Imperial Tobacco, its premium cigar division Tabacalera USA, and their affiliates announced they are donating $50,000 to the American Red Cross for relief efforts in the State of Florida following Hurricane Irma. This is the company’s second donation in less than a month to hurricane relief. Back on August 31st, Imperial Tobacco and Tabacalera USA dated $50,000 to recovery […]
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 […]
Danny Vazquez is back. Today Roma Craft Tobac announced that Vazquez will be joining the company this month as its new sales leader. Vazquez is best known for being the founder of Barocoa Cigar Company. In his new role, Vazquez will pursue an inside sales and client relationship role focusing on enhancing the company’s sales channels and […]
Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed a twelve-bill spending package for the 2018 Fiscal year that includes the Agriculture Appropriations Bill that was approved by a subcommittee earlier this summer. This bill includes language that calls for a premium cigar exemption and predicate date change to August 8, 2016. The bill package now moves to […]
When it comes to Hurricane season, there always is a possibility for impacts to the cigar industry. The tobacco producing countries of the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Honduras, and Nicaragua are all prone to damage from hurricanes. This can impact everything from tobacco farms, to curing barns, and to warehouses. In the U.S., Florida is also the home […]
The Rafael Nodal era at Altadis U.S.A. has begun. Nodal’s first project within the Altadis portfolio is a resurrection of the Trinidad brand with the release of the Trinidad Santiago. While word of this project surfaced during this year’s IPCPR, details have recently now been released. The Trinidad Santiago is slated to hit retail shelves […]
At the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, J.C. Newman Cigar Company showcased the third blend under its Brick House brand, the Brick House Double Connecticut. As the name indicates, the Brick House Double Connecticut features a U.S. grown Connecticut Shade wrapper, a U.S grown Connecticut Broadleaf, and a filler of all-Nicaraguan tobacco. It will be available in […]
Bryan Mussard‘s Cattle Baron Cigars showcased a 4 x 36 size of its self-titled Cattle Baron line known as the Little Doggie. The name stems from the fact that this is designed to add a short “dog walker” size of the Cattle Baron line. Like the rest of the line, the Cattle Baron Little Doggie consists of Nicaraguan Habano wrapper, Dominican binder, […]
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 […]
GTO Dominican Cigars’ Anesthésia, has been released to the company’s premium retailers. It’s a cigar that company owner Dr. Oscar Rodriguez says is GTO’s fullest-bodied release to date. The GTO Anesthésia is available in two blends – a Corojo and a Maduro. The boxes contain twelve Corojo cigars and twelve Maduro cigars. It’s a packaging strategy that GTO […]
