Prior to the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Black Label Trading Company announced its latest line called Bishops Blend. Black Label Trading Company has built a reputation for delivering some excellent maduro offerings. Bishops Blend features an Ecuadorian Maduro wrapper, but it are the filler tobaccos that set this apart. In the blend, the filler for Bishops Blend […]
Agile Cigar Reviews replace what we termed “Assessment Updates”. The concept is the same, but the name is different. Agile Cigar Reviews 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 […]
This week Davidoff unveiled the Davidoff Royal Release, a line of ultra-premium cigars. Concurrently with that announcement has come some accessories designed to complement the Royal Release cigar line. Included in the line is a premium ashtray as well as a new S.T. Dupont lighter offering. The Davidoff Royal Release Ashtray is mouth-blown by the […]
The RoMa Craft Tobac CroMagnon Firecracker was the 2016 installment of Two Guys Smoke Shop’s Firecracker Series. The Firecracker Series is series of small robusto cigars made by various manufacturers exclusively for Two Guys Smoke Shop. Each of the cigars are a 3 to 3 1/2 inch 50 ring gauge robusto featuring a long pig-tail – […]
Cigar Dojo and Espinosa Cigars are at it again. The duo is collaborating once again on an exclusive cigar called Sensei’s Sensational Sarsaparilla II. As the name indicates, it is a sequel to the previous collaboration the duo as done, Sensei’s Sensational Sarsaparilla that was released back in 2014. Sensei’s Sensational Sarsaparilla II will feature […]
Today Davidoff announced the Davidoff Royal Release, this is a new two vitola cigar line positioned as an ultra-premium offering. These are also two cigars that might be a little familiar to Davidoff fans. The Davidoff Royal Release consists of a 8 1/4 x 57 Salomones and a 5 1/2 x 55 Robusto size. […]
It was a little over six years ago when word that the Nosotros, the collaboration between Jonathan Drew of Drew Estate and Dion Giolito of Illusione Cigars would be no more. The project which was considered to be a dream collaboration by many would come to an end fourteen months after its announcement. If you […]
The Protocol Probable Cause is the sophomore release by Cubariqueno Cigar Company. In 2015, cigar enthusiasts Juan Cancel and Bill Ives launched Cubariqueno Cigar Company. The company’s first release, Protocol was very well received both critically and commercially and Cubariqueno became one of the revelations in the cigar industry. In 2016, Cancel and Ives decided to add a maduro as […]
The Cigar Industry Report is a one stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop and Stogie Geeks. It is a combination of our news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. We will also recap what happened on our Stogie Geeks show. Finally, each week we […]
The La Flor Dominicana 1994 Beer Stein Limited Edition is a special offshoot to La Flor Dominican’s 1994 line. It was back in 2014, the La Flor Dominicana released the1994 line. The 1994 cigar quickly garnered both critical and commercial acclaim. The La Flor Dominicana 1994 Beer Stein Limited Edition features a different blend, a different […]
Almost 21 years ago, Arturo Fuente cigar debuted the first OpusX cigar. This was a project featuring a Dominican grown wrapper from the Fuente farm. Opus X would go on to become one of the most iconic premium cigar brands in the history of the cigar business. Now two decades later, Arturo Fuente is getting […]
Recently, I had an opportunity to take a trip to Cuba. My purpose of going to Cuba was a combination of fact-finding and education. The signs are pointing toward the U.S. Embargo against Cuba ending. With that, this could lead to the Cuban cigar market being opened in the United States (although under current FDA regulations, […]
