La Flor Dominicana has announced they will be adding a 70 ring gauge regular production cigar to their lineup. The La Flor Dominicana 707 Ligero has officially started shipping to retailers on December 15th. This is the second 70 ring gauge cigar released by La Flor Dominicana, but it is the first one to be […]
Drew Estate is slated to become the next manufacturer to collaborate with Smoke Inn on their small batch shop exclusive Microblend Series. The cigar is titled “The Pope of Greenwich Village” and will be the tenth installment of the Smoke Inn series. The cigar will have an initial soft-launch at a VIP dinner on the eve […]
“Boutique Blends knew they to answer the question ‘what’s next?’ … This is an outstanding cigar and one the shows the company is not resting on its laurels..” Coming in at #16 is the Aging Room Bin No. 1 by Boutique Blends Cigars The Bin No. 1 is one of four new products released by […]
Davidoff has announced it will open a third flagship store in New York City. Plans are for the new “Davidoff of Geneva – since 1911” flagship to be opened in the late Spring of 2015. The new store will be located in Lower Manhattan at the newly renovated Brookfield Place and will be situated right […]
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 […]
“Without a doubt, this is one of the better cigar releases that has been released by not only Cohiba (brand), but by General Cigar Company as a whole..” Coming in at #17 is the Cohiba Comador. General Cigar Company returns to the Cigar of the Year Countdown for the first time since 2012, and the company […]
“Overall I found this to be a stellar release and one that will go down as one of the better blends in this (Monsters) series.” Coming in at #18 is the Tatuaje Jekyll. This is the seventh installment into Tatuaje’s annual Monsters Series. This cigar becomes the second Tatuaje release to make this year’s countdown. […]
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 […]
The Kafie Trading Company based out of Miami, Florida has announced their second blend the Kafie 1901 Connecticut. The cigar will come to market under their registered trademark (Kafie 1901). According to a press release, Kafie 1901 Cigars were created to represent the history of the Kafie family in Honduras, which spans over 100 years. […]
It wasn’t quite the overhaul that the Camacho and Winston Churchill brands received, but yesterday Cigar Aficionado detailed the changes coming to the Avo brand. The changes include packaging modifications and the discontinuation of the Avo Signature and Avo Maduro lines. The report says these changes will be rolled out in early 2015. According to […]