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) A re-assessment and re-score of a previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we provide a score […]
Room 101 Serie HN Just prior to the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show, Room 101 Cigars launched the Room 101 Serie HN. This cigar marks the tenth blend to be produced by Matt Booth‘s Room 101 brand. This cigar is intended to be a core line. For the past few couple of years, the Room 101 […]
Crowned Heads is adding a limited edition lancero to its Headley Grange line. The cigar is being dubbed the Headley Grange Drumstick. Information on this line extension was reported in a 9/11 story on Cigar Aficionado.com A few weeks ago, we noted a report by Crowned Heads co-founder Jon Huber on his blog indicating a […]
For the past few weeks, Alec Bradley has had teasers on the launch of something called the Royal Monkey Cigar Club. On September 11th, the details of this project were officially announced. The Royal Monkey Society is an online cigar club that will offer its member exclusive blends and vitolas as well as pre-release and […]
Rocky Patel Royale The Rocky Patel Royale is the first of several new cigar blends launched at the 2013 IPCPR by Rocky Patel Premium Cigars to make their way to retail shops. Word of the Royale first surfaced on the 5/11/13 Cigar Dave Show. It was just prior to the IPCPR when the details about […]
Reinado Cigars has confirmed to Cigar Coop that they have begun to ship the Reinado Grand Empire Reserve Premium Collection to retailers. This line adds three additional sizes to the Reinado Grand Empire Reserve line. Reinado made these announcements for the line extensions just prior to the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show. The blend was […]
Cubita Nouveau by S.A.G. Imports (Cigar Coop IPCPR Photo) At the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show, one of the quieter new releases was Cubita Nouveau. Cubita is a brand that is made at the Quesada family’s MATASA factory and distributed by S.A.G Imports. The Cubita has recently begun to surface at retailers around the country. Cubita […]
Camacho Criollo Just prior to the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show, Camacho Cigars launched a major campaign known as the “bold standard”. It was described by Camacho as “the most brazen move in their nearly 50 year history”. This campaign not only involved rebranding their cigars with a new logo and new packaging, but it also […]
L’Atelier Extension de la Racine ER13 At the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show, L’Atelier Imports launched the new L’Atelier Extension de la Racine line. This is a cigar that we have been tracking for several months leading up to the trade show. The cigar was only made available to those retailers that actually were in attendance at […]
King of Kings by Kings Cigars The King of Kings is one of three cigars that are initially being launched by a new company called Kings Cigars. Kings Cigars has been a near three year project that was started by Anwar Mithavayani and Pete Tyndale. From the company web-site, Mithavayani is the Director of Sales […]
