At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Rocky Patel Premium Cigars showcased a new cigar known as Dark Star. It’s a cigar produced out of Honduras, but it also incorporates filler tobaccos from Paraguay. While the cigars at the Trade Show say “Nicaragua” on the band, the blend is actually a Honduran-forward blend. […]
The RoMa Craft Tobac Quinquagenario, a long-awaited limited edition cigar produced between RoMa Craft Tobac’s Skip Martin and E.P. Carrillo’s Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, is getting ready to hit the stores. The cigar was also showcased at the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. A Quinquagenarian refers to someone who is between the age of […]
My Father Cigars and Tatuaje Cigars are both celebrating the 20th Anniversary of their respective companies in 2023 with a project called La Union. For the past two decades, the two companies have been connected. Don Pepin Garcia and Jaime Garcia have been handling the production of Pete Johnson’s Tatuaje Cigars from the beginning. […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Espinosa Cigars introduced a 6 x 60 size to four lines: 601 Blue, Laranja Escuro, Knuckle Sandwich Habano, and the Knuckle Sandwich Maduro. The following are the pricing and box-counts for the four blends: 601 Blue (6 x 60): SRP $11.95/cigar; Available in 20-count boxes Laranja […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Forged Cigar Company showcased a new size of its limited edition La Gloria Cubana Eighth Street line in the form of a Corona Grande. La Gloria Cubana Eight Street is a project that was developed in collaboration with Justin Andrews and blended by the team at El […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, RoMa Craft Tobac showcased the Intemperance Volstead VO 1920, a new offering under its Intemperance Brand. This line introduces a Sumatra-wrapped offering into the RoMa Craft Tobac’s Intemperance brand. Intemperance is RoMa Craft Tobac’s brand themed around the Temperance Movement and Prohibition Era which centered around […]
Gurkha Cigar Group is getting ready to celebrate its 35th anniversary as a company. At this year’s 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Gurkha showed off a new humidor and cigars to mark the milestone. The humidor has a red-colored piano-style finish. It’s a 150-count humidor, but the unit contains 75 cigars. The cigars […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, JRE Tobacco Company introduced a fifth size to the Aladino Classic. It’s a 38 x 7 lancero-sized line extension known as the Elegante. Aladino Classic features 100% Honduran-grown Corojo and Habano tobaccos from the JRE Tobacco farm. Like the other sizes of the Aladino Classic, the […]
The Cigar Industry Report is a one-stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop. It combines 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 at 8am Eastern Time. […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, JRE Tobacco Co. introduced the Aladino Sumatra. This release showcases JRE’s latest innovation, a dark Sumatra wrapper grown on the JRE Tobacco Farm. The Aladino Sumatra is being released in one size – a 6 x 52 Toro. It is being […]
