Foundation Cigar Company has announced its second line known as “The Upsetters”. While Foundation’s first brand, El Güegüense was a Nicaraguan puro that paid homage to the culture of Nicaragua, The Upsetters goes in a different direction. For this new brand, Melillo delivers a blend that showcases Jamaican tobacco in the blend and has three different wrapper […]
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Cigar Review: Paul Garmirian 25th Anniversary Connoisseur
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 4.5 - Fight Chuck Norris for Them, 94-, Paul Garmirian, Review
Late in 2015, Paul Garmirian Cigars released a cigar to commemorate its 25th anniversary – appropriately titled the Paul Garmirian 25th Anniversary Connoisseur. Brand owner Paul Garmirian is someone who originally built a name for himself in the political and international marketing segment. He also has an incredible passion for cigars. In 1990, he authored a […]
Feature Story: Understanding the Grandfather Date for FDA Regulation of Premium Cigars
William Cooper Feature Story 10 Comments FDA, FDA Regulations Primer, Feature Story
On August 8th, 2016, premium cigars will be subject to regulations introduced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. This will drastically change the way new products will be introduced to the marketplace. One thing that has been the subject of much conversation is something called the “grandfather” date to market a premium cigar product […]
Cigar Industry Report: Volume 5, Number 24 (5/7/16)
William Cooper Cigar Industry Report, Cigar News No Comments Cigar Coop, Cigar Industry Report, Cigar Wrap, News, Stogie Geeks
The Cigar Industry Report is a one stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop and Stogie Geeks. It is a combination of our news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. We will also recap what happened on our Stogie Geeks show. Finally, each week we […]
Cigar News: Florida Sun Grown Tobacco Blend to Debut at Drew Estate Barn Smoker
William Cooper Cigar News, Events No Comments Drew Estate, Events, Florida Sun Grown Tobacco, News
For the past three years, Corona Cigar Company founder Jeff Borysiewicz’ has been growing tobacco on his Clermont, Florida farm. Now that tobacco will be making it into its first commercially available blend. Today Drew Estate Tobacco announced it will debuting a Florida Sun Grown Tobacco blend at a Barn Smoker event to be held at […]
Feature Story: Davidoff Releases Financial Review for 2015
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Last week, Oettinger Davidoff AG released a review for financial year 2015. as well as an outlook for its 2016 business. While the company said it expanded its global market position despite challenging marketing conditions, it reported a decline in total sales for the 2015 financial year. The report highlighted five themes: Double-digit growth thanks […]
Feature Story: Understanding the FDA Warning Label Requirement for Premium Cigars
William Cooper Feature Story 4 Comments FDA, FDA Regulations Primer, Feature Story
As a part of the new U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations over premium cigars is the requirement of Warning Labels on cigar packages and cigar advertisements. The requirement for Warning Labels goes into effect two years after the issuing of the regulations (August 3, 2018). While this may seem like a simple requirement, […]
Cigar News: FDA Regulations on Premium Cigars Issued with No Exemption
William Cooper Cigar News 8 Comments FDA, News
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its regulations on tobacco products. The regulations issued include premium cigars for which there is no exemption from FDA regulation, nor revised predicate date. In addition to premium cigars, the new regulations include pipe tobacco, hookah, and electronic cigarettes. The timetable for the new regulations to take effect is […]
Agile Cigar Review: CAO Amazon Basin
William Cooper Cigar News No Comments 3.5 - Box Split, 91-93, Agile Cigar Review, Assessment Update, CAO, General
Agile Cigar Reviews replace what we termed “Assessment Updates”. The concept is the same, but the name is different. Agile Cigar Reviews use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring […]
Cigar News: California Raises Tobacco Purchase Age to 21 as Part of Sweeping Anti Tobacco Measures
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California has become the second state in the U.S. to raise to tobacco purchase age to 21. The bill was signed at the 11th hour by Governor Jerry Brown after numerous delays. California joins Hawaii as the two U.S. states to implement a minimum tobacco purchase age of 21. An exemption for the new smoking age was […]