Aging Room Cigars, the brand owned by Rafael Nodal’s Boutique Blends Cigars, is releasing a new line called the Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua Sonata. It’s an offshoot of the popular Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua line. The new line will make its debut at Total Product Expo (TPE) 2023 next week in Las Vegas. Like many […]
California Assemblyman Damon Connolly has introduced a bill (AB 935) that would prohibit anyone from purchasing a tobacco product who was born on or after January 1, 2007. Essentially it would implement total prohibition of tobacco products for future generations. Last year, New Zealand passed legislation that will bar the sale and supply of tobacco […]
Two Guys Smoke Shop owner David Garofalo has announced he will be launching a grand scale multi-vendor event known as the New England Cigar Expo. The event will be a two-day festival scheduled for September 29-30, 2023 at the Crossing Life Church and Community Church Dreamers Ranch in Windham, New Hampshire. The genesis of the […]
Phillips & King, the tobacco distribution under Kretek International, has announced it will debut the Phillips & King Reserve Collection. The new collection will feature six blends available only to Phillips & King customers. The collection will include three blends from Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) and three blends from Altadis U.S.A. The Phillips & King […]
On the seventh installment of Fred Rewey‘s The Final Puff series, Fred sits down Augusto and Isis Reyes of Saga Restaurant. This restaurant is a favorite to many of the cigar industry. If you have heard this author talk about Saga, I’ve used the expression “greatest restaurant on the planet.” It is an absolute destination […]
Today Miami Cigar and Company founder Nestor Miranda turned 80 years young. In true Nestor Miranda style, a birthday gala celebration was recently held to mark the event. Held at one of Miami’s newest eateries, A Love Story Winery & Bistro, the celebration was attended by family and friends and included an 80-person domino tournament. […]
At the Total Product Expo (TPE) 2023, Quality Importers Trading Company will showcase a new angled triple-jet lighter to its value-priced Palió brand known as the Squadra. The Palió Squadra features a high-powered, 30° angled, triple-jet torch. The angled jet is designed to quickly light larger ring gauge cigars. The lighter features an extra-large translucent […]
Foundation Cigars came into the PCA 2022 cigar trade show with a bang. They released a new cigar line called the Olmec in both a claro and maduro wrapper. The Olmec is named after an ancient Mesoamerican civilization that predates the Aztec and Mayans in what is now Mexico. They inhabited the areas of Veracruz, […]
It turns out United Cigars will have at least two installments to its Firecracker Series. At this year’s Total Products Expo (TPE) 2023, United Cigars will team up with All Saints Cigars to release the St. Patrick’s Firecracker. St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. The St. Patrick’s Day Firecracker is a barber pole […]
Each week, I have the honor of appearing on KMA Talk Radio as well as produce the news segment. On the Cigar Coop “blog,” we post replays of the shows the week following the date the show is aired. On December 10, 2022, I did the show from the How Bout The Cigars studios in […]
Luciano Cigars has announced it has expanded its manufacturing and agricultural operations. This includes moving the Luciano Cigars factory into a larger facility in Estelí, Nicaragua. The company has also announced it has expanded its farming and tobacco processing facilities in Pueblo Nuevo, Jalapa and Condega. These are the latest moves made by the company […]
At the end of this month, JRE Tobacco Co. will release a candela offering under its Aladino brand appropriately called the Aladino Candela. According to JRE Tobacco Co-President Justo Eiroa, the Aladino Candela is being released to select retailers. As in the past, these retailers are being selected based on the ones who have visited […]
