Richmond, VA–General Cigar was recently vindicated by the courts again in the nearly 16 year old legal battle waged by Cubatabaco to determine rightful ownership of the Cohiba® trademark in the United States. After losing its legal battle in the Second Circuit, Cubatabaco continued to exhaust all available legal channels by bringing this matter before […]
News: Altadis USA to Launch Montecristo Chicago Connoisseur Edition in April
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Altadis USA is launching their fourth regional blend as as part of their Montecristo line, the Montecristo Chicago Edition. Illinois retailer, Casa de Montecristo – located just outside of Chicago, Illinois has announced an April 11th launch party for the Montecristo Chicago Connoisseur Edition. If this falls in line with the other three regional releases, […]
News: Boutique Blends to Launch Aging Room WildPack, Aging Room M21, and Swag “S”
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Boutique Blends Cigars, the subsidiary under Oliveros Cigars is planning on launching a special five sampler pack of Cigars under their Aging Room Cigars line as well as a new cigar under its Swag Cigars line. Information for these projects were first reported on the March 23rd Cigar Dave broadcast. Additional information was then discussed […]
Cigar Week Wrap: Volume 2, Number 10 (3/23/13)
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The Cigar Week Wrap is a one stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop. It is a combination of our news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. We will throw in a few bonus items from time to time as well. Our intent is to […]
News: Emilio Cigars to Launch Mia Dora at 2013 IPCPR
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Emilio Cigars has announced a new cigar for the second week in a row. On his Facebook page, and then on his blog, brand developer Gary Griffith announced the “Mia Dora”. This is a new cigar line that will be launched at the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas. Griffith has said the name […]
News: Gurkha Begins Circulating 2013 Pre-Release Cigar
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Gurkha Pre-Release Sample – due for Summer 2013 release Gurkha Cigar Company has begun circulating a pre-release sample of a new unnamed cigar brand. The cigar was recently showcased at a March 21, 2013 event at Outland Cigars in Charlotte, North Carolina that featured Gurkha Cigar Company Chairman Kaizod Hansotia. Gurkha has remained pretty tight-lipped […]
Cigar Week Wrap: Volume 2, Number 9 (3/16/13)
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The Cigar Week Wrap is a one stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop. It is a combination of our news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. We will throw in a few bonus items from time to time as well. Our intent is to […]
News: Emilio Cigars Announces Plans for Draig Cayuquero
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Image linked from Gary Griffith’s Facebook Page Emilio Cigars Brand Developer Gary Griffith has announced on his Facebook account plans for the second cigar in the Emilio Cigars Draig Series. The cigar will be called the Draig Cayuquero. Griffith described a little of the background of this cigar and mentioned the cigar is being planned for […]
News: Mike Ditka to be Guest Speaker at 2013 IPCPR Trade Show Breakfast
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Mike Ditka – public domain picture linked from Wikipedia The IPCPR has announced that Mike Ditka will be the speaker at the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show Opening Day Breakfast. Information was announced via the IPCPR’s twitter account. The message via Twitter link said: Davidoff is pleased to announce that Mike Ditka (AKA ”Da Coach”) has […]
News: Oliveros Cigars to Release Vista de Cuba Reserva
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Picture Credit: Rafael Nodal Facebook page At the 2013 Tobacco Expo, Oliveros Cigars announced a new cigar under their Vista de Cuba line called the Vista de Cuba Reserva. This past Monday, Oliveros President Rafael Nodal posted on his Facebook page a picture of the cigars and packaging in the new line and provided some […]