Viaje Trifecta (Photo Credit: Andre Farkas Facebook page) Back in February, Viaje Founder Andre Farkas was a guest on our Stogie Geeks show and made the announcement of the Viaje Trifecta. The Viaje Trifecta has been a lancero project that has been in the works for sometime. The Trifecta is a box of thirty cigars […]
REINADO and Alliance Cigar have announced they have entered into an agreement by which Alliance Cigar will distribute the REINADO Grand Empire Reserve line to retail shops. Aa a part of the agreement the two parties will also work on several projects that will be exclusive to the partnership. Information on this partnership was announced […]
Viaje Exclusivo Lancero Atlantic Cigar Limited Edition The Viaje Exclusivo Lancero, a cigar that was released as a retail-exclusive to Atlantic Cigar Company back in 2011 is returning. Information on this cigar has been reported by Viaje Cigars on their Facebook page, and on Atlantic Cigar Company’s web-site. The original Viaje Exclusivo Lancero was one […]
My Father Draper’s 126th Anniversary The My Father Draper’s 126th Anniversary cigar is a limited production, retail exclusive by My Father Cigars to Washington DC area retailer W. Curtis Draper. In 2013, this cigar was one of two releases to commemorate the 126th Anniversary of Draper’s (the other was a lancero edition of the Guillermo […]
Back in November, Tatuaje founder Pete Johnson was a guest on our Stogie Geeks show and mentioned a retail-exclusive project being done for Knoxville Tennessee’s Silo Cigars called the Tatuaje Gran Maravilla. Silo Cigars has now announced the cigars will be available on May 19th. In the interview, Johnson described the cigar as an “redux, […]
La Flor Dominicana Mysterioso Collector’s 2013 Late in 2013, La Flor Dominicana unveiled its latest release in its Mysterioso line – the La Flor Dominicana Mysterioso Collector’s 2013. While the Mysterioso has become known for elongated perfecto cigars featuring two wrappers, the Mysterioso Collector’s 2013 added another “twist” as it would feature a very unique barberpole […]
The Kind (Toro) by Nice Ash Cigars Note from the Editor: Back in November 2013, we introduced a new feature on Cigar Coop that will provide assessments of some house exclusive cigars from some of the great retailers nationwide. We’ve found some house cigars to offer high quality cigar experiences, and from time to time […]
Altadis USA will be releasing a new cigar in its H. Upmann brand. The H. Upmann – The Banker will pay homage to the original brand founder Herman Upmann. Information on this cigar was first reported by Cigar Aficionado.com. Upmann was a banker who in 1844 went to Havana Cuba and invested in a cigar factory […]
Emilio Cigars Brand Developer Gary Griffith Emilio Cigars brand developer, and House of Emilio founder Gary Griffith was our special guest on Episode 91 of Stogie Geeks. In this conversation, we asked Griffith about some projects that he had announced, but had been on hold: Carpe Noctem, Mia Dora, La Musa and Los Regalos. Carpe Noctem […]
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 […]
262 Cigars has announced it has entered into its first international distribution agreement. Distribution will be handled by The Cigar Company of New Zealand. Under the agreement, The Cigar Company of New Zealand will be the exclusive distributor of 262 in New Zealand. Information of this announcement was reported on the 262 Cigars web-site. The […]
If you listened to our interview with Tatuaje founder Pete Johnson on the November 26th, 2013 edition of Stogie Geeks, you exclusively learned first of Johnson’s plans for a lancero sampler. Information has made its way to retailers on this upcoming release. The cigars will be a ten count sampler of lanceros consisting of one […]