Coop gives his perspectives on some of the things he saw at The Great Smoke 2025 and what makes the event so unique.
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Coop gives his perspectives on some of the things he saw at The Great Smoke 2025 and what makes the event so unique.
A trio of charity auctions (in Miami and NYC) around the Meerapfel Création de Coeur line raised $75,000.00 for charity.
Today, I wrap up Cigar Coop’s coverage of the Procigar Festival 2025 with our Post-Game report: a series of closing thoughts.
On El Oso Fumar Takes #Take 322, Oliver Nivaud returns again for another Coalition visit, this time joining Bear to talk all things United. You can tune into El Oso Fumar #Take 322 with Oliver Nivaud of United Cigars here. The live show starts at 10:30pm ET / 9:30pm CT tonight and will also be […]
Today we recap the evening events from Procigar 2025 that took place in Santiago de los Caballeros.
In this recap I discuss Saga Restaurant and Cigar Club, what I self-proclaimed “The best restaurant on planet earth”
Our coverage of Procigar 2025 included a collaboration with Cigar World, a knowledge platform created by Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG)
My tour for final day of Procigar 2025 wuld take me to a factory I had not visited before: Arnold André Dominicana S.R.L..
Prior to visiting Casa Carrillo, our tour for February 20th started out with a visit to International Packaging’s (IPACK) facility.
XXV Festival del Habano opened on February 24, 2025, in Havana, Cuba. The Festival runs through February 28.