Christian Eiroa is launching a new premium line of cigars with his name on it. The EIROA is a new cigar line being introduced by Fabricas Unidas. Information on this release was provided to Cigar Coop via a company press release. The EIROA is one of the first cigars being produced at Eiroa’s new Aladino […]
News: Fabricas Unidas Opens Aladino Factory in Honduras
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Christian Eiroa’s Fabricas Unidas company has announced that its new factory is official open and operational. The Aladino Factory is based in Danli, Honduras and will serve for both the production of the brands of Fabricas Unidas as well as box production. Details of this announcement were provided to Cigar Coop via a press release. […]
2013 IPCPR Trade Show Preview Part 3: Spotlight on Five Entities “Telling a Story”
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Welcome to our 2013 IPCPR Trade Show Preview. We are providing a preview into the cigar industry’s biggest event – the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show that begins on July 14th. Over the next few weeks, we’ll have a weekly preview from an industry standpoint. In between, expect lots of announcements and previews from the manufacturers. Today […]
News: Asylum 13 Authentic Corojo Begins Appearing at Retailers, Will Have Band Change
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Asylum 13 Authentic Corojo – Robusto The Asylum 13 Authentic Corojo has begun shipping to retailers. This cigar represents the latest addition to Asylum Cigars popular Asylum 13 line. The Asylum 13 Authentic Corojo represents a major change in direction for both the Asylum 13 brand and Asylum Cigars overall. Up until now, Asylum has […]
Cigar Review: Asylum 13 6 x 80
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Asylum 13 6 x 80 The Asylum 13 6 x 80 is exactly what the name indicates – this introduces a 6 inch by 80 mm ring gauge vitola to Asylum Cigars’ popular Asylum 13 line. Prior to last year’s IPCPR trade show, we commented on the trend of moving beyond the 60 ring gauge […]
Cigar Preview: Asylum Straight Jacket
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Asylum Straight Jacket Over the past few weeks, there has been word of a new limited production run line being launched by Asylum Cigars called the Asylum Straight Jacket. The Asylum Straight Jacket is being positioned as a very full-bodied offering. There were teasers on the Asylum Cigars Facebook page. Recently there was some additional information from […]
Cigar Preview: Asylum 13 to add 6 x 80 to Nicaraguan Puro line
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Asylum 13 6 x 80 Asylum Cigars will be adding a 6 x 80 vitola to its core Asylum 13 line. This new vitola has been listed on various retailer web-sites. The 6 x 80 will be added to the Nicaraguan puro line of Asylum 13. We also reported a little over a week ago […]
News: Operation Smokescreen is a Motion Picture focusing around Cigar Industry Stars
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Update 4/15/13: The following was one of the ultimate April Fool’s Pranks by the Cigar Industry. Even a bogus press release was made on this one. Turns out this campaign was a “smokescreen” for the launch of a new magazine. Many were fooled, many were not. We were one of the ones who got […]
Cigar Preview: Asylum 13 Corojo
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Asylum Cigars is adding a Honduran puro with a corojo wrapper to its Asylum 13 line of cigars. First details of the new Asylum 13 Corojo were reported first by Cigar Aficionado. The Asylum 13 Corojo will mark the fifth blend to be a part of Asylum Cigars. This cigar joins Asylum, Asylum 13, Asylum […]
Cigar Review: Asylum 13 Ogre
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Asylum 13 Ogre This past November, Asylum Cigars announced the Asylum 13 Ogre. This cigar caught the attention of many for three reasons. First up, the cigar is a barber pole. Secondly, this isn’t any barber pole, but this is a barber pole that uses candela as one its wrapper. Finally, this cigar is enormous […]