This week the Prime Time Show begins the first of three weeks of “Pre-Game” coverage leading up to the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show with a Media Panel Show. It’s our sixth Media Panel Show and we will have the whole Prime Time Team onboard plus Seth Geise, Jiunn Liu, and John McTavish of Developing Palates. […]
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Cigar News: White Hat Cigars Changes Name to La Familia Robaina
William Cooper Cigar News, IPCPR 2019 No Comments HR, IPCPR 2019, La Familia Robaina, News, White Hat
White Hat Cigars has announced it is changing the name of its company to La Familia Robaina. The name transition will occur over the next month and the company will attend the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show under its new name. “After fielding questions for the past 3 1/2 years about the relationship between the Robaina’s […]
Cigar News: Brad Winstead Named New Head of Casa de Montecristo
William Cooper Cigar News No Comments Casa de Montecristo, News, People
Brad Winstead has been appointed the new head of Casa de Montecristo, a unit of Tabacalera USA. He replaces Luis Miguel Torres who has left the company. WInstead started with Altadis U.S.A. in July 2007 as a territory sales manager. Most recently, he served as head of marketing for Altadis U.S.A. Prior to that, he […]
Announcement: Stanford Newman Birthday Smoke Virtual Event – June 12th 6pm EDT
William Cooper Announcement No Comments Announcement, Cigar Coop, Diamond Crown, JC Newman
The following is a live event being hosted by our partner J.C. Newman Cigar Company Following the J.C. Newman Cigar Company broadcast, Will Cooper will provide some additional commentary on his solo “Prime Cuts” Podcast hosted on the Cigar Coop page of Facebook later that evening.
Cigar Review: Crowned Heads Headley Grange Black Lab LE 2018
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 91-93, Box Worthy Consideration, Crowned Heads, Review
Late in 2018, Crowned Heads released a limited edition offering under its Headley Grange brand known as the Crowned Heads Headley Grange Black Lab LE 2018. The Black Lab would showcase the Connecticut Habano Maduro wrapper. It’s a wrapper that Crowned Heads has been using on several releases coming from Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr’s Tabacalera La Alianza. […]
Cigar News: Gurkha Treinta to Debut at the 2019 IPCPR
William Cooper Cigar News, IPCPR 2019 No Comments 2019 Preview, Gurkha, IPCPR 2019, News
The year 2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the Gurkha brand being purchased by Kaizod Hansotia, and to commemorate the occasion a new anniversary cigar known as the Gurkha Treinta will be released. The cigar is being made at Tabacos de Valle Jalapa S.A. (TABSA) in Estelí, Nicaragua marking the first time Gurkha has worked […]
Cigar News: Plasencia Alma del Fuego to Launch at 2019 IPCPR
William Cooper Cigar News, IPCPR 2019 No Comments 2019 Preview, IPCPR 2019, News, Plasencia
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show scheduled to begin June 29th in Las Vegas, Plasencia Cigars will unveil Part III of its Alma series, the Plasencia Alma del Fuego. The name Alma del Fuego means “Soul of the Fire” and it pays homage to the volcanic soils that stem from Ometepe Island located in […]
Cigar News: Latest Round of Trump Sanctions Against Cuba Eliminates Group People to People Travel
William Cooper Cigar News No Comments Cuba, News
The Treasury and Commerce Department of the Trump Administration announced further sanctions on Cuba. These sanctions include further travel restrictions with the elimination of some non-family travel including what was one of the most common categories cigar tourists would go to Cuba under – Group People to People Educational Travel. Previously the US Department of Treasury’s […]
Cigar Review: La Flor Dominicana TAA 2018 – The Golden “Oro” Anniversary
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 2018 TAA Exclusive Series, 91-93, Buy Multiples, La Flor Dominicana, LFD, Review, TAA
Since 2012 one of the staples of the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) Exclusive Release series has been La Flor Dominicana. With 2018 being the 50th anniversary of the TAA, it was no surprise that La Flor Dominicana would be invited to the party. If you look at the history of La Flor Dominicana’s participation […]
Cigar News: Cavalier Genève Releasing Two Limited Sizes to White Series at the 2019 IPCPR
William Cooper Cigar News, IPCPR 2019 No Comments 2019 Preview, Cavalier Geneve, IPCPR 2019
At this year’s 2019 IPCPR, Cavalier Genève will release two limited production sizes of its white label in the form of a Salomones and a Lancero offering. THe Cavalier Genève White Series Salomones measures 7 x 50 x 58. It is a size that has been released as a regular production cigar in the past, […]