The documentary Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain has been released. Director Morgan Neville assembled together a playlist of music he found from Bourdain’s books, interviews, social media, and more. Tonight, we take a look at that music and how it ties back to the life and times of the late Anthony Bourdain. We’ll be joined by […]
At the 2021 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, ADVentura Cigars launched a third size under The Royal Return – King’s Gold line in the form of a 44 x 6 Corona. The Royal Return is a two-blend line introduced by ADVentura Cigars in 2020. There is the Queen’s Pearl which is an Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade […]
We have seen many cigar companies and brands celebrate 25th, 50th, 100th, and even more recently 180th anniversaries. However, when it comes to a company celebrating a 200-year milestone, the only one that has come to mind is Toscano. Based in Italy, Toscano cigars are known for their rustic, fire-cured blends. In 2018, the Toscano […]
Eight years ago, a company with a lot of fanfare launched called Sindicato Cigars. The concept of Sindicato Cigars was simple – a group of top tobacconists banded together to form a company and decided they would contract directly with cigar manufacturers to produce a cigar brand. These retailers would sell the products of Sindicato […]
Coles of London may be a company many cigar enthusiasts are not familiar with. Earlier this year, Coles of London would take over the U.S. distribution for S.T. Dupont products from Davidoff of Geneva. Coles of London was already distributing S.T. Dupont’s pen business, so adding S.T. Dupont’s cigar accessories was a logical fit. What […]
Patina Cigars was one of nine cigar companies that exhibited in the Sutliff Tobacco pipe booth. Over the past 18 months, Sutliff has quietly been bringing on smaller cigar companies to handle its distribution. Each of the companies had a mini kiosk and it brought back the feel of the old House of Emilio booth […]
One of the pillars of the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show is Oliva Cigar Company. Oliva is not known to do large numbers of releases. But 2021 is a little different as this year might have had the most new releases Oliva had brought to the trade show in recent memory. Even when Oliva […]
On July 19, 2021, Aaron Loomis hosted a unique PCA 2021 Recap Show on Developing Palates. This included two manufacturers: Terence Reilly of Aganorsa Leaf and Steve Saka of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust; two retailers: Jay Davis of Blue Smoke Dallas and Abe Dababneh of Smoke Inn; and finally two media members: Eric Guttormson of […]
Prime Time Special Edition 103 returns – in what we thought would be the final PCA Post Game Show of 2021. This one will be a little different as we will take things from the Cigar Coop team point of view and focus on the most important and exciting part of the trade show – […]
While we couldn’t get him last week, this week we have the one and only Eddie Ortega of Ortega Cigars! Eddie’s an industry veteran and has done it all in the cigar industry. We’ll recap his journey and find out what he’s up to. Plus we will have our Live True, Sopranos, and DTT Industry […]
