Fratello Cigars has announced a new release that will be exclusive to Old Virginia Tobacco. The cigar is called the Fratello Esclusivo and its scheduled to launch on May 22nd, 2018. According to Fratello Cigars, the Esclusivo is built off the original Fratello blend, but uses high priming tobaccos. It is available in one size […]
Cigar News: MLB Cigar Ventures and Matilde Cigars form SeiBel Distribution
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MLB Cigar Ventures and Matilde Cigars have announced the formation of a new distribution company known as SeiBel Distribution. Effective immediately, all products sold under MLB Cigar Ventures and Matilde Cigars will now have its U.S. distribution handled by SeiBel. As a part of the move, both companies have ended their agreement where Quesada Cigars […]
Cigar News: Southern Draw IGNITE Top Rung to Feature Jacobs Ladder Box Pressed Lancero
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Earlier this week, Southern Draw announced IGNITE, a collaborative charity project being done in conjunction with five retailer partners. Today, Southern Draw has announced the first release, IGNITE Top Notch – a cigar that introduces a 6 1/2 x 40 box-pressed lancero of Southern Draw’s popular Jacobs Ladder blend. The IGNITE Top Notch will be […]
Cigar News: Crowned Heads The Angel’s Anvil 2018 Announced
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Today Crowned Heads announced its fifth annual release for the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA). The 2018 release, dubbed The Angel’s Anvil 2018 will make its debut at the TAA’s 50th annual convention scheduled to open April 29 at Casa de Campo in La Romana in the Dominican Republic. As with the previous installments, The Angel’s Anvil […]
Cigar News: Southern Draw Announces IGNITE Project
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Southern Draw Cigars has announced a new collaborative project it will be doing with several of its retail partners. The project is know as IGNITE and it will combine the release of several new cigars with charitable donations. The first release will be done in conjunction with Casa de Montecristo and Serious Cigars and will […]
Cigar Industry Report: Volume 7, Number 20 (4/7/18)
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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 […]
Cigar News: CAO Zócalo Coming in May
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CAO Cigars has a new CAO Zócalo limited edition cigar. It’s a cigar that not only draws inspiration from the country of Mexico, but it will introduce the first CAO with a wrapper from that country. The cigar was announced as a part of a marketing campaign by CAO Cigars paying homage to the famed Pan […]
Cigar News: Marrero Cigars Expands Sales Force in Dallas
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The Texas market is important to most brands in the cigar industry, and Marrero Cigars is targeting it. This the company announced it has named Tony Gomez as its Regional Sales Representative for the Dallas market. “I am honored to embark on an exciting new chapter in my career in the cigar industry. Many of […]
Cigar News: Texas Cigar Groups Petition Court to Throw Out Warning Label Requirements while FDA Seeks to Combine Cases
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Back in January came word that a group of cigar-related businesses in Texas had filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) challenging Warning Labels requirements. This past week, the group has motioned the court to throw out the current Warning Label requirements that are a part of the Deeming Regulations. Meanwhile, […]
Cigar News: Cigar Industry Trade Associations Ask Court to Drop Warning Label Regulations
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In the latest round of the cigar industry’s lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the three plaintiffs have motioned the court to throw out the current Warning Label requirements that are a part of the Deeming Regulations. The move comes a little over a week after the FDA issued an Advanced Noticed […]