HVC Cigars has announced it has added two sizes to its limited edition HVC 500th Anniversary Series. First up the HVC 500 Years Anniversary Selectos will add a 5 5/8 x 46 Corona Gorda size to the line. The cigars will be packaged in 15-count boxes and each cigar will have a selected retail price […]
Black Label Trading Company has announced it is shipping its Corona Larga and Robusto sizes of its Bishops Blend 5 Year Anniversary line. These two sizes join the Lancero size that was shipped last month. Bishops Blend has an annual release under the Black Label Trading Company brand. The Corona Larga (6 1/4 x 48) […]
On Episode 10, of Prime Time Jukebox, we are proud to welcome RoMa Craft Tobac co-founder Skip Martin as our special guest as pay tribute to the late John Prine. Skip will join us in the second half of this show where we look back at the career of John Prine and talk about […]
In 2019 J.C. Newman Cigar Company would release a cigar for the Tobacconist Association America (TAA) Exclusive Series with the Brick House Ciento Por Ciento. It would be the first time J.C. Newman would participate in The TAA Exclusive Series. The Ciento Por Ciento is a blend that was originally released in Germany as a […]
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 ninth installment of the series, “The Best Way to […]
On May 1st, 2020 I had the opportunity to guest on Cigar Dojo’s Smoke Night Live show with Nick Libretti of JR Cigars. I really enjoyed the conversation with Nick, who does a fantastic job hosting content for JR Cigars. We tackled a bunch of industry topics – including the impacts of COVID-19, PCA […]
We are proud and very excited to welcome the one and only Jonathan Drew, President and co-Founder of Drew Estate as our special guest. It’s been a while since Jonathan has done a full interview, but he will be here tonight for the entire show. Put your seatbelts on because this will be one show […]
On Special Edition #74, Ram Rodriguez of El Artista joins us on the Special Edition side of the house. El Artista is a factory best known for making a cigar for David “Big Papi” Ortiz, but its a factory that is known for making other brands. We will dive into all of those things and […]
On Thursday, the Nevada Gaming Commission approved guidelines proposed by the Nevada State Game Board to allow Las Vegas Casino properties to reopen. These properties were closed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic. The board met on Thursday and one of the biggest regulations that was approved was limiting conventions to 250 people. In addition, […]
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 […]
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 […]
If there is one thing Steve Saka has been known for throughout his career it’s creating offshoot blends from his tried and true lines. We’ve seen this while he was at Drew Estate when he created the Undercrown Corona ¡Viva! line as well as some of the Liga Privada Unica Serie line. When he formed Dunbarton […]
