At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Room101 Cigars unveiled a new installment to The Big Payback Series, The Big Payback Nicaragua. It joins Room101 Farce Nicaragua and Room101 13th Anniversary as the first installments by Room101 since Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) acquired the brand. The Room101 Farce Nicaragua is a 100% Nicaraguan puro […]
One of the more anticipated new companies that were exhibiting at the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show was West Tampa Tobacco Company. The company is a partnership between two former General Cigar Company employees, Rick Rodriguez and Gus Martinez. In particular, Rick is known for his decade as the blender and ambassador for […]
It’s an important year for Perdomo Cigars as the company is celebrating 30 years in business in 2022. While there is a project planned to commemorate that milestone, the focus at the 2022 PCA Trade Show was continuing to connect with its customers. As Nick Perdomo said in our interview, he was quite thrilled to […]
At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Room101 Cigars unveiled a new installment to its Farce Series, the Room101 Farce Nicaragua. It joins The Big Payback Nicaragua and Room101 13th Anniversary as the first installments by Room101 since Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) acquired the brand. It’s also the first new blend under the Farce […]
At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Gurkha Cigar Group introduced a six-cigar sampler containing three blends from its Gurka Revenant line: Revenant Corojo, Revenant Maduro, and a previously unreleased third blend called Revenant Connecticut. The samplers contain two cigars from each of the three blends. All three blends come in a round 6 […]
It was a big year for Global Premium Cigars and its flagship brand 1502 as both celebrate their 10-year anniversary. Owners Enrique Sanchez and his wife Soleana Venerio were both quite excited to celebrate and they have brought a new cigar to market with the 1502 Aniversario 10. While it pays homage to the roots […]
In 2022, La Flor Dominicana made a return to the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show after skipping the 2021 show. There was a lot of excitement around La Flor Dominicana’s return and you can see it in the faces of owner Litto Gomez, his family, his staff, and his customers. This year was a […]
Every year, we are asked what our favorite cigars of the Premium Cigar Assocation (PCA) Trade Show are. This year, the four members of the Cigar Coop Coalition decided to write about our new favorite cigars from the 2022 Trade Show. It is important to know that these are pretty much first impressions of upcoming […]
In 2017, Dion Giolito acquired two cigar brands, OneOff and Allegria. Both of these were brands created by Andre Molinari, a tobacconist who ran a La Casa del Habano in Milan, Italy. While the acquisition of OneOff was quite public, the Allegria acquisition flew under the radar until Giolito was ready to release it. At […]
Cigar Coop has been covering the Trade Show since 2010, and every year Topper Cigars is a company we don’t miss. There is a rich history with this family and owner Chris Topper is quite proud of it. A year ago, Topper Cigars showcased the Topper 125th Anniversary Cigar. However as many companies have encountered, […]
