VegaFina has announced a new limited edition extension to its 1998 brand known as VegaFina 1998 Vintage 1. The blend features similar components to the VegaFina 1998, but introduces thinner ring gauge formats: VF40 (40 x 156mm) and VF42L (42 x 187mm). Like the rest of the 1998 one, the Vintage 1 sizes feature tobaccos […]
At the 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Crowned Heads will introduce an exclusive cigar available only to retailers who attend the Trade Show known as Le Pâtissier. Le Pâtissier means French Pastry Chef and it’s a 6 1/4 x 44 lonsdale-sized offering that features a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper, a Nicaraguan binder from Jalapa […]
At the 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Zander-Greg will showcase a new limited edition under its Nat Cicco brand. The cigar will commemorate 55 years of the Nat Cicco brand and is called the Nat Cicco Fifty Five. Details of the Nat Cicco Fifty Five were first reported by Cigar Aficionado. Technically 2021 […]
Last week we published our PCA Trade Show Coverage Pre-Game Schedule. Today, we are pleased to announce that thanks to the addition of two new team members to the Cigar Coop Team, we will be expanding our coverage from the PCA Trade Show itself! I’ve always said that when it comes to cigar media covering […]
For Prime Time Special Edition 102, we welcome Liana Fuente of Arturo Fuente Cigars as our special guest. Liana’s a fourth-generation Fuente, and we will talk about her experience working for one of the most iconic family-run businesses in the world. In our second segment, we will begin Aging Experiment #4 with the Aladino […]
At the start of 2021, J.C. Newman Cigar Company launched a new brand known as Havana Q. The Havana Q is described as a cousin to J.C. Newman’s popular Quorum brand. Quorom is a brand that has been in the J.C. Newman portfolio for quite some time and its a value-priced line of Cuban sandwich […]
La Palina Cigars will introduce the tenth installment of its annual Goldie series. This one is a 6 1/2 x 48 Prominente size. While La Palina has launched its annual Goldie release at the PCA (IPCPR) Trade Show, this year the cigar will be an exclusive to those retailers attending the 2021 PCA Trade […]
Today Cigar Coop is announcing the addition of two new members to our team – Ben Lee and Erron Nielsen! Ben (a.ka. “Bull Shark”) Lee is a industry veteran and a true pioneer in the world of Cigar Media. Ben started his online media career at Cigar Weekly in 2004 and later joined Nice Tight […]
Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
Each week, I have the opportunity to produce the news segment for KMA Talk Radio. On the Cigar Coop “blog,” we will now post replays of the shows the week following the date the show is aired. On June 5th comedian Vic DiBitetto was our special guest. Catch the full show below: Image/Video Credit: KMA […]
Tonight we welcome back the one and only George Brightman as we continue to recap is amazing career. George has seen it and done it all in the cigar industry and has met a lot of players. We will pick up where we let off on Episode 186 and continue to follow George’s journey in […]
June is the month we get ready for the PCA Trade Show and we begin our PCA coverage leading up to the Trade Show. At the same time the PCA is getting ready to put on the show, there are many battles on the federal and state level being fought. Tonight as we kick off […]
