The Cigar Industry Report 567 is a one-stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop for the past week. It combines the news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. In addition, each week, we will look back at Cigar Coop history. Look for this report every […]
Oveja Negra Brands has announced a price increase to its Black Label Trading Company and Black Works Studio lines. The increase is effective January 1st, 2024. Oveja Negra Brands says the price changes will be reflective of each individual cigar’s unique attributes and production costs. In the end, Oveja Negra Brands says that customers can […]
The fourth blend from Selected Tobacco’s Byron brand lands on the 2023 Countdown.
Today, we look at Maya Selva Cigars’ Flor de Selva No. 15 from a 2012 vintage. In 2023, Maya Selva Cigars released a special vintage set of its Flor De Selva No. 15 release. The release contains two sets of ten cigars. Ten of the cigars were rolled in 2022 and then aged. The set […]
For Episode 290, we are proud to welcome Les Mann, the Vice President of Sales for S.T. Dupont as our special guest. Les has a long career in the world of premium cigar accessories with companies such as Colibri and Quality Importers. For the past few years, Les has been running sales at S.T. Dupont. […]
Quality Importers Trading Company (QI) has announced the newest release under its Stinky Cigar brand, the Stinky One-Piece Ashtray. The Stinky One-Piece Ashtray has a deep bowl design measuring 8″ in diameter with a 2 1/2″ deep bowl. The cigar features six stirrups along the rim of the bowl to hold the cigars. As the […]
Below are our criteria for the 2023 Cigar of the Year Countdown. This year, the requirements have remained the same, but one change has been that sampler and bonus cigars are no longer eligible. Process-wise, re-smokes are now being done throughout the year to ensure more consistency in aging throughout the process of building the […]
The Tatuaje Cojonú 2015 is a cigar that entered the market in 2022. The story of the Cojonu goes back to the early days of Tatuaje. The Cojonú is intended to be a bolder, spicier version of the Tatuaje Selección de Cazador (a.k.a. Brown Label). Cojonú is a play on the Spanish word cojones – […]
The newest iteration of the Knuckle Sandwich Chef Special by Espinosa Cigars and Guy Fieri made it’s debut at the 2023 PCA trade show in Las Vegas. This is a follow up on the 2022 release which was a huge hit with the cigar community. This new version features and Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper versus the […]
Cayman Cigar Company is taking production for The Caravel to Tabacalera La Isla in the Dominican Republic. Tabacalera La Isla is the factory owned by Hostos Quesada Fernandez. Cayman Cigar Company is based in the Cayman Islands and has a small factory there. Cayman Cigar Company is known for its charitable activities, donating 100% of […]
Today, we take a look at the 2023 edition of the United Maduro Toro. The United Cigar line is the eponymously named brand in the United Cigars portfolio. United Cigars is the distribution company owned by David Garofalo, best known as the owner of Two Guys Smoke Shop. The United line was introduced in 2010 […]
David J. Swinburne has been named the new President and CEO of Sans Pareil. Swinburne is an executive leader in the global supply chain and business transformation spaces. He holds an MBA from the University of Missouri. In the cigar world, he is known as the co-founder of La Cultura Cigar & Social. In his […]
