Padilla Cigar Company is the latest company to team up with AJ Fernandez. The project is a cigar called Padilla Poética. While it’s planned to be released later this summer, Padilla Cigars will also release a small batch of the cigars in May. The Padilla Poética is a project named in honor of Padilla Cigars’ […]
General Cigar has announced a new offering under its Hoyo de Monterrey brand, the Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure Selección. This is a line that pays homage to the early days of cigar making in Honduras, tracing back to the 1950s when the Villazon factory was established. Produced at the HATSA factory in Danlí, Honduras, Hoyo […]
Tonight La Palina Cigars and Room101 Cigars will team up for a live virtual event called “Cigar Lockdown.” ]The event will support a program that the two companies have launched to help support brick and mortar tobacconists during the COVID-19 crisis. The COVID-19 crisis has seen government orders that have resulted in some retail stores […]
J. Glynn Loope, the long-time Executive Director of Cigar Rights of America (CRA), announced that he will be stepping down as on November 4, 2020, the day after Election Day. Loope has served as CRA’s leader since 2008 and is leaving to pursue other opportunities. “It has been a privilege to champion the rights […]
Room101 Cigars is re-releasing a limited edition cigar, it offered to retailers a few years ago. The cigar doesn’t have an official name, but has been referred to as the “Death Bucket.” The cigar is a re-release of one of the first projects Room101 brand owner did after returning to the cigar industry after a […]
The Tatuaje TAA 2020, the tenth consecutive exclusive release by Tatuaje Cigars for the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) Exclusive Series is now heading to retailers. This year’s release features an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and fillers. It’s the first time a Tatuaje TAA Cigar has used a Sumatra wrapper. The cigar comes […]
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 has announced it is releasing six of its signature Flying Pig for 2020. The Flying Pigs being shipped include the Liga Privada No. 9, Liga Privada T52, Undercrown (Maduro), Undercrown Shade, and Undercrown Sun Grown blends as we as the return of the Kentucky Fire Cured Flying Pig. The Undercrown and KFC Flying Pigs […]
With the COVID-19 Crisis impacting many premium cigar retail operations, the question has become whether a retail cigar establishment can be classified as an essential business. The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) has established guidelines for those retailers in states and municipalities where the definition has either been ambiguous, or has put a chokehold on business. […]
Earlier this year, the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) held a virtual conference to announce its 2020 TAA Exclusive Releases. For the eighth time, My Father Cigars will deliver an exclusive cigar to TAA retailers. This year, the cigar is a 5 1/4 x 52 Robusto sized viola in the My Father The Judge line. […]
