With the 114th Congress now in session, the time has come to reintroduce legislation to exempt premium cigars from FDA regulation. House Bill (HR) 662 has been introduced by Representative Bill Posey of Florida to the U.S. House of Representatives. The purpose of the bill is to introduce legislation to exempt premium cigars from regulations […]
Planned Davidoff of Geneva Flagship Store in Houston, Texas (Photo credit : Oettinger Davidoff AG) Houston, Texas will become the next city to have a Davidoff Flagship Store. Plans are for the “Davidoff of Geneva – since 1911 flagship store to located in the River Oaks district – located inside the Houston loop. The store, […]
Blanco Cigars, a premium boutique cigar company based out of Clearwater, Florida has named Robbie Streitz its new Director of Sales. Streitz’s will have responsibilities for overseeing all sales activities from its United States bonded warehouse and offices. A press release was received by Cigar Coop announcing Streitz’s appointment: Robbie Streitz moved to the Tampa […]
The Cigar Industry Report is a one stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop and Stogie Geeks. It is a combination of our news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. We will also recap what happened on our Stogie Geeks show. Finally, each week we […]
Viaje Super Shot Packaging (Photo Credit: Viaje Cigars Facebook) Viaje Cigars has announced that the Viaje Super Shot, a short smoke reminiscent of a shotgun shell will be making a return for 2015. Viaje President Andre Farkas has confirmed to Cigar Coop it will be the Criollo wrapper blend that will be making the […]
Jose Blanco’s Las Cumbres Tabaco is heading north of the border. Yesterday Cigar Aficionado reported that House of Horvath will become the distributor in Canada for Las Cumbres Tabaco – makers of Senorial cigars. The agreement goes into effect in early February and coincides with a Canadian launch party at Victory Cigars in Oshawa, Ontario […]
Luxury accessories company, S.T. Dupont will be open a shop in a shop at the Nat Sherman Townhouse in New York City. The arrangement will make a wide range of S.T. Dupont products at Nat Sherman’s flagship retail store located in midtown Manhattan. S.T. Dupont is based in Paris and is distributed in the United […]
The Punch Rare Corojo, an annual limited production release by General Cigar Company is returning. As a part of the 2015 release, General Cigar will add an eighth vitola to the usual annual offerings called El Diablo. The company will also release a special limited edition release for 2015 called the Rare Lapiz. El Diablo will […]
Moya Ruiz Cigars has confirmed to Cigar Coop that it’s next project will be called “The Rake”.Word of this project first surfaced last month in an interview Moya Ruiz Cigars co-founder Danny Moya did with Juan Cancel. At that time Moya told Cancel the Rake was going to be a full-bodied, full-production line for 2015. […]
262 Cigars has plans to release a new cigar line later this year. After putting a sneak preview photo of an upcoming project, 262 Cigars President Clint Aaron confirmed some additional details of this project being dubbed the 262 Roadhouse. This cigar will make its debut at the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show in New Orleans. […]
