Jose Blanco is set to join E.P. Carrillo as its new Senior Vice President of Sales effective November 1st 2016. First news of this story was reported by Cigar Aficionado, and confirmed to Cigar Coop through Blanco’s wife Emma Viktorsson. Blanco’s responsibilities will focus around building E.P, Carrillo’s sales force. However, Blanco is known as one […]
Cigar News: La Aroma de Cuba Noblesse Returns for 2016 and Adds Viceroy
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Ashton’s La Aroma de Cuba Noblesse, the limited edition premium offering that Ashton Cigars is back for 2016. As a part of the return, a belicoso offering called Viceroy will be added to the line. The La Aroma de Cuba Noblesse Viceroy joins the Coronation (Toro) and Regency (Robusto). The cigar made its debut at the […]
Cigar News: Black Label Trading Company Releases Santa Muerte
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Black Label Trading Company’s latest small batch release Santa Muerte is now heading to select retailers. Santa Muerte is a figure associated with the Day of the Dead celebrations. This release of Santa Muerte is timed with these celebrations – typically held from October 31st to November 2nd. “This is our first year to produce […]
Cigar News: Two Members of Congress Raise Concerns Over Recent Trade Easements with Cuba
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It didn’t take long for members of Congress to react to United States President Barack Obama’s recent easing of trade restrictions with Cuba. This past Friday, Senator James Lankford (R-Oklahoma) and Representative Mario Diaz-Balart wrote a letter to President expressing concerns with the actions as well as requesting more engagement with Congress over the matter. One […]
Cigar Industry Report: Volume 5, Number 48 (10/22/16)
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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: FDA Confirms Cigar Companies Cannot Donate Cigars to Troops
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After five months of speculation, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has confirmed its regulations which prohibit cigar companies from distributing samples also appliy to donating free cigars to soldiers. The FDA’s position on this was confirmed in a response sent to Congressman Duncan Hunder (R-California) by Ramesh Menon, the FDA’a Acting Supervisory Congressional Affairs Specialist. […]
Cigar News: Senator Marco Rubio Visits J.C. Newman Cigar Company Factory; Reaffirms Support for Premium Cigar Industry
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It isn’t every day a United States Senator and former Presidential candidate visits a cigar factory, but that’s exactly what Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) did this past Wednesday. On the campaign trail Senator Rubio, joined by Florida House Representative Dana Young paid a visit to the J.C. Newman Cigar Company Factory, the last cigar factory […]
Cigar News: Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Announces Widespread Release of Muestra de Saka Exclusivo
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The Muestra de Saka Exclusivo, one of the offerings in Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust’s Muestra de Saka line is heading for widespread release. Today, the company announced that is taking pre-orders for the Muestra de Saka Exclusivo, a 6 x 52 Toro offering. This is a cigar that saw a soft-launch shortly after the 2016 […]
Cigar News: British American Tobacco Announces Proposal to Acquire Reynolds America
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British American Tobacco has announced a proposal to merge with Reynolds American Inc. The merger would create the world’s largest tobacco company. While short-term, this has greater impacts on the cigarette industry, this could create be something the premium cigar industry keeps an eye on. Currently British American Tobacco owns a minority 42.2% minority stake […]
Cigar News: Drew Estate Adds Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve Barrel Fermented Churchill and Pappy Drew Limitada
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The Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve line, the collaboration between Drew Estate and Pappy Van Winkle is receiving two new sizes. Today, Drew Estate announced the addition of the new Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve Barrel Fermented Churchill and the special limited edition Pappy Drew Limitada. These cigars join the current Robusto and Toro offerings and will […]