A.J. Fernandez Cigars is getting ready to announce their latest project called Raca Taca. Yesterday, the company posted a picture of a band on their Facebook page with the text “Something in the works“. The company also said “Something we’re playing with. Will release more information next week.” The only details that were disclosed […]
Leccia Tobacco White The Leccia Tobacco White is the first blend to be released by Sam Leccia’s Leccia Tobacco Company. It is one of two distinct blends that make up Leccia’s Black and White line. Many people know Leccia from his days with Oliva Cigar Company as the face of the Cain and Nub blends. […]
Viaje Cigars will have an event only cigar known as Viaje Secret Sauce. This cigar will be part of an event being held at Charlotte, North Carolina retailer Outland Cigars on Friday May 17th at their South Park location. Information on the event and the event only cigar was told to Cigar Coop by Outland […]
Release linked from Rocky Patel Premium Cigars Facebook page Rocky Patel Premium Cigars has announced they are adding a 6 x 60 vitola to its Rocky Patel Fifteenth Anniversary line. According to the release that was made, the word is the 6 x 60 vitola is “now available”. The 6 x 60 becomes the fifth […]
Casa Magna Domus Magnus II The Casa Magna Domus Magnus II is the fourth blend in the popular Casa Magna line of cigars made by the Manuel Quesada and Nestor Plasencia. As the name indicates, the Domus Magnus II is sort of a sequel to the original Casa Magna Domus Magnus. The original Domus Magnus […]
2013 marks the 45th anniversary of Joya de Nicaragua cigars. This is a company rich in tradition and history. Over the past four years, there have been many changes at the Joya de Nicaragua Cigar Company. It is perhaps the past few months that have been the most dynamic in terms of these changes. These […]
George Rico, owner of Gran Habano Cigars was a guest on the 5/4/13 edition of Kiss My Ash Radio and announced a new line of cigars bearing his name called the George Rico STK Miami line. The cigars will be launched later this year. The George Rico STK Miami line of cigars will be made […]
Drew Estate CEO Steve Saka(Cigar Coop Photo) Nica Rustica is a new line that is currently being planned by Drew Estate. In the 3/2/13 edition of our Cigar Week Wrap, we noted an interview Drew Estate CEO Steve Saka did in which he discussed the project. Recently, we caught up with Saka at the […]
The Cigar Week Wrap is a one stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop. It is a combination of our news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. We will throw in a few bonus items from time to time as well. Our intent is to […]
El Centurion 2013 (photo linked from Jose Ortega’s Facebook page) My Father Cigars Vice President of Sales Jose Ortega posted a photo on his Facebook account of the re-release of the El Centurion. It was this past January that Ortega had announced on Kiss My Ash Radio that the El Centurion would be returning to […]
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) A re-assessment and re-score of a previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we provide a score […]
Alec Bradley New York It was in late 2010 where Alec Bradley cigars launched a project called the Alec Bradley New York. The concept behind this project was to create a cigar specifically for brick and mortar retailers in the State of New York. Given New York has been hit by some very high tobacco […]
