The tenth anniversary for Black Label Trading Company is this year. Black Label Trading Company is the brand that started it all for James Brown and today remains the cornerstone of Oveja Negra Brands. Just prior to the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Black Label Trading Company would release its tenth-anniversary cigar, La […]
The 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show marked the second one for Cynn and Joshua Coburn since acquiring the brand late in 2021. The Coburns are now firmly planted as the owners of Dissident Cigars. At the time of the acquisition, Dissident Cigars had built up five regular production lines since the brand was […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Dissident Cigars will release its latest limited edition cigar, the ReVolt. The ReVolt is a barber-pole offering featuring Corojo and Ecuadorian Maduro wrappers over an Ecuadorian binder and fillers from Nicaragua. The cigar is being released in one size – a 5 x 50 Robusto. Pricing […]
Dissident Cigars has added a new line extension to its Dissident Rave line, the Dissident Rave Non Box-Pressed. The Non Box-Pressed name tells exactly what it is – it is not box-pressed. It is a rounded vitola. The Non Box-Pressed measures 5 x 50. It joins the Dissident Rave Box-Pressed (5 1/2 x 52), which […]
After a one-year hiatus, Dissident Cigars has announced the return of its annual limited edition cigar, Dissident Home. The Dissident Home 2023 marks the fourth release of the Home. The release had been put on hold for 2022 around the time when the brand was acquired by Cynn and Joshua Coburn. As in previous years, […]
Oveja Negra Brands is an umbrella for four brands: Black Label Trading Company, Black Works Studio, Emilio Cigars, and Dissident Cigars. James and Angela Brown own three of the brands while the fourth brand, Dissident, is owned by Joshua and Cynn Coburn. As it has since 2019, the Oveja Negra Brands booth had four corners […]
It was Dissident Cigars 3.0 at the 2022 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show where Joshua and Cynn Coburn exhibited as the new owners of Dissident. The Coburns acquired the brand from Benjamin Holt back in 2022, after he had resurrected the brand in 2019. Dissident Cigars are still made at Fabrica Oveja Negra and are […]
The first cigar of the Coburn era at Dissident Cigars was announced. This week the company announced a new limited release known as the Dissident Molotov. Dissident says the Molotov will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis to Oveja Negra Brands retailers attending Premium Cigar Association (PCA) 2022. Following the trade show, it willl […]
Dissident Cigars has new ownership once again. Today it was announced that ownership for Dissident has been taken over by Cynn & Joshua Coburn from Benjamin Holt. The Coburns are best known as cigar industry marketing veterans, authors, motivational speakers, and serial entrepreneurs. The Coburns have become the third set of owners for the brand. […]
At the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Oveja Negra Brands returned with the same booth as it had for the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show. This was especially pleasing because I loved how this booth highlighted the unique nature of each of the four brands – and still puts them under one umbrella. The world […]
