Padron Cigars will be unveiling a new four cigar sampler pack of their 1926 Serie. The sampler pack is expected to be available toward the end of July. First details of this were reported in a June 21 story by Cigar Aficionado. The Sampler Packs will be both available in the maduro and natural wrapper […]
News: Royal Gold Cigars to Launch Nirvana Cameroon Selection This October
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Royal Gold Cigars, the division of Swisher International that will focus on premium hand-made cigars will launch a Cameroon wrapper offering called Nirvana Cameroon Selection. This cigar will be manufactured by Drew Estate and is being targeted for an October launch. Information of this release was first announced on the 6/22/13 Cigar Dave Show. According […]
News: Aging Room Maduro to be Launched at 2013 IPCPR
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Aging Room Cigars has announced that the Aging Room Maduro will be launched at the 2013 IPCPR. Boutique Blends president Rafael Nodal announced the cigar on his Facebook page. Nodal has been providing several teasers of photos of this upcoming cigar for several weeks right now. In making the announcement, Nodal said on his Facebook […]
News: Davidoff Confirms Year of the Horse, 25th Anniversary Cigars
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Davidoff North America president Jim Young was a guest on Kiss My Ash Radio and confirmed a couple of projects the company is working on. First up, the company will be releasing another cigar to commemorate the Chinese New Year and this one will be called “Year of the Horse”. Young also mentioned […]
Cigar Week Wrap: Volume 2, Number 23 (6/22/13)
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The Cigar Week Wrap is a one stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop. It is a combination of our news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. We will throw in a few bonus items from time to time as well. Our intent is to […]
News: Ocean State Cigars J. Grotto Reserve Lancero Goes Core
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Formerly the limited-availability Lancero Limitado now joins the J. Grotto Series Reserve boutique cigars as a regular-production shape Ocean State Cigars’ J. Grotto Reserve Lancero, a line extension introduced in 2012 by Paul Joyal will become a core offering in the company’s cigar portfolio. This announcement was made in a press release by Ocean State Cigars. It […]
News: 262 Cigars to Launch Revere Lancero
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262 Cigars will be adding a new vitola to its Revere line. This cigar will come in the form of a lancero. According to a press release, the 262 Revere lancero will be unveiled at the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas this July. First news of this cigar was first mentioned last December by […]
Cigar Preview: Viaje Summerfest 2013
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Viaje Summerfest 2013 (Photo from Andre Farkas’ Facebook page) For the fourth consecutive year, Viaje Cigars will be releasing its Summerfest blend. Company founder Andre Farkas posted a picture of the new Summerfest blend and the cigar will be a 5 1/2 x 54 Robusto. The genesis of this cigar release can actually be traced […]
News: Davidoff Announces 2013 Golden Band Award Nominees
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For the second consecutive year, Davidoff Cigar will be hosting the Golden Band Award Show at the IPCPR Trade Show. The awards program is meant to honor and the company’s best Appointed Merchants that according to Davidoff “truly embody the Davidoff Standard of Excellence”. The Awards Ceremony will be held on the evening of July […]
News: Viaje Preparing to Release 2013 Editions of Viaje TNT and Viaje C-4
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Viaje TNT (Photo from 2011) The Viaje TNT and the Viaje C-4 will be released again in 2013. These are two Nicaraguan Corojo wrapped cigars that have been typically released at the start of summer by Viaje. A picture was posted on the company Facebook page this past Monday indicating with packaging of the Viaje […]