Oscuro wrapper. The Sparky will be presented in […]
Protocol Cigars has announced the third installment of the Protocol Jane Doe Series with the Protocol Jane Doe 3.0. It is a one-time limited edition installment that will be sold exclusively through New Jersey retailer, The Royal Leaf beginning on Black Friday, November 26, 2021, at 3pm. Protocol Jane Doe keeps to Protocol’s theme of […]
