Prime Time Jukebox is bringing to you a tradition from the Cigar Jukebox Show, the Dedications Show. The Dedications Show was started by Dave Burck on Cigar Jukebox. Each year, listeners would get the opportunity to submit a dedication song in honor of a loved one or someone special who has passed away. To submit […]
A plumper version of the Viaje Jalapeño is coming this month. This week the company announced that it is shipping the Viaje Phat Jalapeño. It’s the latest installment of Viaje’s popular series paying homage to farm-grown peppers. Like most of the installments of Viaje’s pepper series, details of the blend have not been disclosed. […]
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 […]
Viaje has announced its annual release, the Viaje Super Shot, is making a return for 2020. This month will also feature a new installment of the Super Shot series with the Viaje Super Shot Buckshot. The Super Shot is a short smoke reminiscent of a shotgun shell, will be making a return in 2019. The […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Plasencia Cigars launched the third installment of its Alma series known as Alma del Fuego. It was at the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show when Plasencia Cigars officially launched their own brands.The Plasencias are world-renowned for over 150 years experience in the tobacco business. Up until 2017, most of that […]
It’s Prime Time Episode 126 and this week we welcome Spencer Drake of La Familia Robaina as our special guest. We’ll catch up on all the happenings with Spencer and La Familia Robaina. We will also have some industry talk with Spence and in our Live True segment with the cigar industry back from TPE, […]
Daniel Marshall and Carlos Fuente have collaborated to introduce the Daniel Marshall by Carlos Fuente XXXVIII Anniversary Cigar, Limited Edition 2020. It’s a cigar that will be a limited edition cigar. The cigar symbolizes the 38 years of friendship between Marshall and Fuente. 2020 also marks several milestones for Marshall and Fuente. It marks […]
It isn’t often a cigar company puts out a 500th anniversary cigar. In fact, I think it’s pretty safe to say that 2019 was the first year. The year 2019 is significant because it is the 500th anniversary of the city of Havana, Cuba. The 2019 XX Habanos Festival saw homage paid to the occasion, […]
First there was the Punch Egg Roll, now there is Punch Chop Suey. Later this month, General Cigar will release Punch Chop Suey, a 7 x 37 panatela packaged in a Chinese food takeout-style box containing a bundle of 25 cigars. Each cigar will have a 1″ shaggy foot. The blend features an Ecuadorian Sumatra […]
Over the past few years, Southern Draw Cigars has carefully been expanding the number of brands in its portfolio. The company has certainly worked hard to offer a wide range of cigars to satisfy a wide range of cigar enthusiasts. That would continue into 2019, but the company would take a different route on […]
Judge Amit P. Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has ruled the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s requirements for warning labels are unlawful and has ordered those requirements to be vacated from the agency’s Deeming Rule on premium cigars. It essentially gives the premium cigar industry a major victory. […]
JRE Tobacco Company went big at TPE 20, introducing the long-awaited Rancho Luna Grandes, a pair of long, large-ring gauge cigars under its Rancho Luna line. While JRE is best known for Aladino, Rancho Luna is a premium offering that has been with the company since its inception. The Rancho Luna Grandes is the first […]
