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 […]
This week General Cigar began shipping a three-blend line under its Santa Clara line. It’s a project that was done by Matt Booth, Justin Andrews, and the team at Honduran American Tobacco S.A. (HATSA). While Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) was not in attendance at the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, the Room101 brand […]
This weekend is Drew Estate’s Pennsylvania Barn Smoker, and at the DE25 Pre-Party being held nearby tonight, Drew Estate will introduce the third vitola of its Liga Privada H99 Connecticut Corojo line, a Robusto. The cigar features the Connecticut Corojo H99 hybrid wrapper that is derived from Stalk Cut Habano and Connecticut Corojo seeds […]
At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Alec Bradley Cigar Company revealed its mystery exclusive item to attendees. It’s called the New-Mix Classics and it is a four-count sampler containing cigars from four discontinued blends from the company’s past that have been remastered using the original blends. The cigars in the sampler include […]
The 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show is now in the annals of history, and a part of that story appears to have been the spread of the COVID-19 virus among attendees. On Monday, Cigar Coop learned of the first positive test result of an attendee. As of the evening of Wednesday, July […]
As a part of the celebration of E.P. Carrillo founder Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr‘s 70th birthday, the company has created a three-cigar sampler known as the Platinum Bash. The Platinum Bash will feature three unreleased blends, and consumers will get a chance to select one of the blends as a future E.P. Carrillo limited edition release. […]
At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, the joint project between Arturo Fuente Cigars and Padrón debuted. The principals of the project, Jorge Padrón and Carlos “Carlito” Fuente Jr. created cigars to honor their fathers, the late José Orlando Padrón and Carlos Fuente Sr. The twist is that each principal blended a cigar […]
The PCA Trade Show and Convention opened July 9th in Las Vegas, Nevada. As part of the normal business of the opening breakfast, the PCA named new members to the board of directors. This year five new members were added. The PCA Board of Directors consists of 14 retail members and five Associate Members. […]
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 […]
At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Tatuaje Cigars will take orders for another installment of its Tuxtla Series, the Lomo de Cerdo. This is a Mexican-wrapped version of the famed Tatuaje Pork Tenderloin. Lomo de Cerdo is Spanish for Pork Tenderloin. The Pork Tenderloin was originally a 2010 shop exclusive to former […]
