My Father Cigars has announced a new line extension to its Don Pepin Garcia Original (a.k.a. Don Pepin Blue Label) line in the form of a 3 x 50 vitola known as Sparky. The Don Pepin Garcia Original is a Nicaraguan puro highlighted by a Nicaragua Corojo Oscuro wrapper. The Sparky will be presented in […]
Protocol Cigars has announced the third installment of the Protocol Jane Doe Series with the Protocol Jane Doe 3.0. It is a one-time limited edition installment that will be sold exclusively through New Jersey retailer, The Royal Leaf beginning on Black Friday, November 26, 2021, at 3pm. Protocol Jane Doe keeps to Protocol’s theme of […]
The national launch of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust’s highly anticipated StillWell Star will take place at Smokingpipes.com and its brick-and-mortar store Low Country Pipe & Cigar, on Friday, November 5th. According to Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust owner Steve Saka, is the first and perhaps only time that he will do such a launch. The in-person launch […]
J.C. Newman Cigar Company has plans to refresh its El Baton brand in 2022. In a video posted to the company’s YouTube channel, Drew Newman of J.C. Newman said the brand will be reenvisioned and will be reintroduced back to the market next year. In addition, Newman confirmed a couple of items we reported 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 […]
Owner Frederik Vandermarliere has announced he is restructuring his cigar brand properties under one umbrella known as Vandermarliere Cigar Family. Under the restructuring, J.Cortès will focus on machine-made production, and Oliva Cigars will focus on handmade production. The Vandermarliere family has been the owners of J.Cortès for 95 years. While J.Cortès has done some handmade […]
The 96 Billion Dollar tobacco tax proposal that was a part of the Build Back Better Act has been removed. The Build Better Back Act is a human infrastructure plan that includes parts of President Biden’s American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan. The bill had contained language that would have resulted in over 1,000% […]
This week the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) conference is taking place at Casa del Campo in La Romana, Dominican Republic. We’ve heard that Tatuaje Cigars will be re-releasing the Tatuaje Karloff as a one-time exclusive offering to member retailers. Tatuaje Karloff was the second installment of the Tatuaje Actors Series. Karloff is a limited […]
S.T. Dupont has announced the launch of its Brushed Copper Collection. This brings a matt copper finish to three of S.T. Dupont’s most popular lighters: Megajet, Slim 7, and Minijet. Each of the S.T. Dupont lighters in the collection feature brushed copper trims throughout the entire design of the lighter. The S.T. Dupont logo is […]
Espinosa Cigars has announced it has added a new size to the Espinosa Crema line in the form of a 6 x 52 box-pressed Toro. The Espinosa Crema line was launched in 2016 with a milder profile in mind. Made at the company’s La Zona factory, the Espinosa Crema uses a Connecticut Shade wrapper from […]
