In this cigar conversation, I had a pre-IPCPR trade show talk with Emilio Cigars’ Brand Developer Gary Griffith. First up, Griffith recaps the plans for what will be launched and announced at IPCPR. This includes the rebranding of Grimalkin to La Musa, the La Musa Melete, the first release of the Los Regalos series. He […]
Feature Story: Jonathan Drew Discusses Tobacco Countries
Earlier this month, we officially launched the Cigar Coop Video Channel on You Tube. The intent of this video channel is to supplement the content on this web-site. From time to time, we will include some of the content on this web-site that we feel is relevant to the mission of this web-site. The following video was filmed in […]
Quick Conversation: Rocky Patel Talks CRA
Stace Berkland of Take 5 and myself were in Greenville, South Carolina at Outman Cigars’ second anniversary celebration. We managed to get a couple of minutes on a very busy night with the man himself. In this video, Rocky Patel spends a couple of minutes talking about the importance of joining Cigar Rights of America. […]
Feature Story: How Long Should Tobacco Be Aged?
Earlier this month, we officially launched the Cigar Coop Video Channel on You Tube. The intent of this video channel is to supplement the content on this web-site. From time to time, we will include some of the content on this web-site that we feel is relevant to the mission of this web-site. The following […]
Feature Story: The Origins of Criollo Seed Tobacco
Earlier this month, we officially launched the Cigar Coop Video Channel on You Tube. The intent of this video channel is to supplement the content on this web-site. From time to time, we will include some of the content on this web-site that we feel is relevant to the mission of this web-site. The following […]
Press Release: Butthead’s Tobacco Presents a Virtual Cigar Workshop
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
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
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
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
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 […]
