In the latest installment of “In My Mind’s Eye,” I made a return trip to the city of Dubai in 2025 and explored Dubai’s cigar culture. This time around, I had the opportunity to delve deeper into Dubai and truly explore its vibrant cigar culture.
We explore Santiago de los Caballeros. This is the heart of the Dominican cigar industry and its vibrant culture.
Venice is located in the northeast part of Italy. It’s a city rich in history at is best known for its canals.
Rome is located in the Lazio region of Italy which is located on the central-west portion of the peninsula. It serves as the political capital city for Italy.
Coop gives a recap of his perspectives from his recent trip to Dubai, including cigar culture.
The first weekend of November 2023 saw Espinosa hold its annual fan fest, La Zona Palooza. The event took place at the company’s headquarters in Hialeah Gardens, just outside Miami, Florida, from November 2nd through November 4th. Over the past few years, a trend has been happening in the cigar industry where some cigar […]
For the third year in a row, Micallef Cigars opened up its company headquarters to its Ambassadors, brick-and-mortar partners, and friends. The Open House weekend takes place in mid-September when the company celebrates what it has termed Micallef Independence Day. Back in September, 2020, Micallef Cigars publicly severed ties with Cigars International, Thompson Cigar, and […]
Over the past few years, cigars produced in Costa Rica have performed extremely well on Cigar Coop as evidenced by the performance ratings over the years. When the opportunity presented itself to visit the Tabacos de Costa Rica factory located in Costa Rica, I was quite intrigued to find out why these cigars were consistently […]
Recently, I had an opportunity to take a trip to Cuba. My purpose of going to Cuba was a combination of fact-finding and education. The signs are pointing toward the U.S. Embargo against Cuba ending. With that, this could lead to the Cuban cigar market being opened in the United States (although under current FDA regulations, […]
