Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system; 3) Provide a re-assessment and re-score of a previously assessed/scored cigar. Today, we provide […]
Photo courtesy of S.A.G. Imports S.A.G. Imports is launching a new cigar under the Fonseca line called the Fonseca Cubano Exclusivo. This cigar will be previewed at the 2013 ProCigar Festival in the Dominican Republic. First details of this story were reported by Cigar Aficionado. The Fonseca Cubano Exclusivo will be a box-pressed cigar. It […]
New MicroBlend Release by MATASA (Linked from posted SmokeInn Photo) South Florida retailer, Smoke Inn has a 7th MicroBlend release in the works. Smoke Inn posted a picture of cigar of a five pack of cigars with the caption “SNEAK PEAK of a new Smoke Inn MicroBlend SeriesTM in the works!! The photo indicated the […]
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 […]
Heisenberg by Quesada – Cuadrada Corneta vitola Last month, we introduced some news on the Heisenberg by Quesada Cigars. This is a cigar line with a theme “embrace uncertainty”. The idea behind this theme is to bring focus back to the cigar experience itself without over-analyzing the details of the cigar. As a result tobacco origins, […]
S.A.G Imports has announced a sampler box of eight Quesada cigars. The concept behind this is to proivde a sampler of eight cigars, including two new unreleased sample blends to get customer feedback. The Quesada Blender’s Sampler will consist of two of each of the following cigars. Quesada Jalapa Robusto Quesada Tributo Robusto (Julio) […]
E.P. Carrillo: 2012 Cigar Coop Manufacturer of the Year Our 2012 Year in Review coverage concludes with a look at how the manufacturers did on Cigar Coop for 2012. In Jaunary, 2012 we introduced a numerical scoring system. At first we were very hesitant to make sure a move, and while this is a philosophical […]
The concept behind our Cigar of the Year countdown is to acknowledge the best cigars released for a calendar year. We base this on the new cigar blends released during our Cigar Coop calendar year. Much like you wouldn’t give the original Rocky movie (made in 1975) the 2012 Movie of the Year, we don’t […]
We introduced this “year end award” category last year. The purpose of this category was to look at some cigars that were released the previous year, and see the impacts of aging the cigar – for the positive. Thus, the “Best Aged Cigar” award was born. The criteria for this award is very simple: […]
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system; 3) Provide a re-assessment and re-score of previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we provide a […]
