At the Tobacco Plus Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada, Espinosa Cigars will re-introduce its Vanilla sweet-tipped cigar known as @ZUCAR. @ZUCAR originally was released in 2016. Espinosa Cigars has said the cigar has been re-blended and will now be packaged in more traditional boxes. The cigar features Dominican long filler and wrapper tobacco as well […]
The Performance Rankings were introduced in 2012 as a statistical analysis based on the average numerical score of all cigars assessed on Cigar Coop. It is meant to serve as a barometer in terms of how the cigars were assessed. Today we slice this data by cigar brand, a category we have ranked since 2012. This […]
For Prime Time Jukebox Episode 3, we ring in the New Year by looking back at 2019. We’ll recap some of our hits and misses when it comes to cigars in 2019. We’ll recap our Top 6 songs from 2019, and make some picks for the Grammys – namely who will win and who […]
For Episode 124, we are honored to have the Executive Director of the Premium Cigar Association (PCA), Scott Pearce as our special guest on Prime Time. Scott’s got one of the toughest jobs in the cigar industry – and we’re honored he has taken the time to join our show. We’ll tackle all of the […]
Villiger’s La Libertad brand is one that has undergone some significant changes. The brand was simply known as La Libertad when it was launched in 2010. In 2017, Villiger Cigars introduced new packaging for the U.S. market. As a part of those changes, the Villiger name was added to La Libertad’s packaging for the first […]
It’s Special Edition #66, and we are honored to have Terence Reilly rejoin us! 2018 saw the second full year for Terence at Aganorsa Leaf and we will catch up on what’s going on. Plus we will have discussions on Tobacco 21 and the “Big Four Pull Out” at PCA! ; Don’t forget, you can […]
Prime Time is back for a new decade – and we have the one and only Matt Booth of Room101 Cigars returning to Prime Time. 2019 was a big year for Matt at Room101 and we will catch up on all of the changes that happened there. Plus we will find out what makes Matt […]
Special Edition 65 kicks off the New Year. Tonight, Bear and Coop have completed their Top Cigars of the Year lists, and tonight the two will analyze each other’s lists and provide some commentary. > References Cigar Coop 2019 Cigar of the Year Countdown ElOsoFumarTakes Top 10 for 2019 Don’t forget, you can catch us on Google […]
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 […]
Matt Booth’s Room101 Cigars has teamed up with Mid-Atlantic based musician Big Sixx for a pair of cigars called “The Dream” and “The Nightmare.” The two cigars will launch at Tinderbox Waldorf Maryland on January 18th in Waldorf, Maryland with Booth in attendance. The Dream features a Habano wrapper over a Criollo binder and a […]
Today Jean-Michel Louis of De Los Reyes confirmed to Cigar Coop that his company will be in attendance at the 2020 PCA Trade Show. De Los Reyes Cigars is the company behind the Saga, Solaz, and Don Julio brands. Louis also said associated brands produced out their company’s factory – Debonaire, Indian Motorcycle Cigars, […]
With Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) 2020, the industry’s first major trade show of the year less than two weeks away, Southern Draw Cigars announced it is not planning to increase prices for 2020. In a press release, Sharon Holt of Southern Draw Cigars explained, “We wish to avoid spending too much time on price […]
