A dark wrapper version of its Byron 20th Century Londinenses to Casa de Montecristo in Countryside, Illinois. It’s a cigar that has was rolled in 2010 and has been aging for ten years. The Byron line is produced by Nelson Alfonso of Selected Tobacco, which is distributed by United Cigars in the U.S. “The Byron […]
Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) 2021 has been rescheduled. Tobacco Media Group (TMG) who runs the TPE Trade Show has confirmed that TPE21 is now scheduled for May 12th to May 14th, 2021. The previous dates had been January 29-31, 2021. TMG has said the change was made due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The location for […]
Danny Vazquez, who serves as a Sales Leader for RoMa Craft Tobac, has announced he is leaving the company. His last date at the company is scheduled for August 28, 2020. Vazquez joined RoMa Craft Tobac in September 2017. Prior to joining RoMa Craft Tobac, Vazquez was the owner and founder of Barocoa Cigar Company, […]
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 […]
2020 marks the five year anniversary of Nicholas Melillo‘s Foundation Cigar Company. To mark the occasion, Melillo and Foundation have announced a special release with the limited edition El Güegüense – 5yr Aniversario Collector’s Chest. El Güegüense was Foundation Cigar’s first release back in 2015. Translating to “The Wise Man”, El Güegüense is the […]
Dapper Cigar Company has announced the release of Siempre Rosado. It’s a cigar that will first be released in a Corona size to SmallBatchCigar.com with a national release slated for the Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) 2021. The blend features dark Ecuadorian Habano Rosado wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder from the Jalapa Valley and fillers from […]
Judge Amit P. Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has ruled that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cannot move forward with the enforcement of premarket rule requirements until he comes up with a streamlined process for premium cigars. This means the September 9th, 2020 date has been thrown out […]
The last two major cigar consumer events of the 2020 season have been cancelled. Today Cigar Aficionado announced Big Smoke Meets WhiskyFest and Big Smoke Las Vegas have both been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Big Smoke Meets WhiskyFest had been scheduled to open on April 3, 2020 at the Hard Rock Hotel & […]
At last month’s Traveling Road Show, Rocky Patel Premium Cigars launched its fourth offering under its Hamlet brand with the Hamlet 2020. The Hamlet brand is named for Hamlet Paredes who joined Rocky Patel Premium Cigars in 2015 after a long career of working in Cuba’s famed Partagas factory. Like the other cigars in the […]
Today MoyaRuiz Cigars, the company founded by Danny Moya and Nelson Ruiz made a series of announcements. This includes a new box-pressed Toro line extension to the La Jugada Habano, the return of the Chinese Finger Trap Cigar, and a new logo. In addition MoyaRuiz has also announced it has transferred its business operations from […]
