Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
Agile Cigar Review: Joya de Nicaragua Antaño CT Lonsdale
Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
Feature Story: Puro Sabor 2023 – Day Three
Welcome back to Cigar Coop’s coverage of Puro Sabor 2023, the Nicaraguan Cigar Festival. This is taking place in Nicaragua from January 23-27, 2023. The Nicaraguan Cigar Festival is split between two cities: Granada (Jan 23-24), and Estelí (Jan 25-27). Today we take a look at day three of Puro Sabor. Day three saw […]
Cigar News: Joya de Nicaragua Launches Rosalones Selección Bodegas
Joya de Nicaragua has announced a new annual limited edition series aimed at the market in Spain called Rosalones Seleccion Bodegas. This series will feature limited-edition cigars that can be paired with wines from the Iberian region. Rosalones is a brand that has a long history with Joya de Nicaragua. It can be traced back […]
Cigar Review: Joya de Nicaragua Cuatro Cinco Edición Americana TAA Exclusive (2021)
In 2021, Joya de Nicaragua delivered the Joya de Nicaragua Cuatro Cinco Edición Americana as an exclusive cigar to the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA). Cuatro Cinco was a line created by Joya de Nicaragua in 2013 to commemorate the company and factory’s 45th anniversary. It was originally released as a one-time limited edition known […]
Cigar News: Joya de Nicaragua Cinco Décadas El Cumiche Announced
On Drew Estate’s September 28, 2022, Freestyle Live Broadcast, Joya de Nicaragua announced a new extension to its Cinco Décadas line known as El Cumiche. The Joya de Nicaragua Cinco Décadas is the sixth size in the blend that was launched in 2018 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the oldest cigar factory in Nicaragua. […]
Summer of ’22 Report: Joya de Nicaragua
This year, the focus for Joya de Nicaragua has been Connecticut Shade and Connoisseur vitolas. There wasn’t a new line that was unveiled for Joya de Nicaragua in 2022, but the company decided to focus its releases around its two successful Connecticut Shade releases, Numero Uno and the Antaño CT by adding a Corona and […]
Cigar Review: Joya de Nicaragua Dos Cientos (Gran Toro)
Joya de Nicaragua, is a company that aligns itself with the history and culture of Nicaragua like no other company has done. 2021 marked a significant year for not just the country of Nicaragua, but for many countries in Central America. It would be the 200th anniversary of Central American independence from the Spanish Empire. […]
The Blog: KMA Talk Radio Episode 455 – Juan Martinez, Joya de Nicaragua
Each week, I have the opportunity to produce the news segment for KMA Talk Radio. On the Cigar Coop “blog,” we post replays of the shows the week following the date the show is aired. On April 9, 2022, Juan Martinez, Executive President of Joya de Nicaragua was the special guest. Catch the full show […]
Cigar News: Joya de Nicaragua Adds Numero Uno L’Attache
On the May 12 edition of Drew Estate’s Freestyle Live show, Joya de Nicaragua announced the national release of the Numero Uno L’Attache. The new size will be a 5 1/2 x 42 limited production offering. Numero Uno is a project that started out as a private blend where it was handed out to Nicaraguan […]