The Gurkha Revenant, a two-blend line launched at the 2021 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, is now shipping to retailers. These are the first two cigars for Gurkha to come out of Tabacalera El Artista in the Dominican Republic. The Revenant Corojo uses a Corojo wrapper over Cameroon binder and fillers from Nicaragua, Dominican Criollo […]
Frontier Brands, the owner and manufacturer of Frontier Cigars, has announced it has added two new offerings into its portfolio, Frontier Cigarillos and Frontier XL. These two new offerings join the current Frontier Cheroots offering. Frontier Cigarillos are an all-natural handmade product that utilizes tobaccos from Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic and are finished with […]
Carolina Blue Cigars, LLC has announced it has reached a distribution agreement with Illusione Cigars. In a press release, Christopher Moore, owner of Carolina Blue Cigars, explained how the wheels were put in motion: “I found myself in the middle of [a] mass back and forth email when the respondents should have been replying to […]
Protocol Cigars has announced the Protocol Battle Borne Cigar. It’s a limited cigar that will support the Battle Borne organization who has a mission to connect veterans with the resources needed to recover from their mental, emotional, and physical trauma so they can restore their lives and reintegrate into society. The cigar will make its […]
A new release from Forged Cigar Company’s Partagas brand has begun to show up at retailers. It’s called the Partagas Cortado and it’s the first Connecticut Shade-wrapped offering as well as the first Nicaraguan-made Partagas to be released. Partagas Cortado features an Ecuadorian-grown Connecticut Shade wrapper over an Indonesian binder and fillers consisting of Honduran […]
Back at the 2021 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, J.C. Newman announced that Yagua, a limited production cigar, would be making a return this year. Today, the company said it is releasing 1,000 boxes of the cigar from its aging room. J.C. Newman first released Yagua in 2020. What makes this cigar unique is that […]
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 […]
Drew Estate is releasing a new Subculture offering, the ACID Subculture Continental. This will be an exclusive offering for Smoker Friendly retail stores. The Acid Subculture Continental will be launched at the Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival on Aug. 28th which is hosted by Smoker Friendly. Produced at La Gran Fabrica Drew Estate in Estelí, Nicaragua, […]
& Oveja Negra Brands has announced it is shipping the Black Label Trading Company Viaticum 2021 edition release to select retailers. Viaticum was introduced two years ago at the IPCPR Trade Show. It was a cigar introduced to commemorate Black Label Trading Company’s sixth anniversary. It’s an offshoot of Black Label Trading Company’s Last Rites […]
At the 2021 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Pete Johnson announced the seventh sampler based on his Monsters Series, the Tatuaje Monster Mash. The new sampler is scheduled to reach retailers sometime this fall. The Tatuaje Monster Mash includes vitolas that are based on the original full-sized release for each Monster blend, but 1 1/2 […]
