The deadline for cigar manufacturers to submit ingredient listings has been extended yet again. This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the new deadlines would be May 8, 2018 for non-small-scale tobacco products manufacturers and November 8, 2018 for small-scale tobacco products manufacturers. This latest delay is due to technical issues encountered with […]
Cigar News: Viaje Stuffed Turkey Edicion Limitada 2017 Coming This Month
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After a one-year hiatus, Viaje’s Thanksgiving seasonal release, the Viaje Stuffed Turkey, is making a return – but this year with a twist. This year’s version has been dubbed the Viaje Stuffed Turkey Edición Limitada and will feature box-pressed versions of the White Meat (Natural wrapper) and Dark Meat (Maduro) wrapper blends. The Viaje Stuffed Turkey […]
Cigar News: Fernando Zacarias Departs Espinosa Cigars
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The Fernando Zacarias era at Espinosa Cigars has come to an end. Today Espinosa Cigars announced that Zacarias, who served as the company’s national sales manager is leaving the company. The move is effective immediately. Zacarias had served as the company’s National Sales Manager since late in 2014. During his tenure, the company credited him […]
Cigar News: Viaje Hamaki Omakase Coming This Month
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This month Viaje Cigars will release its latest Japanese-inspired release, the Viaje Hamaki Omakase – and in true Viaje fashion, the company is keeping most of the details under wraps. The Hamaki Omakase follows up last month’s Viaje Hamaki release. Like Hamaki, the Hamaki Omakase was inspired by Viaje Cigars’ founder Andre Farkas’ travels to […]
Cigar News: Colibri Daytona Now Available
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The Colibri Daytona, a single flame lighter inspired by auto racing, is now available. The lighter features a large fuel reservoir on the left side, which Colibri says has a fuel capacity 50% above the average across its single jet lighters. The tank has a blue reflective tint that allows for easy fuel readings. The […]
Cigar News: Trump Sanctions Program for Cuba Goes into Effect November 9th
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Back in June, U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was rolling back some of former President Barack Obama’s directives designed at opening up trade and relations with Cuba. Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced the specifics to […]
Cigar News: Debonaire Daybreak Heads to Retailers
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Daybreak has come for Phil Zanghi and Debonaire House. This month the long-awaited Connecticut Shade offering from Zanghi, the Debonaire Daybreak, is heading to retailers. After working on some blend iterations, Zanghi came full circle and ended up using an Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapper on the original Debonaire blend featuring a Dominican binder and a […]
Cigar Industry Report: Volume 6, Number 50 (11/4/17)
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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: Nomad Fin de los Mundos Slated for December Launch
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Nomad Cigar Company’s long-awaited Fin de los Mundos is finally heading for its official launch. Owner Fred Rewey has said the cigar is currently in packaging and will have an official launch of December 2nd at Underground Cigar Shop in Fort Worth, Texas. Fin de los Mundos was first unveiled at the 2016 IPCPR Trade […]
Cigar News: Colibri Quasar Cutter Now Available
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The Colibri Quasar, a tabletop accessory that combines the Colibri V-Cut and Colibri S-Cut cigar cutter into a single unit, is now available. This unit was showcased at the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show. The unit features the V-Cut blade on one side and the S-Cut blade on the other. The cutter is engaged by pushing […]