In 2020, we started tracking a simple metric on Cigar Coop – how do cigar companies rate in terms of the readership on Cigar Coop. This year, we rank the 25 “most-read” companies on Cigar Coop. This is a very important data-gathering exercise for Cigar Coop. It shows what companies our readers are most interested […]
The 2022 Cigar of the Year Countdown is now in the annals of history. With the Countdown completed, it is time to look at some of the numbers. In this article we look at two items: A breakdown of the cigars on the Countdown by vitola, country of origin, factory, company, price, limited editions, […]
In 2020, Cigar Coop introduced two new performance rating categories: Impacts of Sponsored Cigars on Scoring and Impacts of Samples Used on Scoring. Performance Ratings are a collection of analytical data for the past Cigar Year on Cigar Coop. The sponsored and samples categories were introduced in response to feedback the media consistently hears pertaining […]
For the 12th consecutive year, we bring you our selections and analysis for the Top 12 cigar industry news stories and themes for the year. Unlike how we consider cigars for our Cigar of the Year Countdown, these news story selections are based on the actual calendar year for 2022. These stories are individual stories […]
As the name indicates, Cayman Cigar Company is based in the Cayman Islands. Not only is the company the first to manufacture and produce cigars out of the Cayman Islands, but the company is going to market with a mission – a focus on charity. The company says every dollar that doesn’t go back into […]
Today marks the final installment of the Summer of ’22 series. In our concluding instalment, we take a look at Meerapfel Cigar. It was a about a year ago that Jeremiah Meerapfel announced his Meerapfel Cigar brands. It’s not only a project that pays tribute to each generation in his family’s rich tobacco history, but […]
At the beginning of 2021, Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) announced it would be dividing its portfolio of premium cigar brands. As a result, several brands moved into a new subsidiary known as Forged Cigar Company while other brands will remain under the existing General Cigar Company umbrella. Five key five brands going to Forged included: […]
Most of the activity for Maya Selva Cigars for the Summer of ’22 came at the very end of the summer just as the company was gearing up for InterTabac 2022 Trade Show in Dortmund, Germany. This year the company had a new line extension, a new limited edition cigar, and a new sampler. The […]
This summer, Warped Cigars focused more on its small batch releases. There were a trio of cigars announced. Just before Memorial Day, Warped announced Eagles Descent. Eagles Descent was originally a release done for a R. Field Wine Co in Hawaii, a retailer that does many store exclusive releases. Produced at the Agricola Ganadera Norteña […]
Since Kevin Schweitzer took sole ownership of Vintage Rock-A-Feller Cigar Group, he has worked hard to take the quality of his brand to the next level. In the five years Schweitzer has had ownership, there have been several releases from both Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. In addition, he has worked to develop his own […]
