Gurkha Cigars has announced it is partnering with the TABSA factory in Nicaragua to re-release it’s San Miguel brand. San Miguel is a grandfathered brand by Gurkha. San Miguel is the third line that Gurkha is producing at the TABSA factory, joining the Gurkha Trienta and Gurkha Nicaragua. The cigar itself is a Nicaragua puro […]
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 […]
Coming soon, Debonaire House Cigars and De Los Reyes Cigars will be making their way into Latin America. Philip. S. Zanghi III, owner of Debonaire House, announced the formation of a distribution company called LanZang Wholesale. The company will provide the platform to handle distribution throughout Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. In […]
Over the past couple of years, PDR Cigars has been revamping its portfolio to include revamping the blend and/or new packaging. The latest to get an overhaul is PDR’s ultra-premium Connecticut Valley Reserve (CVR) line. The CVR will feature a made over blend and new packaging. Plans are for the new CVR lines to hit […]
RoMa Craft Tobac has announced that Weaselfest 2020 will not take place this September. The following is a communication sent out to ticket holders: [themify_box ] After almost a year of planning, negotiating, promoting and preparing to bring you a cigar event like you’ve never seen before, we are extremely disappointed to deliver the news […]
General Cigar has announced the details around CAO Bones. It’s a cigar that pays homage to dominoes, dice and the good times had playing those games over a good cigar. In a press release announcing CAO Bones, CAO blender/brand ambassador Rick Rodriguez said, ““Bones is about kicking back with your friends with a cold beer […]
Yagua, a limited edition cigar that was previewed at the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show is finally heading to retailers in August. The Yagua project is one that comes from J.C. Newman’s Puros de Estelí Nicaragua, S.A. (PENSA) Factory Manager Lazario Lopez. The cigar is a throwback style cigar that is rolled without a cigar mold, […]
The VegaFina 1998, a cigar released by Tabacalera SLU is heading to the U.S. market. VegaFina 1998 was a cigar that was released a year ago to the European market to commemorate 20 years of the VegaFina brand. It will now come to the U.S. as a part of the Tabacalera USA portfolio and will […]
Two new sizes are coming to Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust’s Mi Querida Triqui Traca line in the form of a Toro and a Gigantes. Both cigars are scheduled to reach retailers this August. The Mi Querida Triqui Traca 652 adds a traditional 6 x 52 Toro size into the line. The cigars will be […]
This past week Viaje’s authorized retailers have begun receiving a new two-blend known as Black and White. While the “Black” blend features a Maduro wrapper, it’s the “White” blend that Viaje cigar enthusiasts may be most interested in as it contains a Connecticut Shade wrapper. This marks the first national release of the Connecticut Shade […]
