It’s hard to believe that 262 Cigars is now celebrating its fifth anniversary in the cigar business. Owner and founder Clint Aaron continues to grow his line. 2015 has proven to be a busy year. He’s introduced a lancero vitola to the 262 Allegiance line. He’s also launched an all-new line called Peacefield which is a […]
In 2001, Mel Shah opened a store in Palm Springs, California. As a retailer, Shah built up contacts of farmers and tobacco dealers in Ecuador and Nicaragua. Shah then had a vision for how he wanted to roll and ferment tobaccos. He had a challenge to find a factory to carry out his vision, and […]
Las Cumbres Tabaco, the company founded by Jose Blanco and his wife Emma Viktorsson announced its newest line called Freyja. Frejya is the follow up to highly successful releases, Senorial and Senorial 65th Anniversary lines.. While the Senorial were blended by Jose, Freyja is Emma’s blend. Those who know Jose know tobacco runs through his veins. His wife equally shares that passion […]
This past week the collaboration between Altadis USA and Boutique Blends, the Romeo by Romeo y Julieta Aging Room cigar made its debut. The cigar made its debut at two events in Hickory, North Carolina and Charlotte, North Carolina sponsored by the Tinder Box of Charlotte. For the events, the two companies also joined forces […]
Saga Cigars is a new brand that was launched by the Reyes family. Many know of the Reyes family through Augusto Reyes Sr, a very well-respected cigar maker in the Dominican Republic. The Reyes family has been involved in the tobacco growing and leaf brokerage business for over 160 years. With the Saga line, the […]
Photo Credit: Oettinger Davidoff AG At the 2014 Davidoff Golden Band Awards, it was announced there were plans to commemorate Davidoff’s parent company Oettinger Davidoff AG’s 140th anniversary. Today the company launched plans for this celebration. The first major announcement comes with the opening of new store in Basel, Switzerland – the place where it […]
Jason Holly, owner of Viva Republica was a special guest on Episode 137 of Stogie Geeks. The past year has been very busy for Holly. During this period, he launched a new regular production line with Viva Republica Propaganda. He also released three limited edition cigars (Viva Republica Edicion Limitada Culebra, Jailbreak, and a limited release […]
Phil Zanghi was a featured guest on Episode 137 of Stogie Geeks. Zanghi recapped what has been a banner year for him over the past year, which was highlighted the introduction of the Debonaire Maduro line and the Debonaire First Degree line extension. He also discussed plans for two projects he has planned for the […]
Viaje Cigars President Andre Farkas made his return to Stogie Geeks on Episode 136 and had plenty of information to share. Farkas last joined us a little over 13 months ago, but a lot has changed in the world of Viaje. Up until last year, Viaje was making cigars out of Raices Cubanas in Honduras. […]
On July 3rd, 2012 we started our official daily publication cycle, and since then we never looked back. Today is March 29, 2015 and this marks the 1000th consecutive publication day by the Cigar Coop brand. It’s an achievement we are really proud of. For lack of a better term, we will call it CC1K. […]
