CAO Cigars has unveiled a special event only version of their CAO La Traviata line. This cigar is called the CAO La Traviata Mochado. The Mochado features only wrapper on 3/4 of the cigar. The cigar is currently being offered on the current CAO Cigars Wrapped Up Tour. A six pack of the La Traviata […]
La Gloria Cubana Piramide Supra The La Gloria Cubana Piramide Supra is one of three 2012 regional releases by the La Gloria Cubana. These three regional releases have been targeted to be longer, larger ring gauge cigars. The Piramide Supra was a release that was targeted for the northeastern U.S. market. The cigar comes in […]
The new General Cigar website, www.cigarworld.com has just gone live! While the name’s the same, the site has been completely redone. The folks at General Cigar spent almost a whole year developing it. Think of the new Cigar World as a digital cigar lounge. It’s got cool interactive features like a virtual humidor and a […]
CAO Right Coast Earlier this week, we reported on the CAO Right Coast. This is a limited production, regional release by General Cigar Company aimed at retailers in the Southeastern United States. The cigar has a trapezoid-shaped viola. As David Jones of the Tiki Bar Online pointed out to me, this was a similar vitola […]
Arango Cigar Co. has announced its new “Clasico” series of premium cigars, made by General Cigar Company. The four shapes, shared by Macanudo and Punch, are patterned after the top-selling cigar brand sizes from General Cigar Company. The two Clasico lines are proprietary, being distributed only by Arango Cigar Co. Macanudo Clasico and Punch […]
Note: For additional infomation on this cigar, see our review of the CAO Right Coast – featuring some insights from CAO Senior Brand Manager, Ed McKenna. CAO Right Coast The CAO Right Coast has arrived at select retailers in the southeast United States. This cigar marks a continuing trend in regional releases by General Cigar […]
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system; 3) Provide a re-assessment and re-score of a previously assessed/scored cigar. Today, we provide […]
E.P. Carrillo: 2012 Cigar Coop Manufacturer of the Year Our 2012 Year in Review coverage concludes with a look at how the manufacturers did on Cigar Coop for 2012. In Jaunary, 2012 we introduced a numerical scoring system. At first we were very hesitant to make sure a move, and while this is a philosophical […]
The concept behind our Cigar of the Year countdown is to acknowledge the best cigars released for a calendar year. We base this on the new cigar blends released during our Cigar Coop calendar year. Much like you wouldn’t give the original Rocky movie (made in 1975) the 2012 Movie of the Year, we don’t […]
La Gloria Cubana Sanson The La Gloria Cubana Sanson is a limited production, regional release by General Cigar’s La Gloria Cubana brand. A few days ago, we were proud to be first to report the details around this cigar. The Sanson is a cigar that at the time of this article is only being made available […]
