Joya de Nicaragua has announced a fifth installment under its Joya brand. The Joya Copper will be an exclusive offering to Cigars International This release joins the Joya Cabinet, Joya Red, Joya Black, and Joya Silver offerings. “Joya Copper is the result of what a strong partnership is all about, in this project we […]
Lost & Found the brand created by Robert Caldwell and Tony Bellatto has announced four new releases for this month. Lost & Found made its debut in 2014 under the name Impromptu Cigars. The idea behind the project was to seek out cigars that have been aging in factories and bring them back to […]
The Cigarette Store Company, owner of the Smoker Friendly retail operation, has announced it has acquired Smoker’s Outlet, a 33 store chain that does business in Missouri. Under the terms of the acquisition, Smoker Friendly will take over all of the Smoker’s Outlet cigarette, tobacco, and liquor store operations immediately. Smoker Friendly operates 102 […]
Fratello Cigars has announced it will release a Churchill size of the Fratello Navetta and Navetta Inverso Churchill as an exclusive cigar to Virginia-based retailer Tobaccology as a store exclusive. Both cigars will be a 7 x 50 size and will be packed together in a split box featuring both blends side by side. According […]
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 […]
At the opening night of Espinosa Cigars’ La Zona Palooza 2019 event, it was announced Bath, Pennsylvania-based retailer Caravan Cigar Company would be the recipient of a store exclusive cigar called “Fair Warning.” Fair Warning is one of the more unique store exclusive offerings from Espinosa as it is the company’s first barber-pole release. The […]
2019 has seen Altadis U.S.A. continue to mark the 175th anniversary of the H. Upmann brand. Later this month, the company will release Herman’s Batch. It’s a cigar that pays homage to the founder of the H. Upmann brand. The H. Upmann has its origins back in Cuba where founder Hermann Upmann opened his first […]
Patina Cigars has announced it will add a 4 x 50 Robusto to its Patina Connecticut and Patina Habano lines called Precipitation. Concurrently, Patina has also announced that production is now being handled out of the Nicaraguan American Cigars S.A. (NACSA) facility. The new Precipitation becomes the fifth vitola in both the Connecticut and […]
At TPE 2020, Jas Sum Kral (JSK) Cigars will introduce a tobacco product known as JSK Front. Tobacco Products Expo (TPE) is a trade show showcasing the tobacco industry as a whole. JSK Fronto is not a tobacco product, but a pack of organically grown San Andres air-cured tobacco leaves. According to JSK Cigars founder […]
General Cigar Company and Espinosa Cigars have announced a joint project known as Warzone. It’s a Cameroon wrapped cigar that is produced at Espinosa’s La Zona factory, and its a new brand that will be distributed by General Cigar. It marks the first time both companies have worked with each other – and it’s also […]
