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 […]
Foundry H20 – H The Foundry H20 – H is a small batch release by Foundry Tobacco Company as a part of their Compounds, Elements and Musings line. Foundry Tobacco Company is a brand under the General Cigar Company portfolio. At the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show, it was General Cigar Company who was the leader in […]
This Aging Room Quattro F55 Concerto will get a slightly smaller counterpart with the ConcertoS Boutique Blends will be adding a sixth vitola to its Aging Room Quattro F55 line. The ConcertoS will be the first new vitola since the line was launched in 2012. Information on this line extension was first reported in the […]
Gurkha Cellar Reserve Limitada Just prior to the IPCPR Trade Show, Gurkha Cigar Group announced a new blend based on the Cellar Reserve line called the Gurkha Cellar Reserve Limitada. The Limitada replaces the Criollo 98 wrapper of the original Cellar Reserve line with a Brazilian Arapiraca wrapper – keeping the some of the […]
C & C Cigars has entered into an agreement by which Orleans Group International will now handle the product distribution. The move was effective for the beginning of 2014. Orleans Group International made the announcement last month on its Twitter feed and information on this announcement was also mentioned in the January 21st edition of […]
Miami Cigar and Company made some initial announcements surrounding the release of two cigars to commemorate the company’s 25th Anniversary. The initial announcement was made in the 1/23/14 edition of the Cigar Insider. This was followed up by Assistant Director of Marketing Barry Stein who was a guest on the 1/23 edition of The Cigar Lounger […]
BOTL™LE2013 Corona Gorda The BOTL™ LE2013 Corona Gorda is one of three ultra limited release vitolas released by Drew Estate for the online forum Brothers of the Leaf (BOTL.org). The cigars have been distributed through Tim Podwika’s online store Podmancigars.com. The cigar was a project of Podwika’s that started while he visited Drew Estate on its […]
