Over the past week, a new limited edition cigar set has been showing up at retailers by General Cigar’s La Gloria Cubana brand called Tres Puros. La Gloria Cubana Tres Puros is a set of 36 cigars made from the major manufacturing countries outside of Cuba – Honduras, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic. General Cigar […]
Cigar Industry Report: Volume 4, Number 14 (2/28/15)
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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 […]
Cigar News: Tampa, Florida to Get World’s Largest Davidoff Flagship Store
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Davidoff of Geneva – since 1911 Tampa Store (Artist Rendering) Image Credit: Oettinger Davidoff AG Davidoff of Geneva USA will open a flagship store in its home metropolitan area. Today the company announced it will a “Davidoff of Geneva – since 1911” store in the City of Tampa by the end of 2015. The store […]
Cigar News: Davidoff Announces Plans for New Factory for Camacho and Central American Farm Acquisitions
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Current Camacho Factory (Photo Credit Oettinger Davidoff / Camacho Cigars) Oettinger Davidoff AG made several big announcements today in terms of its operations in Central America. The comany has announced it will build a new factory in Honduras that will be used for its Camacho and other Honduran brand production. The company also announced the […]
Assessment Update: Quesada Oktoberfest Dunkel
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews, Uncategorized No Comments 3.5 - Box Split, 88-90, Assessment Update, Quesada, Smoke Inn Microblend 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 a previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we re-assess […]
Cigar News: Smoking Restored in Nebraska Cigar Bars
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Smoking in the State of Nebraska’s Cigar Bars has been restored. Newly elected Governor Pete Ricketts signed into law Legislative Bill 118. Introduced by State Senator Tyson Larson, this piece of legislation continues to allow cigar bars to allow smoking under an exemption of the statewide indoor smoking ban. This bill was a response to […]
Assessment Update: Cuenca 5 Anniversary Toro
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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 a previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we provide […]
Cigar News: “The Larcenists” announced for Ortega / Primer Mundo Larceny Project
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Ortega Premium Cigars and El Primer Mundo Cigars have announced the list of retailers that will carry their collaborative project called Larceny. A list of 42 retailers have been selected and are being referred as “The Larcenists”. Two weeks ago, the Larceny project was announced. The concept behind this project is that each brand owner […]
Cigar News: IPCPR Planning Cigar Bash at 83rd Annual Trade Show and Convention
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Recently, the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association (IPCPR) has posted their schedule for the 83rd Annual Trade Show and Convention being held in New Orleans, Louisiana from July 17-21, 2015. As a part of the agenda, an event called “IPCPR Cigar Bash” has been listed on the final evening of the convention. While details […]
Assessment Update: Rocky Patel Prohibition San Andres
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews, Uncategorized No Comments 3.5 - Box Split, 91-93, Assessment Update, Rocky Patel
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 a previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we re-assess […]