Apologies for the delay, but the three winners for Drew Estate Year of the Rat Humidor will be announced on January 8, 2021. The winners will be announced on a post on Cigar Coop. We will copy the winners via email as well. Thank you for your understanding. The contest is also closed and no […]
Plasencia Cigars has announced a new offshoot of its Plasencia Alma Fuerte line. Dubbed the Plasencia Alma Fuerte Sixto I Hexagon Colorado Claro, it is based on Plasencia’s unique Sixto II Hexagon-shaped vitola currently found in the Alma Fuerte line, but it is highlighted by the use of a lighter-colored Colorado Claro wrapper. The new […]
The Performance Rankings were introduced in 2012 as a statistical analysis based on the average numerical score of all cigars assessed on Cigar Coop. It is meant to serve as a barometer in terms of how the cigars were assessed Today we slice this data by Factory – a category introduced for 2017. This is not meant […]
On Sunday, January 3rd, 2021 Jeremiah Meerapfel announced the launch of Cigar Rights of the World. The organization is intended to be a consumer-based organization by end consumers for end consumers geared at protecting the rights of cigar enthusiasts. The organization is not intended to be linked to a specific culture, manufacturer, language, religion, political […]
Michael Herklots, former Vice President of Nat Sherman International, LLC and Brendon Scott, former Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Nat Sherman, LLC have established Ferio Tego, LLC, a premium cigar and accessories distribution company. Ferio Tego will be the name of the company’s flagship brand of premium cigars, but perhaps the part that […]
Davidoff has announced it will launch the Davidoff Winston Churchill Limited Edition 2021. Davidoff Winston Churchill is a brand that pays homage to Sir Winston Churchill and with the Limited Edition 2021 release it highlights “Winston Churchill – The Commander.” The Limited Edition 2021 cigar will launch in February and be available at Davidoff Appointed […]
The 2020 Cigar of the Year Countdown is now in the annuls of history. With the Countdown completed, it is time to look at some of the numbers. In this article we look at two items: Feedback that we commonly received on the Countdown over the past month. A breakdown of the cigars on the […]
It’s bracketology meets the cigar industry. Tonight on Special Edition 91, it’s one of our most popular annual shows we do as we preview what to expect on the Cigar Aficionado Top 25 this year. This year the show moves to the Special Edition side of the house and we welcome Hector Alfonso as our […]
“The American Toro is one of the best examples I have seen of using FSG tobacco and one of the best cigars J.C. Newman Cigar Company has ever released. “ Wrapper Florida Sun Grown (Clermont, FL) Binder: Connecticut Broadleaf (South Windsor, CT) Filler: Pennsylvania Type 41 (Lancaster, PA) and Connecticut Habano (South Windsor, CT) Country […]
Fratello Cigars has announced Zev Kaminetsky will be its new Vice President of Sales effective January 11th, 2021. Kaminetsky is a long-time industry veteran who has worked at Camacho, Drew Estate, and most recently served as National Sales Director for Royal Agio Cigars USA. “I’ve known Zev since before I started Fratello. His professionalism, work […]
“In terms of flavor, the Litto Gomez Diez Small Batch No. 7 is one of the best cigars to be released in the past year. The previous release, the Litto Gomez Diez Small Batch No. 6, was one of the most decorated cigars on Cigar Coop, and the Litto Gomez Diez Small Batch No. 7 […]
On Episode 27 of Prime Time Jukebox we reflect back on the year 2020 on two things we talk about on the show each week – music and cigars! For this episode we are joined by Aaron Loomis, Seth Geise, and John McTavish from Developing Palates and Eric Guttormson of Cigar Dojo. We will talk […]
