The AVO Maduro is back. Today Davidoff of Geneva announced the Connecticut Broadleaf offering is returning as a regular production offering. The cigar is now being rebranded as the AVO Classic Maduro. The AVO Classic Maduro is based on the AVO Classic blend, but it replaces the Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapper with a Connecticut Broadleaf […]
The XXII Festival del Habano is scheduled to open on February 24th in Havana Cuba. Each year the festival showcases featured brands throughout the festival. This year Habanos SA announced the featured brands will be Bolivar, Montecristo, and Romeo y Julieta. For Montecristo, the brand is celebrating its 85th anniversary while Romeo y Julieta is […]
We don’t do a lot of interviews at Trade Shows, but when we do one we go big – and that’s exactly what we did with our interview with NBA Hall of Famer, Karl “The Mailman” Malone at the Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) 2020 While Karl is well known for his amazing NBA career, since […]
Illusione Cigars will be attending the 2020 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, and will bring an exclusive cigar that will be for sale to all retailers attending the trade show. The company says the cigar will be a line extension to its Cigares Prive line. The cigar features a Havana Ecuador wrapper with Nicaraguan […]
The Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) 2020 Trade Show took place in Las Vegas Nevada from January 29 to January 31 in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Las Vegas Convention Center. TPE has positioned itself as the first major tobacco/vape/alternative Trade Show of the calendar year. Many folks are familiar with the Premium Cigar Association (PCA)’s […]
On Special Edition #68, we are proud to welcome the one and only Tom Lazuka of Asylum Cigars! Asylum has recently celebrated its seventh year as a brand, and we will catch up with Tom on the special releases done to mark the occasion. Plus there is a lot going on in the cigar industry […]
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 third installment of the series, “Why You Can’t Judge a […]
The Cigarette Store (TCSC), the parent company of the Smoker Friendly retail chain of stores, has announced it has acquired the twenty-two stores of Tobacco Road Outlet. According to TCSC, the Tobacco Road Outlet stores will be rebranded under the Smoker Friendly name. “These stores provide a great opportunity to expand our corporate store footprint […]
Drew Estate has announced its 2019 Barn Smoker Schedule. This year, the events return to Florida, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Kentucky, and Louisiana. The Barn Smoker concept is an event unique to Drew Estate. It allows the consumer to go on-site to learn about how tobacco is grown and processed by the people who do the work. […]
United States President Donald Trump has unveiled his budget for Fiscal Year 2021. As a part of his proposed budget, it calls for moving the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), the part of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that regulates tobacco products, into its own agency. The proposed idea would allow the new […]
The year 2019 was an important milestone in the history of Drew Estate Cigars. It would mark 20 years since the company launched its ACID brand. ACID is the company’s line of infused cigars that essentially laid the foundation for the entire company for the next two decades. The company celebrated 2019 with a variety […]
On Prime Time Jukebox Episode 4, we pay homage to three iconic names in the music industry who have passed away: Neil Peart, Ginger Baker, and Ric Ocasek. Dave and Coop will be joined by Seth Geise of Developing Palates to reflect on the careers of these three individuals. Plus, we will give our thoughts […]
