Drew Estate Tobacco Company officially opened their new leaf processing facility – called “DE2”. The facility is located in Esteli, Nicaragua directly across the street from the La Gran Fabrica facility. The opening was commemorated with a ribbon cutting ceremony on January 17th, 2014. Special guests for the ceremony included Francisco “Pancho” Valenzuela Blandon and […]
Pinolero Maduro by A.J. Fernandez At the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show, A.J. Fernandez Cigars introduced its second blend in its Pinolero line. As the name indicates, the Pinolero Maduro brings a maduro wrapper offering into the line. The Pinolero was introduced the prior year in a sun grown Nicaraguan wrapper offering. That original Pinolero brought […]
Oliva Cigar Company has recently added two vitolas to its Oliva Serie V Melanio line. The first is a 6 x 60 Double Toro and the second will be a toro-sized 6 1/2 x 54 DeSocio. This will increase the vitolas available in the line. This brings the total frontmarks in the line to eight. […]
Zino Platinum – The Make of L.A. Zino Platinum -The Make of L.A.” is the second line released by the Zino brand paying homage to the culture of a city. For this release, the city is Los Angeles, California. Earlier this year, Zino had released the Zino Platinum Make of New York line. A preview of the […]
Nat Sherman has announced an expansion to its corporate leadership team. This involves the promotion of two executives and the appointment of a third industry professional. Michael Herklots was promoted to Vice President, Retail & Brand Development. Brendon B. Scott was promoted to Vice President, Chief FInancial Officer, and Matt Spillane has been hired as […]
El Cedro Corona Gorda El Cedro is the first release by boutique cigar company El Cedro Cigars. The company was founded by Anwar Elboustani. The company and cigar are a tribute to the men and women who serve in America’s Armed Forces. Elboustani served as a translator for the U.S. Navy in Iraq and got hooked […]
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 […]
Rocky Patel Premium Cigars has recently launched a line extension to its Edge Maduro and Edge Corojo lines. The B52 will add a 4 1/2 x 60 vitola to both of these lines. Retailers are now reporting the arrival of this new line extension. The B52 becomes the eighth frontmark in each of these lines. The B52 […]
Kings Cigars, the company that made its debut 2013 is planning to launch the fourth and fifth blends. The company has recently posted some information about the King of Kings Broadleaf Limited Edition and an eponymous line called Kings. The King of Kings Broadleaf Limited Edition has been talked about for sometime. This cigar uses […]
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 previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we re-assess the Illusione […]
With Super Bowl XLVIII being played in East Rutherford, New Jersey just outside of New York, the New York Metropolitan area was expected to be a buzz of cigar-related events. Miami Cigar and Company announced that there will be a series of ten cigar events taking place throughout the New York area beginning on January […]
VegaFina Sumum 2010 (2012 release) – Robusto Altadis USA has informed retailers that the VegaFina Sumum Edicion Especial 2010 will be returning in 2014. This was a cigar originally released in Europe, but made its way to the U.S. for a limited run in 2012 in a 5 x 54 robusto format. This time the […]
