On Special Edition #69, we are proud to welcome Nestor Miranda and Jason Wood of Miami Cigar Company. We’ll dive into the journey that Miami Cigar has taken over the past 30 years, some of the great partnerships the company has forged, and how it is looking to the future. Plus we’ll dive into Coop’s […]
April Fool’s Day has typically been a time many in the cigar industry turn their creativity to humor. When covering the cigar news, it usually means sham news stories in an attempt to fool you. While there was at least one April Fool’s news story that was so well done that it fooled us, for […]
The Tatuaje Anarchy KAOS, the 15th installment of Smoke Inn’s MicroBlend Series is slated to launch on Monday, March 9, 2020. The cigar had been scheduled to launch today, March 2nd, but was pushed back one week. The production number had been slightly adjusted as well with a total of 2,000 boxes (down from 2,250 […]
It’s a year of anniversaries for Habanos SA and this year the Romeo y Julieta brand is celebrating its 145th anniversary. To commemorate the occasion, a new line by Habans SA called Romeo y Julieta Linea de Oro is being released. The cigar had its first launch at the XXII Festival de Habanos held […]
Lots of stuff to cover on Prime Time Jukebox Episode 5. First, we will reflect on the career of Joseph Shabalala, who passed away last month. Next up, we take a look at what went down before and at the 2020 Grammy Awards. Finally, with St. Patrick’s Day around the corner, we will […]
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 […]
Launching “The Blog” component on Cigar Coop has provided us new avenues 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 their YouTube channel hosted by Nick Perdomo. Today we include the fourth installment of the series, “A Brief History of Perdomo […]
At the XXII Festival de Habano held in Havana, Cuba, Habanos S.A. announced it is adding a Reserva blend to its Bolivar brand with the Bolivar Belicosos Finos Reserva Cosecha 2016. The Bolivar Belicosos Finos Reserva Cosecha 2016 features tobaccos from a 2016 harvest. It’s the first time a Reserva release has come to the […]
H.R. 2339, a comprehensive anti-tobacco bill has passed the U.S. House of Representatives. It’s a bill that on one hand does include language to exempt some premium cigars from pre-market review, but on the other hand, could deal the premium cigar industry a heavy-handed blow. Key provisions of the bill affecting premium cigars are: Exemption […]
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 […]
General Cigar has announced the Diesel Delirium as a 2020 limited edition release. It’s a line that was originally released in 2014, but returns next month with an updated blend. It’s a cigar that was developed by AJ Fernandez in conjunction with Diesel Senior Brand Manager Justin Andres. The cigar features an Ecuadoran Sumatra wrapper, […]
Habanos S.A. loves an anniversary celebration, and for Festival de Habano XXII, there are two big ones – the 150th Anniversary of the Juan Lopez brand and the 30th anniversary of the Habanos S.A.’s La Casa del Habano franchise network. This year the company will celebrate both milestones with the Juan López Selección Especial. It’s […]
