Eleven months ago, we were part of a group of online cigar media brands that launched the Cigar Media Association. This was something that we felt was needed to strengthen the relationship with online media and the cigar industry. As I have personally learned, this was an enormous undertaking and it was not one without […]
Blanco Cigars, a premium boutique cigar company based out of Clearwater, Florida has named Robbie Streitz its new Director of Sales. Streitz’s will have responsibilities for overseeing all sales activities from its United States bonded warehouse and offices. A press release was received by Cigar Coop announcing Streitz’s appointment: Robbie Streitz moved to the Tampa […]
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 […]
Viaje Super Shot Packaging (Photo Credit: Viaje Cigars Facebook) Viaje Cigars has announced that the Viaje Super Shot, a short smoke reminiscent of a shotgun shell will be making a return for 2015. Viaje President Andre Farkas has confirmed to Cigar Coop it will be the Criollo wrapper blend that will be making the […]
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 […]
RoMa Craft Tobac Aquitaine Venus The Aquitaine Venus is a limited production cigar that was released by RoMa Craft Tobac as a part of their Aquitaine line. The Venus introduced what RoMa Craft has called a petit salamones vitola into both the Aquitaine and CroMagnon lines. Both Venus releases were released as shop exclusives. While […]
Jose Blanco’s Las Cumbres Tabaco is heading north of the border. Yesterday Cigar Aficionado reported that House of Horvath will become the distributor in Canada for Las Cumbres Tabaco – makers of Senorial cigars. The agreement goes into effect in early February and coincides with a Canadian launch party at Victory Cigars in Oshawa, Ontario […]
Luxury accessories company, S.T. Dupont will be open a shop in a shop at the Nat Sherman Townhouse in New York City. The arrangement will make a wide range of S.T. Dupont products at Nat Sherman’s flagship retail store located in midtown Manhattan. S.T. Dupont is based in Paris and is distributed in the United […]
Moya Ruiz Cigars has confirmed to Cigar Coop that it’s next project will be called “The Rake”.Word of this project first surfaced last month in an interview Moya Ruiz Cigars co-founder Danny Moya did with Juan Cancel. At that time Moya told Cancel the Rake was going to be a full-bodied, full-production line for 2015. […]
Quesada Keg The Quesada Keg is a limited edition cigar that recently has arrived on retailer shelves. This release of this cigar is meant to coincide with St. Patrick’s Day celebrations as this cigar is designed to be enjoyed with an Irish Stout. This isn’t the first cigar made by Quesada that is meant to […]
