Nomad Connecticut Fuerte Nomad Cigar Company has officially announced the release of its first Connecticut wrapped cigar, the Nomad Connecticut Fuerte. For this release, Fred Rewey founder of Nomad Cigar Company returns to the Dominican Cigar to blend and roll this cigar. The cigar becomes the company’s third core line. At the beginning of the […]
News: Nat Sherman Re-Releases Tabac Sherman Pipe Tobacco in Tins
Nat Sherman has announced the re-release of its Tabac Sherman premium pipe tobacco line in tins. The product will be available at all authorized Nat Sherman retailers in the United States. While a new product, Tabac Sherman pipe tobacco has not been made available outside the company’s flagship Nat Sherman Townhouse store in New York […]
Cigar News: Royal Agio Cigars and Drew Estate Enter into Partnership Agreement
Royal Agio Cigars and Drew Estate Tobacco Company has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement. Beginning April 1st, 2014 Drew Estate will exclusively market, sell, and distribute all Royal Agio products in the United States. Information on this announcement was made via a press release. Based in Duizel Netherlands, Royal Agio Cigars is known for the […]
Cigar News: AKA Nth Degree Lancero Coming
Jay Lundy, owner of AKA Cigars was a guest on the 2/27/14 edition of Cigar Chat and confirmed the AKA Nth Degree Lancero is currently in production. The cigar will be a limited production release. The plan is to release this cigar sometime in the next two to three months. The AKA Nth Degree blend […]
Cigar Review: The Widow’s Son by Battleground Cigars
The Widow’s Son Grand Robusto by Battleground Cigars The Widow’s Son is a cigar that is a part of the Battleground Cigars line. The cigar is actually the result of a private collaboration done by Battleground Cigars, Connecticut Valley Tobacconist, and a small number of freemasons who visit the shop. Battleground Cigars is a company […]
Cigar News: VICARIAS To Be Launched by Tre J Cigars (Cigar Preview)
Tre J Cigars, a company that is based in Southern Ohio has announced the launch of their first brand. The VICARIASTM, will feature three distinct blends with a distinctive size per blend. Information on this launch was communicated to Cigar Coop in a press release. In terms of the name VICARIASTM company President John Johnson, explains, “We often find […]
Editor’s Corner: Volume 3, Number 4- Are You Going to Blog About This Event?
Over the past several months, I’ve attended my share of cigar events. At each event, there is one question that is asked…. “are you going to blog about this event?” I’ll give the answer up-front, and then explain the reasons. Taking our sponsors out of the equation, 90 percent of the time the answer is “No”. […]
Cigar Industry Report: Volume 3, Number 14 (3/1/14)
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 will […]
Cigar News: Andre Farkas Discusses Viaje 2014 Plans (Exclusive)
Andre Farkas, President and Founder of Viaje Cigars was our special guest for Episode 86 of Stogie Geeks. Farkas took us through the Viaje story and vision. While we discussed many projects he has done over the seven years, but we also got a glimpse into what the company has planned for 2014. It appears […]
Assessment Update: Rocky Patel Royale Robusto
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system; 3) Provide a re-assessment and re-score of previously assessed/score cigars. Today we look at the […]