Last year, we caught up with Chaim Kohn of Cigar Oasis, who showcased a prototype of Cigar Oasis’ new Wi-Fi capabilities. This year Cigar Oasis had the product on display. The Wi-Fi attachment connects to the current line of Cigar Oasis products and allows a cigar enthusiast to regulate, monitor, and alert the temperature and […]
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 […]
While we have talked about it for several weeks, Ocean State Cigars officially launched the J. Grotto Anniversary line at the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show. This is the fourth line in the company’s lineup. It also the first cigar that Ocean State is making in collaboration with Debonaire Cigars. The J. Grotto Anniversary introduces a […]
At the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas, General Cigar Company brought back one of its legendary cigars – the Partagas 150 in the “Don Ramon” frontmark. This cigar is being brought back for a limited run. The Partagas 150 Signature Series was originally released in 1995 by master cigar maker Ramon Cifuentes to […]
At the 2014 IPCPR Trade show, Noel Rojas showed off his long-awaited Guayacan Maduro. This was original a line that was showcased at the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show. It now appears that this cigar is heading to retailers. The final product has packaging that is different than what was showcased at last year’s show. 2014 […]
At the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show, Pura Soul Cigars, the company that is a partnership with Robert Wright and Christian Eiroa under the CLE Cigar Company umbrella made some packaging changes to the existing core line. The changes involve new brown-glossy painted colored boxes replacing the unfinished boxes. It also involves calling the eponymous Pura […]
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 […]
Tatuaje Tiff The Tatuaje Tiff is a part of Tatuaje’s Pudgy Monsters series that was released in mid 2014. This is the second sampler series released based on Tatuaje’s Monsters Series – a cigar released on an annual basis that pays homage to a different monster / horror movie character. In 2012, the Tatuaje Little […]
At the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas, Villiger North America was showcasing its Tobajara Maduro. Last month we had reported on this Brazilian puro that previously had only been available outside the United States. The name Tobajara references a tribe of native Brazilians. The culture of this tribe were tobacco users. Tobajara is […]
Michael’s Tobacco in Keller and Euless, Texas will be the receiving a limited edition, store-exclusive size of the La Aurora Preferido Diamond. This will be a 6 x 58 double figuardo and will be limited to a total production of 100 boxes. According to a press release the Michael’s Tobacco exclusive came to be when […]
