June 9, 2012 Danbury, CT – In a first of it’s kind event with a major cigar manufacturer, Butthead’s Tobacco Emporium @buttheads will be presenting an evening with Jose Blanco @joseblanco809 of Joya de Nicaragua cigars @joyacigars. This Workshop for 50 in-store participants will also be broadcast as a Virtual Cigar Workshop live on the […]
News: Christian Eiroa Forms CLE Cigar Company
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In a move that is not a surprise to many cigar insiders, Christian Eiroa, the president and long-time face of Camacho Cigars is launching his own company. This information was released in a report from Cigar Aficionado. The new company is called CLE cigars and gets its name from Eiroa’s initials (Christian Luis Eiroa). There […]
Cigar Conversation: Conversation with Arielle Ditkowich of La Sirena Cigars
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Over the past 18 months, La Sirena Cigars has really taken the cigar industry by storm. For 2011, the #2 Cigar on Cigar Coop was the La Sirena. This past week, Miami Cigars (who makes La Sirena) announced a new blend to join the La Sirena family called the Merlion. As timing would have it, […]
Event: Daniel & Gabriel Amoruso’s 529 College Savings Program Fundraising Event
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Larry Amoruso (4th from left) – flanked by the military We don’t promote a lot of events on this web-site anymore, but we do get some press releases or emails and from time to time will still do so. However, when this email came to me today, it was without question I was going to […]
News: Manny Ferrero Passes Away
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On Wednesday morning (3/28/12) the cigar world was shocked to learn of the unexpected passing of Ashton Distributors’ Senior Vice President Manny Ferrero. Ferrero was 63 years old. Ferrero was in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico attending the annual Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) conference. He collapsed Tuesday night while on the dance floor at a […]
News: Rolando Reyes, Sr. Passes Away
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Photo linked from Reyes Family Cigars The cigar industry lost one of its legenary names as Rolando Reyes, Sr. has passed away last night. Reyes was the founder of Reyes Family Cigars that has such brands as Puros Indios and Cuba Aliados. He was 89 years old. Reyes’ roots come from cigar rolling. Originally from […]
News: Eddie Ortega Leaves EO Brands
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In a move that was not totally unexpected, Eddie Ortega has stepped down as president of EO Brands and is also leaving the partnership he started with Erik Espinosa. This news comes according to a published report by Cigar Aficionado. EO Brands is most famous for lines of cigars such as 601 and Murcielago. A […]
News: Jose Seijas Leaving Altadis USA
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Jose Seijas, a name long associated the famous Tabacalera de Garcia factory, and Altadis USA has announce is leaving Altadis effective immediately. This is according to a story recently published on Cigar Aficionado.com. The report goes on to say that this is a retirement. Seijas served as Vice President and General Manager of Tabacalera de […]
Cigar Coop Hall of Fame Inductees
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The following represent the criteria to qualify for the Cigar Coop Hall of Fame: There are two types of inductees at this time – Cigars and People. All inductees are chosen by me. For Cigars, there are three ways for a cigar to be considered for induction: 1) The #1 Cigar of the Year for […]
2011 Cigar Coop Hall of Fame Inductee: Edgar Cullman Sr.
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Photo linked from http://www.culbro.com Cigar Coop Hall of Fame Inductee Name: Edgar Cullman Sr. Inductee Category: Industry Leader/Ambassador Inductee Year: 2011 It was little over a month ago before this induction ceremony that Edgar Cullman Sr. would past away at the age of 93 years old. However, there is no doubt that Cullman was worthy […]