La Duena No 13 As we reported in this past week’s Cigar Week Wrap, information surfaced last night on a new addition to My Father Cigars’ La Duena line. That cigar was revealed a Toro Gordo box-press of the La Duena cigar and was known as the La Duena No. 13. The No. 13 will become 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 […]
Ezra Zion Cigar Company announced this week their third blend, the Ezra Zion Tantrum. The initial story of this release was broken by halfwheel.com. The company announced today on its Facebook page that the cigar will be launched at a world premiere event being held at Michael’s Tobacco of Keller in Keller, Texas (just outside […]
La Flor Dominicana will be one of three companies to launch a cigar exclusively for the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) shops this May. The cigar will be the La Flor Dominicana Double Press Maduro (TAA Edition). Details of this TAA exclusive appeared on an April 5, 2013 article in Cigar Afcionado.com. According to the […]
Avo Uvezian of Avo Cigars (Cigar Coop Photo) Avo Cigars will be launch a cigar exclusively for the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) shops this fall. The cigar will be called the Avo Movement. Details of this TAA exclusive appeared on an April 5, 2013 article in Cigar Afcionado.com. While details of the blend and […]
Nestor Miranda 70th LE Dominican The Nestor Miranda 70th LE Dominican is one of two cigars released by Miami Cigar and Company to commemorate company president Nestor Miranda’s 70th birthday. Miranda is well-known for being at his cigar events carrying lancero vitolas of his Nestor Miranda Special Selection, so it was little surprise that the […]
(Image linked from Villigercigars.com) Villiger Cigars has recently their new Villiger NicaRoma line. The cigars are intended to be a value priced cigar with the first cigar starting at a price point of $3.99. The NicaRoma will come with three wrapper choices, a Honduran Connecticut, a Nicaraguan Habano, and a San Andres Maduro. A 6 […]
San Cristobal Coloso (Image linked from Ashton Cigars Facebook page) Ashton Cigars has announced a new line extension to its popular San Cristobal line. This one adds a large 6 3/4 x 62 vitola and has been dubbed the San Cristobal Coloso. The announcement was made on the company’s Facebook page. The San Cristobal is […]
Chess Extreme Maduro – Torpedo I The Chess Extreme Maduro is one of several lines of cigars produced by a boutique cigar company called Chess Cigars. Chess Cigars was founded by Håkon Aanonsen who goes by the nickname of “Hawk”. Hawk is from Norway and was originally an importer for Cuban cigars. Hawk moved on to […]
MUWAT Kentucky Fire Cured (Photo provided by Drew Estate Inc.) Miami, FL – Drew Estate Inc. announced today the impending release of Kentucky Fire Cured Cigars, an extension to the MUWAT brand also to be produced at the Joya de Nicaragua factory. In development for over 2.5 years, this extension to the MUWAT line of […]
Update 4/15/13: The following was one of the ultimate April Fool’s Pranks by the Cigar Industry. Even a bogus press release was made on this one. Turns out this campaign was a “smokescreen” for the launch of a new magazine. Many were fooled, many were not. We were one of the ones who got […]
Padilla Reserva Maduro In 2012, Padilla Cigars launched their Padilla Reserva Maduro. 2012 was a pivotal year for Ernesto Padilla’s company. It was late in 2011 where Padilla made a decision to discontinue production of his current brands. This decision was in part because his portfolio had gotten discounted too much by the online catalog […]
