At Smoke Inn’s Great Smoke Digital Event scheduled for Saturday February 20th, 2021, there will be six manufacturers offering exclusive cigars for ticket holders. One of the cigars comes from Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust and it’s a blend created by Steve Saka. In a statement, Saka explained the background behind this cigar: [themify_box ] DTT-EX-38 […]
The year 2021 will mark the 200th anniversary of Central American independence from the Spanish Empire. This set the stage for the creation of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua. To commemorate the occasion, Joya de Nicaragua has announced plans to release a one-time limited edition cigars known as Dos Cientos. The name […]
Pete Johnson recently celebrated his 50th birthday and in honor of the event, he is releasing aged productions of the Noellas, Regios, and Reservas J21 offerings in the Tatuaje Seleccion de Cazador line. In a statement on social media, Johnson said, “They are normal Noellas, Regios and J21’s from our production in Miami. The branding […]
The year 2021 marks the 20th anniversary of when the first AVO Limited Edition released, and this year AVO pays homage to that milestone, along with what would have been the 95th birthday of brand founder Avo Uvezian, with the AVO Improvisation 2021 release. “Avo Uvezien broke conventions as one of the first to produce […]
Jas Sum Kral (JSK) Cigars is adding a new regular production offering under its Tyrannical Buc line in the form of a barber-pole offering. Currently, the Tyrannical Buc is available in a Connecticut Broadleaf and Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade offering. The Tyrannical Buc Barberpole will combine both the Connecticut Broadleaf and Ecuadorian Shade wrappers. The cigars […]
Fred Vandermarliere, the owner and CEO of J. Cortès, the parent company of Oliva Cigar Company, has become an investor in Brandshopper. Brandshopper is an online retailer founded by Keith Meier and owns several sub-brands, including cigarpage.com, an online cigar retail outfit. While details of the transaction were not disclosed, Meier was said in several reports the […]
Tarazona Cigars has announced a planned line extension under the Caraballo828 Silverback Edición Limitada line known as The Benjamins will begin shipping in March. The Benjamins adds a 6 x 52 Torpedo offering into the Caraballo828 Silverback. This was a vitola that was scheduled to be released in June 2020, but due to the COVID-19 […]
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 […]
2021 marks the tenth anniversary of Drew Estate’s Undercrown brand. Kicking off the year, the company announced it will be implementing a new box design for most offerings in the three blends that make up Undercrown: Undercrown Maduro, Undercrown Shade, and Undercrown Sun Grown. The new box design is very similar to the current design. […]
The CAO Zócalo, a limited edition cigar released in 2018 will be making a return – this time as a regular production cigar. The Zócalo was CAO’s first cigar to feature a Mexican wrapper. When it was released two years ago, it was released in a 6 x 60 format. The 6 x 60 returns […]
