J. Glynn Loope, Executive Director for Cigar Rights of America has sent an open letter to each of the declared candidates running for President of the United States in 2016. The message of the letter calls for communication and support to the premium cigar industry with pending regulations forthcoming by the U.S. Food and Drug […]
Cubanacan Cigars Eastern Sales Manager, Nate McIntyre can now add brand owner to his resume. Today McIntyre announced the launch of “Percy Ray Cigars”. The project is being described as an annual limited edition that will be produced at the Cubanacan Cigars Factory S.A. in Nicaragua. McIntyre will continue to serve in his current role […]
El Güegüense (pronounced: L – Wha –When-say) , the long awaited debut launch by Nicholas Melillo’s Foundation Cigar Company is set to arrive in stores. Earlier today, the company issued a press release announcing shipments have now begun to hit retailers. An official launch of the cigar will be held at Mickey Blake’s Tobacconist located […]
Tinder Box Waldorf, based in Waldorf Maryland will be the sixth retailer to receive an exclusive size of the Room 101 Ichiban line. The Room 101 Ichiban Monstro will introduce a 5 x 60 Gordo sized cigar into the line that is exclusive to Tinder Box Waldorf. The cigar is currently available and plans for an official kickoff with Room […]
Back at Inter-Tabac 2014, Altadis unveiled VegaFina Nicaragua – the first Nicaraguan puro to the VegaFina brand. This was a line that would make its way to the United States by the end of 2014. At Inter-Tabac 2015, a new line extension – the VegaFina Nicaragua 8-9-8 was formally showed off. The VegaFina Nicaragua 8-9-8 draws its […]
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 […]
La Zona, the cigar factory owned by Erik Espinosa has created an exclusive cigar to Twin Smoke Shoppe in Philadelphia. The new cigar has been dubbed “Renzulli” and pays tribute to Twin Smoke Shoppe’s proprietor Anthony Renzulli. The new Renzulli Cigar will have an official event launch at the retail location on September 17th. Erik […]
Drew Estate is planning a new cigar called Shady Southpaw. The cigar is another collaboration between Drew Estate and Shady Records. It follows up the Undercrown Shady XV, which was released in November 2014. While the Shady XV, was a regional limited release of 500 bundles to the Detroit, Michigan area, the new Shady Southpaw […]
Kafie 1901 Cigars has announced the addition of its long awaited Sumatra line. The Kafie 1901 Sumatra becomes the company’s third regular production blend joining the Kafie 1901 Maduro and Kafie 1901 Connecticut blends. The new Sumatra blend is slated to be released on November 1, 2015. In a press release company owner Dr. Gaby […]
While Camacho Ditka’s brand was quiet at the IPCPR Trade Show, the brand still had something in store for 2015. This week, Camacho has begun informing retailers of a new limited edition offering under the Ditka brand called Ditka Game Time. The new cigar is expected to begin arriving at retailers on October 9th. The […]
