I’m a little late with this info, but the dream collaboration between Illusione’s Dion Giolito and Drew Estate’s Jonathan Drew is history. It has been announced that the Illusione Nosotros Cigar is being discontinued. Going into 2010, this collaboration was the buzz throughout the Cigar industry -namely as a result of these two cigar-ebrities teaming […]
I recently posted some information about the Pleasure Police posturing in Minneapolis, Minnesota to ban sampling in Tobacco stores. My information was slightly incorrect, but nonetheless even more urgent than I originally stated. My words were “The City of Minneapolis has a proposed bill to ban tobacco sampling at retail tobacco shops. ” I […]
The Beauty of the La Gloria Cubana Serie N I’ve mentioned this several times – during the 2010 IPCPR, it was my opinion that General Cigars had the best year in terms of new product releases. The key thing I’ve seen from General is investing in building their existing brands – namely Macanudo and La […]
This past Tuesday, I posted some information in regards to Tim Ozgener’s departure from CAO Cigars. In this post, I posted a reference to a press release by General Cigars to announce that Ozgener was leaving CAO. In that press release, there was some ambiguity in that release with whether or not Ozgener was leaving […]
Not the best picture, but this is the Warlock I had I am a fan of Omar Ortez blended sticks. I particularly love the Omar Ortez Puro Maduro. This is a good value-priced stick that really packs a punch. So when I found out Ortez was working on another creation for Altadis, I was particularly […]
Yes folks, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, the Pleasure Police exist in Minnesota. We all know Minnesota has their problems. Poor Vikings fans have to deal with a wacky coach named Brad Childress. They also have to endure the weekly drama of a complete cry-baby and disgrace of a quarterback named […]
Photo from Drew Estate Blog I was thinking about what to post for the 100th post of Cigar Coop. Then it became very easy when Stace Berkland told me what Drew Estate is doing for their December 5th Cigar Safari. They are giving 14 Cigar Safari trips away to United States Military Veterans or those […]
Starting December 1st – through December 31st, the ultimate Cigar ranking begins. My 2010 Cigar of the Year countdown. This year, I will pick 30 cigars and begin the process of elimination to determine my 2010 Cigar of the Year. The process will be similar to last year. I will select 30 finalists of cigars […]
No Doubt a product of Ozgener’s marketing For the second time in two weeks, the Cigar World has been rocked with the departure of another Cigar-ebrity. Tim Ozgener of CAO Cigars is leaving the company, and it looks like leaving the industry. The official reason by General Cigars is that Ozgener is leaving to pursue […]
We as Tobacco enthusiasts must be heard. If we sit back and be silent, the Pleasure Police will win and we will lose our legal right to enjoy a legal product. The University of Oregon’s Department of Student Affairs received an $800,000 to promote something called “the Healthy Campus Initiative”. Some of this money is […]
A couple of months ago, I posted a Pre-Review of the Liga Privada Dirty Rat. A lot of times with new cigars, there may be circumstances that prevent from providing a fair review. Therefore, my concept of doing a Pre-Review is to provide some initial thoughts of a cigar without going as far as to […]
During the 2010 IPCPR, it was my opinion that General Cigars had the best year in terms of new product releases. One of the most exciting things General has been doing is investing in building their existing brands. I mentioned La Gloria Cubana as one of the brands that has seen an expansion take place. […]
