Drew Estate has announced it is adding four regional exclusives to its ACID Accent line. ACID Accent is a program that provides Drew Diplomat retailers with an exclusive cigar available to a specific geography. The news regions being added to the ACID Accent lines include California, Chicago, Georgia, and Texas. ACID Accent made its debut […]
Drew Estate has announced a third size to its Deadwood Tobacco Fat Bottom Berry line. Starting October 28, the company will ship a new 6 x 60 offering to retailers. Deadwood Tobacco was originally a line of shop exclusive cigars for Deadwood Tobacco, a retailer based in South Dakota. In 2016, Drew Estate announced it […]
Toscano Cigars has announced its Toscano Garibaldi offering will be available for the U.S. market. It’s a cigar that pays homage to Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian military general and nationalist who has been said to be a smoker of Toscano Cigars. Garibaldi (1807-1882) was considered one of the greatest generals of all time and was […]
Tobacco Giant Altria has announced today it is exploring options for Nat Sherman International, including the possibility of a potential sale. A part of the potential sale includes its wholesale premium cigar business as well as the lease of the company’s flagship Townhouse store in Manhattan. Altria acquired Nat Sherman International early in 2017. Prior […]
For the third year in a row, Crowned Heads will have a November 1st Lawless Day promotion. It’s a promotion where Crowned Heads retailers nationwide will be able to order the company’s regional releases to carry in their retail establishments. Lawless Day was inspired by the 2013 film “The Purge” in which all illegal […]
Drew Estate, has announced that Fabien Ziegler, Director of Consumer Engagement, is leaving the company to pursue other interests. Ziegler is a twenty-year veteran of Drew Estate who served as an ambassador working on the sales and marketing ends – most recently leading Drew Estate’s Consumer Engagement team. He also served as a face for […]
Emilio Cigars has announced the second release of its Emilio Grimalkin Seasonal Edition. This is the maduro counterpart to the Emilio Grimalkin line. Earlier this year, Emilio Cigars announced it was bringing back the Grimalkin, an old brand in its portfolio. Grimalkin first hit the market in 2011. The cigar was a Nicaraguan puro that […]
Three seasonal releases for Halloween have hit retailers this past week. Since its original release in 2013, there have been several iterations of the Viaje Full Moon. The 2019 edition is a Nicaraguan Puro in a 5 x 58 format – the original size of the Full Moon when it was first released in 2013. […]
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 […]
Next month, Davidoff will release the ninth installment of its annual limited edition Chinese Zodiac seres with the Davidoff Year of the Rat. As the name indicates, the cigar pays homage to the year 2020 which is the Year of the Rat on the Chinese calendar. The Davidoff Year of the Rat features an Ecuadorian […]