At the 2021 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, S.T. Dupont launched its most premium collection of cigar and writing accessories for the year – The Space Odyssey Collection. It’s a limited edition line that has been inspired by space missions both past and present. ST Dupont is distributed in the United States by […]
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 the Meerapfel family has announced it is re-introducing its own cigar brand. The Meerapfel family is best known for being tobacco brokers and in particular are known for brokering tobacco out of Cameroon, Africa. In addition, the Meerapfels work with Arturo Fuente Cigar Company on its international distribution outside of the U.S. While […]
Drew Estate has announced it is shipping its Undercrown Dojo Dogma releases to retailers. These are box-pressed line extensions of the Undercrown Maduro and Undercrown Sun Grown lines done in collaboration with Cigar Dojo. The Undercrown Dogma Maduro was first released in 2014 as a small batch limited production sold initially through Smoke Inn. It’s […]
General Cigar has announced a new limited-edition line called 60. The first release will be called the Torque and it will mark what General says is their largest size to date – a massive 8 x 60 vitola. Produced at STG Estelí in Nicaragua, the CAO 60 Torque features a Honduran Habano wrapper, Nicaraguan Habano […]
Recently, two of Viaje’s oldest lines, the Viaje Oro and the Viaje Platino, have returned and arrived at stores. During the early days of the company, the Viaje Oro and Viaje Platino were regular production offerings. In 2012, Viaje announced these lines would be moving into its small batch model where they would be periodically […]
It’s been thirteen years since the original Tatuaje The Frank was released. This week, the long-awaited return of The Frank will go into motion as Tatuaje The Frank Redux 1 will arrive in stores. Tatuaje The Frank Redux 1 is based on the original release of Tatuaje The Frank. The cigar itself is a box-pressed […]
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 […]
Javier Estades Saez, President and CEO of Tabacalera USA Inc. has once again been elected as Chairman of the Cigar Association of America (CAA). Estades previously served as Chairman from 2016 to 2020. Last year Estades stepped down as Chairman of the CAA and was succeeded by Swisher CEO John Miller. This past month, it […]
The 11th Cigar Smoking World Champion competition took place the weekend of September 17-19, 2021 in Split, Croatia. This year, Henrik Kristensson of Sweden was crowned the world champion for 2021. The general concept is the person who smokes the cigar for the longest period of time without having to re-light it is crowned the […]
