United Cigars and Industrial Cigar Company have announced the opening of the first Atabey branded lounge in the U.S. The lounge will be opened at Industrial Cigar Company’s Frisco, Texas. A sold out grand opening event is scheduled for September 17th. United Cigars Director of Operations Oliver Nivaud said in a press release, “We are […]
A third blend is coming to Foundation Cigar Company’s Charter Oak line. Today the company announced the Charter Oak Habano will be shipping to retailers in late September. Charter Oak was introduced in 2016 in both a Connecticut Shade and Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper. Charter Oak pays homage to founder Nicholas Melillo‘s home state of […]
On Prime Time Special Edition 83, the one and only Nick Perdomo, President of Perdomo Cigars returns to Prime Time – this time visiting the SE side of the house. It’s been a busy summer for Nick and the Perdomo Army. This includes a very successful launch of the new Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary cigars. […]
While the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted many of the smaller companies, Casa Cuevas has quietly had a busy year. Although to date Casa Cuevas has not had any new releases, there are some significant milestones the vertically integrated company has had that is strengthening its position in the market in both the U.S. and abroad. […]
Litto and Ines Gomez entered the cigar industry and founded a company called Los Libertadores – which would eventually be rebranded La Flor Dominicana. 2019 marks the 25th anniversary of that milestone, and this year La Flor Dominicana has a special release, the La Flor Dominicana 25th Anniversary. It’s not the first time La Flor […]
For Prime Time Jukebox Episode 18, we turn their attention to Soundtracks and Scores as we recap some of our favorite tunes from the world of cinema and motion pictures! For the cigars during the broadcast, Dave smokes the Drew Estate KFC Swamp Thang, and Coop smokes the JSK Tyrannical Buc Maduro. Tune into the premiere on […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, AJ Fernandez showcased his Días de Gloria line. Días de Gloria is a line that had a soft-launch in 2016. At the time regulations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration were set to hit on August 8th, 2016 that would require any products introduced after the deadline […]
For Prime Time Episode 153, we are proud to welcome back the one and only Andre Farkas of Viaje Cigars! For the past decade, Viaje continues to lead the charge of the small batch, Microblend movement in the cigar industry. It’s been a couple of years since we have talked to Andre, so there is […]
The Cigar Industry Report is a one-stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop. It is a combination of the news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. In addition, each week we will look back at Cigar Coop history. Look for this report every Saturday morning at […]
2020 saw Riste Ristevski’s Jas Sum Kral (JSK) Cigars brand continue to grow. Ristevski might have gotten the jump on his competition in terms of an event to launch his products. In March, Ristevski held his annual consumer event Ristefari. At the event he was able to soft-launch a couple of his products. The […]
Recently Viaje shipped the third installment of its Private Keep series. The company is calling this release Private Keep Chartreuse. Private Keep made its debut at the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show. The Private Keep line is a vehicle for Viaje to introduce many of the blends he has worked on, but for one reason or […]
For Prime Time Episode 154, we present our tenth edition of the All-Star Media Panel Tonight’s panelists include Eric Guttormson of Cigar Dojo, Ben Lee of Stogie Review, and Cigar Hustler Mike from A Cigar Hustler’s Podcast. We’ll dive into a host of media topics range from impacts of the pandemic, PCA Talk, and the […]
