While there is no PCA Trade Show this year, Drew Estate is going forward with its #DESummerTakeover campaign for its 2020 product announcements. Today the company announced two samples around its ACID brand: ACID Loud Pack and ACID Seven Wonders. The ACID Loud Pack consists of two of each of the following cigars: Roam, […]
Cigar Coop has confirmed that InterTabac 2020, the world’s largest tobacco show, has been cancelled. InterTabac was scheduled to take place from September 18-20 at the Dortmund Exhibition Centre in Dortmund, Germany. The cancellation is the latest cigar trade show to be cancelled because of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Ministry of Cigars first reported news […]
Cavalier Genève Cigars has announced it has entered an agreement with Arnt Anensen’s Nordic Cigars to handle its distribution for the Norwegian market. According to Cavalier Genève Cigars, Nordic Cigars will first offer the White Series and Black II lines to Norway. In addition, Norway will have access to the company’s annual limited editions and […]
Jas Sum Kral (JSK) Cigars has announced that both its JSK Nuggs 20mg and JSK Nuggs 100mg offerings will now be available in Australia. Nuggs joins Red Knight, Kralot, Toothpicks, and Tyrannical Buc as JSK offerings that are now available in Australia. Nuggs is JSK’s CBD infused line of cigars. Sydney-based Alexandar Angelkovsk handles distribution […]
Aganorsa Leaf is producing some of the world’s best tobacco, and on Episode 140 we are proud to be joined by the man at the helm of that operation Eduardo Fernandez. Eduardo will be joined by Aganorsa Leaf Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Terence Reilly as he tells us the story of Aganorsa Leaf […]
Plasencia Cigar has announced two packaging changes. First up, the company has announced it is changing the box design for its Alma Fuerte line. Second, the company is adding cellophane to its cigars. The big change in the box design from Alma Fuerte is moving to a more traditional box, abandoning the box with the […]
Drew Estate has announced its “Summer Takeover” in place of its normal “DEIPCPR” (Trade Show Announcement) series. The company has announced that the Liga Privada Unico Serie Year of the Rat will be launched at a series of virtual national events. According to Drew Estate, “Year of the Rat” will be available for purchase to […]
I ran into some obstacles while building The Decade List. The Decade List was being built on how cigars ranked and scored on Cigar Coop, but as the list was being developed, there were many cigars that were falling outside the parameters for the list. These cigars weren’t necessarily the ones that were getting ranked, […]
2019 saw Crowned Heads release the Four Kicks Mule Kick Limited Edition 2019. For the past few years, Mule Kick has become an annual release anticipated by Crowned Heads fans. Mule Kick started out as an off-shoot of Crowned Heads first line, Four Kicks. Im 2012, there was a batch of Ecuadorian Habano wrapper that […]
If one looks at the most active brands in the Altadis U.S.A. portfolio, it’s the H. Upmann brand that stands out. The brand was founded in 1844 by Hermann Upmann and in 2019, the brand commemorated its 175th anniversary. Since a 175th anniversary doesn’t come around all that often, there were several releases that hit […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, De Los Reyes Cigars showcased a line known as Saga Solaz. The Saga brand has been the workhorse brand for De Los Reyes Cigars since the company reorganized five years ago. Prior to 2019, De Los Reyes had been focusing on its Saga Short Tales series – a series […]
Launching “The Blog” component on Cigar Coop has provided us a new avenue to deliver content in addition to our industry-leading news and reviews. Recently our friends at Perdomo Cigars announced a series of educational videos for the YouTube channel hosted by Nick Perdomo. Today we include the 11th installment of the series, “Why Cigars Have Cellophane […]
