With the COVID-19 pandemic wiping out the in-person 2020 Premium Cigar Association (PCA), 2020 Tobacconist Association of America (TAA), and InterTabac 2020 Trade Shows, some questions have arisen as far as 2021’s first tobacco trade show, Tobacco Plus Expo 2021 (TPE). Today TMG (Tobacco Media Group), announced it is optimistic that TPE 2021 will […]
Cigar News: Protocol Pool Party Year 1 Event Cigar Announced
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Protocol Cigars has announced a limited edition cigar known as the Protocol Pool Party Year 1. It’s a cigar that won’t be for sale, but available to attendees for the company’s Protocol Pool Party – being held Saturday August 1st, at the Oak Tree Lodge in Neptune, New Jersey. Produced at Erik Espinosa’s La Zona […]
Cigar News: Epic Cigars Celebrates Ten Years with EPIC TEN, Announces Expansion to UK
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This year Epic Cigars will celebrate ten years in the cigar business, and to commemorate the occasion the brand will release a cigar to mark the occasion known as the EPIC TEN. The EPIC TEN marks Epic Cigars’ first cigar out of Nicaragua, where owner Dean Parsons worked with AJ Fernandez to produce the blend. […]
Cigar News: Crux Epicure Gordo Heading to Retailers
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Crux Cigars has announced the Crux Epicure Gordo, a 6 x 60 line extension to the Crux Epicure line. The Crux Epicure Gordo becomes the fifth regular production offering in the Crux Epicure line. Crux Epicure was introduced in 2017 and it features an Ecuadorian Connecticut shade wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and fillers. It is […]
Prime Time Episode 146: Glen Case, Kristoff Cigars
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For Episode 146, the Prime Time Show is proud to welcome Glen Case, Owner of Kristoff Cigars. Glen has well over a decade in the cigar business and took a very different route to getting into it. We’ll learn of Glen’s stories and talk about all of the happenings at Kristoff Cigars. Don’t forget, […]
Cigar Industry Report: Edition 390 (7/18/20)
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The Cigar Industry Report is a one-stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop. It is a combination of the news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. In addition, each week we will look back at Cigar Coop history. Look for this report every Saturday morning at […]
Cigar News: PCA Brings Back Scott Pearce and Joshua Habursky
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At the start of the month, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) announced it was furloughing its entire staff. Today, the PCA announced two key employees will be returning, Executive Director Scott Pearce and Head of Government Affairs Joshua Habursky. In a communication to PCA members, John Anderson, President of the PCA commented, “Over the past […]
Cigar News: HVC Hot Cake Announced
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Beginning July 22nd, HVC Cigars will begin shipping its latest line, the HVC Hot Cake. HVC Hot Cake features a San Andres wrapper with Jalapa Corojo ’99 with Esteli Corojo ’98 for the binder and filler. Both varietals are from the Aganorsa Farms. In addition, the fillers utilize three different varieties of a newer tobacco […]
Cigar News: ITSHub Announced as Alternative to InterTabac 2020
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At the time InterTabac 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Westfalenhallen Unternehmensgruppe, who organizes the Trade Show said there were plans to present a new alternative concept in place of InterTabac and its sister show InterSupply. This week Westfalenhallen Unternehmensgruppe announced ITShub. It’s an event will take place November 3-4 in Dortmund, Germany […]
Cigar News: Toscano Duecento Coming to U.S.
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Toscano Cigars is introducing the Toscano Duecento in the U.S. market. “Duecento” is Italian for 200, and it’s appropriate for the name of this cigar. This is because the Toscano Duecento was released in 2018 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Toscano Cigars brand. At the time of the release, the cigar was not […]