Villiger Cigars North America has announced the departure of two key members of its executive team – company President Roy MacLaren and Director of Marketing Fabian Barrantes. The announcement was made in a written communication today to its retailer base. MacLaren has served as company president of Villiger North America since February, 2012. His appointment […]
Photo Credit: Viaje Facebook As we reported this summer from the IPCPR Trade Show, Viaje Cigars is planning on a third cigar to release with its Thanksgiving seasonal release shipment. Today, the company posted a photo of the packaging of the Farmer Bill Hatchet. According to the company, this will be made available to select […]
E.P. Carrillo Medalla D’Platino The E.P. Carrillo Medalla D’Platino is a limited production shop exclusive for Federal Cigar in New Hampshire. It is the second release of three limited production lonsdale-sized cigars that E.P. Carrillo is producing exclusively for Federal Cigar. Each of the three lonsdales share common blend components, but contain a different wrapper. […]
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 […]
Drew Estate Tobacco Company has announced they have entered into a agreement to produce “Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve” premium handmade cigar. The agreement is described as a partnership between Drew Estate and Pappy & Company. Pappy & Company is the family-owned merchandise division of Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery – the producers of Pappy […]
Numerous retailers are reporting receiving a new pair of offerings from CAO. The CAO Gold Nasty Nutcracker and the CAO MX2 Rabid Reindeer are two limited production cigars are targeted to coincide with the Christmas Season. This marks the second consecutive year that CAO has done a Christmas-themed release following 2013’s CAO Angry Santa and CAO Evil Snowman. […]
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 […]
Nat Sherman Epoca Selection – Prince The Nat Sherman Epoca Selection was one of several new lines introduced by Nat Sherman in 2014. This cigar is actually a re-launch of an old brand by the company. Nat Sherman is a company that has prided itself on its rich history and the Epoca brand plays a […]
Viva Republica and Cigars for Warriors have announced a collaborative limited edition cigar. The cigar will be produced by Viva Republica and all proceeds from the sales of the cigar will benefit the Operation: Cigars for Warriors charity. The cigar will ship on November 10th, 2014 which is Veteran’s Day. According to a press release, […]
Sam Leccia of General Cigar Company has provided an update on the state of Leccia Tobacco as well as provided some insights into his new role at General Cigar Company. Now one month into his new role, Leccia provided updates on the brand names, blends, and some future plans in the works at General. This […]
