Espinosa Premium Cigars has announced it has streamlined its organization for 2017. As a part of the streamlining, the company announced the promotion of Erik Espinosa Jr to Vice President and Hector Alfonso Sr. to Director of Operations. The moves are designed to position Espinosa Cigars for continued growth in 2017. Company President and […]
Cigar Industry Report: Volume 6, Number 5 (12/24/16)
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The Cigar Industry Report is a one stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop and Stogie Geeks. It is a combination of our news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. We will also recap what happened on our Stogie Geeks show. Finally, each week we […]
Cigar News: Viaje Holiday Blend Candy Cane Edición Limitada 2016 Arrives at Select Retailers
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While Viaje retailers have begun receiving shipments of the Viaje Holiday Blend Edicion Limitada 2016 release, a limited set of retailers are also receiving Viaje’s barber-pole Christmas-themed release, the Viaje Holiday Blend Candy Cane Edicion Limitada 2016 edition While all of the Candy Cane releases are 6 x 54 vitolas, this cigar (like the 2015 edition) […]
Cigar News: Caldwell / Drew Estate All Out Kings Targeted for March 2017 General Release
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Caldwell Cigar Company and Drew Estate have announced that All Out kings is targeted for a March 2017 general release. The project which was announced earlier this year was formally launched at the 2016 IPCPR Convention and Trade Show in Las Vegas with a planned November, 2016 release for general availability. All Out Kings is […]
Cigar News: Caldwell Long Live the King-The Crowning Becomes Exclusive for Small Batch Cigar
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A perfecto offering Caldwell Cigar Company’s Long Live the King is now available. Small Batch Cigar, the online distribution arm of California based Maximar’s Ultimate Cigars has announced they will be the exclusive retailer to receive this new perfecto offering that has been dubbed “Long Live the King – The Crowning”. According to Small Batch Cigar, […]
Cigar News: A.J. Fernandez Cigars Acquires Brands of Sosa Cigars
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AJ Fernandez Cigars has announced it has acquired the brands of Sosa Cigars. The acquisition adds to the A.J. Fernandez portfolio a series of FDA grandfathered (predicate) brands under its umbrella. The acquisition will see the production and distribution of the Sosa Cigar brands now handled by A.J. Fernandez Cigars. Details of the announcement were first […]
Cigar News: Jack Toraño Officially Joins General Cigar Team
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Jack is back – to stay. Jack Torano, who rejoined the Torano Cigar brand earlier this year as a consultant will be now officially joining the General Cigar team as Brand Ambassador beginning January 1st, 2017. It was in 2011 when Torano joined his cousins Carlos and Charlie Torano in the cigar business as Marketing Manager at Torano Family […]
Cigar News: Craig Reynolds to Run STG’s New North American Cluster
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Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has announced a restructuring that will bring General Cigar, STG Lane, STG Canada, and Cigars International under one group for its North American business. As a part of the change, STG announced that Craig Reynolds will assume the role of Executive Vice President for STG, North America. The changes will […]
Cigar Industry Report: Volume 6, Number 4 (12/17/16)
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The Cigar Industry Report is a one stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop and Stogie Geeks. It is a combination of our news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. We will also recap what happened on our Stogie Geeks show. Finally, each week we […]
Cigar News: Alec Bradley Fine & Rare 2016 Edition Brings Back HJ10-I Blend
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Alec Bradley’s Fine & Rare, the company’s annual ultra-premium limited edition cigar is back for the sixth consecutive year. This week the company announced that the Alec Bradley Fine & Rare 2016 will be the third release to utilize the HJ10-I blend. The cigar is officially being dubbed the Alec Bradley HJ10-I Third Issue and has is now […]