As the global COVID-19 pandemic continues, today organizers of InterTabac, the world’s largest tobacco trade show announced its plans for how it plans to deal with its 2020 event. While it didn’t indicate whether the event will go on or not, it did say it would follow the guidance set forward by authorities and factor […]
Cigar News: La Palina and Room101 to Host “Cigar Lockdown” Event
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Tonight La Palina Cigars and Room101 Cigars will team up for a live virtual event called “Cigar Lockdown.” ]The event will support a program that the two companies have launched to help support brick and mortar tobacconists during the COVID-19 crisis. The COVID-19 crisis has seen government orders that have resulted in some retail stores […]
Cigar News: TAA Cancels 2020 Convention and Announces 2020 TAA Exclusive Series
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Earlier this month, the Tobacconist Association America (TAA) announced it was postponing its 2020 Convention due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus. Today, members of the TAA had a virtual meeting where it was confirmed the Convention has been officially canceled for 2020. In addition, as a part of that virtual gathering, the 2020 TAA Exclusive Series […]
Cigar News: Drew Estate Reschedules Florida Barn Smoker to November
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Due to health concerns and recommendations around the COVID-19 Coronavirus, Drew Estate has announced it has rescheduled its Florida Barn Smoker from May 16th to November 14th. This follows the Center for Disease Control (CDC)’s March 15th recommendation that large events and mass gatherings taking place over the next eight weeks with over 50 people […]
Cigar News: JSK Cigars Plans Three Releases for Ristefari Event
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March 15th is Jas Sum Kral (JSK) Cigars’ founder Riste Ristevski’s annual Ristefari event. The 2020 event marks the fifth edition of Ristefari and this year Ristevski is bringing three cigars that will be for sale to attendees. The event will take place at Golden Leaf in Hobart, Indiana. Typically Ristevski releases a Salomon in […]
Feature Story: ProCigar Post Game Report (Day 2, Santiago de los Caballeros)
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The bad news – I won’t be filing a Day Three Post-Game report from ProCigar 2020. Due to other commitments, I had to leave ProCigar a day early. This was planned in advance, and I couldn’t be more disappointed. My intent is usually to cover an event from start to finish. In the case of […]
Feature Story: ProCigar 2020 Pre Game Report (Santiago de los Caballeros)
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For the first time in our near ten years of existence, Cigar Coop is attending ProCigar 2020! Actually, this author is attending a portion of the event and for the most part coming in somewhere in the middle of this.. ProCigar is an organization of cigar manufacturers based in the Dominican Republic. Each year they […]
Cigar News: XXII Festival del Habano Announces Bolivar, Montecristo, and Romeo y Julieta as Featured Brands
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The XXII Festival del Habano is scheduled to open on February 24th in Havana Cuba. Each year the festival showcases featured brands throughout the festival. This year Habanos SA announced the featured brands will be Bolivar, Montecristo, and Romeo y Julieta. For Montecristo, the brand is celebrating its 85th anniversary while Romeo y Julieta is […]
Announcement: Drew Estate Announces 2020 Barn Smoker Dates
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Drew Estate has announced its 2019 Barn Smoker Schedule. This year, the events return to Florida, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Kentucky, and Louisiana. The Barn Smoker concept is an event unique to Drew Estate. It allows the consumer to go on-site to learn about how tobacco is grown and processed by the people who do the work. […]
Cigar News: Oliva Cigar Company Completes Renovations of Tabolisa 1
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J. Cortès, the parent company of Oliva Cigar Company, has announced the completion of renovations on its main factory, Tabolisa 1 (Tabolisa Uno). This completes what has been a three-year project that started in November 2016 and has seen an overhaul of the factory operations, including pre-industry, a box factory, and a second production facility […]