Our #19 cigar is a collaboration between General Cigar’s Cohiba brand and W.L. Weller.
2023 Cigar of the Year Countdown (Coop’s List) #19: Weller by Cohiba 2022

Our #19 cigar is a collaboration between General Cigar’s Cohiba brand and W.L. Weller.
Scandinavian Tobacco Group is continuing to roll out releases for the upcoming Christmas and Holiday Season. Today, the company announced a limited edition, ultra-premium humidor offering for its Cohiba brand, the Cohiba Biometric Humidor. The Biometric humidor is finished with red and black lacquer with metallic branding and hardware. It also can be opened either […]
Back in 2021, at Habanos World Days, Habanos S.A. announced the 28th installment of the Colección Habanos. The Colleccíon Habanos is called the “book release” because the cigars are housed in book-style packaging. The release of the 2021 Collección Habanos would contain the Cohiba Ideales – a vitola measuring 56 x 175mm (56 x 6 […]
The Weller by Cohiba 2023 edition has begun to arrive at retail stores. Like the 2022 edition, the cigar features a binder aged in bourbon barrels. Working in partnership with Weller Bourbon, the 2023 release of Weller by Cohiba features a Connecticut-grown Broadleaf binder leaf that has been aged in authentic Weller Bourbon barrels transported […]
Over the past couple of years, Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has done a series of collaborations with the Buffalo Trace Distillery. The brands from Buffalo Trace that STG has collaborated with include Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare, Fireball Cinnamon, and Weller. The first collaboration between STG and Weller was the release of the Weller by Cohiba […]
General Cigar has announced the first full-time addition to the Cohiba portfolio since 2020 with the Cohiba Riviera. This is a six-region blend that will also mark a couple of firsts for the Cohiba brand: Cohiba Riviera is the first Mexican wrapped and first box-pressed offering in the brand. The name Riviera comes from the […]
Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we 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 or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
General Cigar Company has announced the Cohiba Serie M is returning for 2023 in a new sie. The Cohiba Serie M is the first Cohiba to be produced to be produced in the United States. This year the 2023 edition of the Cohiba Serie M will be a 7 x 50 Prominente. The new size […]
While it’s a little late, General Cigar Company has announced the fourth installment of its ultra-premium Cohiba Spectre line, the Cohiba Spectre 2022. Cohiba Spectre first made its debut in 2018 and is the most premium offering under General Cigar to date. There has been a 2019, 2021, and now a 2022 installment. Each contains […]
The U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) cancelled a trademark registration for Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG)’s Cohiba brand. The ruling was the result of a petition made by the TTAB and is the latest development in an ongoing battle between Empresa Cubana Del Tabaco (d.b.a. Cubatabaco) and STG. The grounds for the cancellation given […]