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 […]
La Gloria Cubana Sanson The La Gloria Cubana Sanson is an 8 x 60 limited production cigar targeted for General Cigar retailers in the southeast United States. According to Victoria McKee of General Cigar, the blend for the Sanson was one of the blends that was developed for the La Gloria Cubana Trunk Show Twenty […]
#12: CAO Concert The CAO Concert is our selection for #12 on the 2012 Cigar of the Year countdown. This marks the second release by the CAO brand since it was acquired by General Cigar Company. The Concert was launched at the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show. The name of the cigar is meant to pay […]
British American Tobacco International is adding a new cigar to its Dunhill brand. Cigar Aficionado has provided some preliminary information to the new Dunhill Aged Reserva Especial 2003. This cigar is positioned as a limited edition cigar. Perhaps as interesting as the new cigar is that the article quotes Dunhill Cigars head Yves […]
