Cubanacan Cigars has announced they are streamlining their portfolio. As a part of this announcement, they will be focusing on their core brands of Mederos, Cubanacan, and Soneros. The company has also announced that it has ended its relationship with Tarazona Cigars. The text of the press release provided by Cubanacan cigars is below: Cubanacan […]
Cigar News: Xikar Releases Enigma II, Hints at New Humification Product
Xikar Enigma II Photo Credit Xikar Newsletter Xikar has announced the release of the Enigma II. The Enigma II is a double flame lighter that is a redesign of its popular Enigma double flame lighter. Information on this release was communicated in the company’s newsletter. According to Xikar, their engineering team redesigned the Enigma lighter […]
Cigar Review: Ortega Wild Bunch 2013 Crazy Jack Psycho
Ortega Wild Bunch 2013 Crazy Jack Psyko The Ortega Wild Bunch 2013 Crazy Jack Psycho is the twelfth and final installment in a monthly series of cigars developed by Ortega Premium Cigars. The Ortega Wild Bunch 2013 series is a unique limited production cigar concept that was introduced by Ortega Premium Cigars. The idea behind the Ortega Wild Bunch is […]
Cigar News: Miami Cigar and Company Shows Off Nestor Miranda Collection Maduro
About a month ago, Miami Cigar and Company showed off a new logo for the Nestor Miranda Collection. Yesterday, the company posted on their company blog that they are planning to release a Nestor Miranda Collection Maduro. An accompanying unbanded photo was also posted. At this point, Miami Cigar and Company has still been quiet […]
Cigar Pre-Review: Viaje Exclusivo Leaded
Viaje Exclusivo Leaded – Pre-production The Viaje Exclusivo Leaded is a new cigar that is about to be released later this month by Andre Farkas’ Viaje Cigars. The Exclusivo Leaded is an off-shoot of the Viaje Exclusivo line – one of the more popular lines released by Viaje. The Leaded is different than the rest […]
Cigar News: Flor de Gonzalez 90 Miles Reserva Selecta Line Adds 6 x 60 (Cigar Preview)
Flor de Gonzalez has added 6 x 60 line extension to its 90 Miles Reserva Selecta line. This gives all three blends in the 90 Miles line a 6 x 60 frontmark. A few weeks ago, we also noted a report that the 90 Miles 1980 Edition had added a 6 x 60 size. Information […]
Cigar News: Asylum 13 Ogre Line to Add Three New Vitolas (Cigar Preview)
This Asylum 13 Ogre 7 x 70 will now have three additional sizes in the line The Asylum 13 Ogre line, the candela and maduro barber pole that was introduced in 2013 as a 7 x 70 will be adding three additional sizes. Christian Eiroa, founder of Fabricas Unidas (Asylum’s parent company) was a guest […]
Cigar Industry Report: Volume 3, Number 11 (2/8/14)
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: Sosa Cigars Planning 50th Anniversary Cigar
Sosa Cigars is planning on releasing a 50th anniversary commemorative cigar. Initial information and pre-release photos were posted on the company’s Facebook page. The posts indicated that the cigar is a 5 3/4 x 55 torpedo that will use a special wrapper. The cigar was referred to as “Piramide #50” Production is being limited to […]
Assessment Update: Zino Platinum Z-Class Series
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 assign a […]