Ezra Zion Cigar Company, recipients of multiple Cigar of the Year Awards for 2012, are re-branding their inaugural cigar release, INCEPTION. The name of the blend will be changed to JAMAIS VU. Chris Kelly explains, “After being cleared for use by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, we went into furious production on INCEPTION. […]
Swisher International, announced the launch of Royal Gold Cigars. Royal Gold Cigars will give Swisher International a division that focuses premium hand-made cigars. Swisher International is the largest manufacturer of cigars in the world, but the company’s focus had been on machine-made mass-produced cigars. According to a report in Cigar Aficionado, Royal Gold Cigars […]
Viaje Super Shot 2013 Corojo – 10 Gauge At the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show, Viaje Cigars’ president Andre Farkas told us that the Viaje Super Shot would be making a return in 2013. Last month Farkas made the announcement on this year’s Super Shot. The difference would be in addition to the Super Shot […]
Dona Flor Seleção Today we take a look at a cigar called the Dona Flor Seleção. Dona Flor is a cigar company that specializes in Brazilian-based tobacco blends. Several of the tobacco blends they have released are Brazilian puros – meaning all of the tobacco comes from Brazil. In the case of the Seleção, this […]
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 […]
Viaje Skull and Bones Big Ivan In a surprise move, a third cigar in the latest cycle of the Viaje Skull and Bones series has arrived at some Viaje retailers. This version is called the Skull and Bones Big Ivan. This is the largest vitola in the Viaje Skull and Bones series as it comes […]
Chris, Kyle, and The Don, owners of Ezra Zion Cigars were guests on the 2/7/13 RobbyRasReviews Cigar Chat show and announced the second cigar in their “Honor Series” will be a tribute to the Rev Dr. Martin Luther King and will be dubbed the “Honor Series MLK”. No details are were announced as far as […]
A retail exclusive cigar from RoMa Craft Tobac is coming to Riverside Cigar and Lounge in Jeffersonville, Indiana. The cigar will be a 7 x 49 cigar called the CroMagnon Epoch. Initial details of this cigar were posted by Riverdside owner Jeff Mouttet on Facebook. In the comments, Mouttet said that the blend would […]
February 7th, 2013. Miami, Florida. – Torano Family Cigar Company is proud to announce that they have been officially appointed by Brother of the Leaf, LLC as their sole distributor in the USA as of February 15th, 2013. Torano will distribute Palio cutters, lighters and BOTL, LLC’s brand new cigar line “E”. The agreement marks […]
Intemperance BA XXI by RoMa Craft Tobac The Intemperance line of cigars was launched by RoMa Craft Tobac in 2012. RoMa Craft Tobac was launched as a collaboration between Michael Rosales and Skip Martin. This collaboration combined the operations of their two companies, Costa Rican Imports, LLC and Galveston Bay Tobacco, LLC. The Intemperance line is […]
CAO Right Coast Earlier this week, we reported on the CAO Right Coast. This is a limited production, regional release by General Cigar Company aimed at retailers in the Southeastern United States. The cigar has a trapezoid-shaped viola. As David Jones of the Tiki Bar Online pointed out to me, this was a similar vitola […]
Ortega Serie D Maduro Lancero Ortega Premium Cigars will be releasing a lancero vitola of the Ortega Serie “D” Maduro. This lancero will only be made available at the 2013 DC Tweet-Up coming up in March, 2013. The announcement was made via company president Eddie Ortega’s facebook page. The Ortega Serie “D” Maduro was […]
