2020 saw United Cigars’ La Gianna Havana brand celebrate its 25th anniversary. Following a packaging facelift a little over a year ago, this year, United is bringing back a brand known as La Gianna Angelic. It’s a brand that was first introduced back in 2001 for a short run. La Gianna Angelic is a mild […]
Vintage Cigar Distributors has announced a new partnership with the J. Fuego factory owned by Jesus Fuego in Nicaragua. The recently announced PCA Exclusive Cigar, the 7-20-4 Hustler Five & Dime is going to be produced at the J. Fuego Factory in Estelí, Nicaragua, and now the original 7-20-4 line will also be produced there. […]
On Prime Time Jukebox Episode 44, Dave and Coop begin “The Alphabet Series” – a series of shows where we cover songs devoted to a particular letter. We begin the series, naturally, with the letter “A.” Our goal with this show is to use this opportunity to cover a number of genres, bands, deep cuts, […]
At the 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Perdomo Cigars introduced four 12-count samplers known as the Perdomo Connoisseur Collection. There are three collections representing Perdomo’s signature wrappers (Connecticut Shade, Sun Grown, and Maduro), and a fourth collection known as “Award Winning” that includes Perdomo’s highest-rated and award-winning cigars. Each collection includes two […]
At the 2021 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Drew Newman of JC Newman Cigar Company told the Cigar Coop team production that a new project out of the El Reloj factory in Tampa, Florida has commenced known as the Angel Cuesta. El Reloj is a 111-year-old cigar factory that recently underwent some renovations. JC Newman […]
2021 was certainly the year of the “Minimalist” booth, but when it comes to Illusione Cigars this is nothing new. Over the past decade at the previous IPCPR Trade Shows, there were years when owner Dion Giolito has not displayed new products – and the 2021 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show was one of those […]
Back in April, Arturo Fuente Cigar Company announced it was adding two new sizes to its Rare Pink Collection. At the 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, the new sizes were showcased. The new sizes were two figurados – a 3 3/4 x 54 and a 7 1/4 x 53. At the time of […]
At the 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, E.P. Carrillo launched a third size to its Pledge line known as the E.P. Carrillo Pledge Apogee. The Apogee was released prior to the show, but the size of the cigar was not unveiled until the show opened. The Apogee is a 6 1/4 x 58 […]
On May 16th, I was a guest on #ElOsoFumarTakes, the podcast hosted by Prime Time Special Edition’s Bear Duplisea. Also appearing with me on the show was Matthew Tabacco, the founder of Smokin Tabacco and host of the Spare Notes podcast. On the show we compare cigar media from two different perspectives – old school […]
Spare Notes is a new series on Smokin Tabacco that I am collaborating on with Matthew Tabacco. It’s a platform where Matt and I can talk about topics and subjects that we haven’t covered on our shows in an agile, free-form open discussion forum. On Episode 2, Coop and Matt talk about Cigar Advent Calendars, […]
