We did not have an eligible winner for the Trinidad Espiritu No. 2 Gift Set in the live stream. Therefore, we are opening this contest up to the full Cigar Coop audience and will be changing the question slightly. Very simple to enter. The Trinidad Espiritu No. 2 features the colors of the Brazilian flag. […]
This December, Altadis USA will release a limited edition cigar under the Romeo y Julieta brand known as the Romeo y Julieta Envy. Perhaps most striking is the green-colored packaging used on this release. The Romeo y Julieta Envy is a Nicaraguan puro that is being produced at the Plasencia factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. It […]
While Montecristo is a brand that is well known for its Cuban roots, it is a brand that over the years has been one of the pillars of Altadis U.S.A. For many years the production of the brand was in the Dominican Republic, but things would change in 2014 when Altadis decided to produce a […]
Altadis U.S.A. is one of the “Big Four” companies that withdrew from the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show back in 2020. Altadis U.S.A. has seemed to have found its groove since pulling out of the PCA Trade Show. The company has spread its releases out throughout the year without having the releases compete with […]
A new installment is coming to the Omar Ortez series. This month, Altadis U.S.A. will roll out the Omar Ortez Connecticuts. This cigar will join the Omar Ortez Originals and Omar Ortez Maduros. The cigars are produced at Ortez’s factory, Agroindustrial Nicaraguense de Tabacos S.A. where the Ortez family has been producing cigars for over […]
Editor: Here is the YouTube edit of our live Roundtable featuring the H. Upmann Nicaragua AJ Fernandez Heritage Toro. Tonight the Cigar Coop Coalition gets together and smokes the H. Upmann Nicaragua AJ Fernandez Heritage. The Heritage is the second H. Upmann branded cigar that has been blended by the one and only A.J. Fernandez. […]
Tonight the Cigar Coop Coalition gets together and smokes the H. Upmann Nicaragua AJ Fernandez Heritage. The Heritage is the second H. Upmann branded cigar that has been blended by the one and only A.J. Fernandez. Tonight Ben, Bear, Erron, and Coop will weigh in and see how this cigar stacks up. This will be live-streamed […]
Each week, I have the opportunity to produce the news segment for KMA Talk Radio. On the Cigar Coop “blog,” we post replays of the shows the week following the date the show is aired. On May 14 2022, Rafael Nodal, Director of Product Capability for Altadis USA and co-owner of Boutique Blends Cigars was […]
Casa de Montecristo is releasing an exclusive size to its Montecristo 1935 Anniversary Nicaragua line, in the form of a 52 x 4 1/2 line extension called Exclusivo. The Montecristo 1935 Anniversary line was introduced late in 2020. It was produced to commemorate the 85th anniversary of the Montecristo brand. To make this release, Altadis […]
The Romeo y Julieta Reserva Real line will see two new barber pole extensions – the Romeo y Julieta Reserva Real Twisted Love Story and the Romeo y Julieta Reserva Real Twisted Toro. These two line extensions will reach stores in July. Both the Twisted Love Story and Twisted Toro feature an intertwined Ecuadorian Habano […]
