For the fourth year in a row Tabacalera SLU will release a Chinese New Year commemorative cigar under its VegaFina brand. For 2021, that cigar is the VegaFina Year of the Ox. The cigar features a Habana 2000 wrapper over a blend of Dominican and Nicaraguan tobaccos. The cigar measures 56 x 159 mm (56 […]
In a move that was expected, XXIII Festival del Habano, the 23rd installment of the Habanos Festival has been cancelled due to the “global context” which is assumed to be the COVID-19 pandemic. The festival had been scheduled for February 2021. Habanos SA has not provided more details as for the cancellation. Habanos SA did […]
Epic Cigars and Nat Cicco Cigars are joining forces with the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation. The goal is to help with the foundation’s efforts to impact underserved kids nationwide. Epic Cigar founder Dean Parsons gained an understanding of the foundation’s work nationwide and wanted to help. Parsons offered to support the fundraising efforts through the […]
JRE Tobacco Company has become the latest cigar company in the Miami, Florida area to be hit with a major burglary. Over the weekend, the company’s warehouse was broken into and the entire inventory was stolen. “This has taken an emotional toll on us as 2020 continues to hurt all of us,” commented Vivian […]
Fratello Cigars has announced its first limited-edition humidor set. It’s a humidor adorned with the Fratello motif that holds up to 100 cigars. The set will include special 6 x 58 perfecto sizes of four of the company’s premium lines not released before. A total of 100 numbered humidor sets are being released. The perfecto […]
The 2020 editions of Undercrown Dojo Dogma Maduro and Undercrown ShadyXX, two limited Undercrown cigars, are heading to Drew Diplomat retailers. The Dogma was first released in 2014 as a small batch limited production sold initially through Smoke Inn. It’s a 6 x 56 Box Pressed Gran Toro that is based off the Undercrown Corona ¡Viva!, […]
This year, Don Jose Pepin Garcia turned 70 years young, and to commemorate the occasion, My Father Cigar has a special humidor/cigar release know as the My Father Humidor Deluxe set. For the humidor, My Father Cigars teamed up with Elie Bleu cigars to craft 75 humidors. Each humidor holds up to 95 cigars. In […]
Casa Cuevas Cigars has announced that the Casa Cuevas line of cigars is now available to the United Kingdom public. The cigars will be carried by New World of Cigars LTD, a popular online entity specializing in boutique cigars. It marks the first time Casa Cuevas Cigars has been made available in the European market. […]
Social media groups have been a big part of consumer engagement on cigars over the past year. One such group is “The Cigar Culture.” It’s a group spearheaded by Adrian Acosta, a cigar industry veteran with the goal of bringing consumers information and education on the tobacco industry. Acosta has worked in many facets […]
This week, details came out about the Room101 11th Anniversary cigar. It’s a limited edition release that is a follow up to the Room101 10th Anniversary cigar – a cigar that celebrates ten years of the Room101 cigar brand. Details of the release were first reported by Cigar Aficionado. The Room101 11th Anniversary is a […]
Each week, I have the opportunity to produce the news segment for KMA Talk Radio. On Cigar Coop, we will now post replays of the shows each week (the week following the date it is aired) in our “blog.” This week on Episode 399 which aired on November 2020, the guest was Omar Fernandez of […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has led many cigar industry people to dive into the world of podcasting. One of the more unique podcasts that has emerged has been “Fuente & Meerapfel Present Meet the Professor”. It is hosted by Carlos “Carlito” Fuente Jr., Jeremiah Meerapfel, and José Blanco (aka “The Professor”). On November 8th, I had […]
