The Cigar Smoking World Championship is a competition that involves who can smoke a cigar for the longest time without re-lighting. It’s a competition that stems from a series of worldwide qualifying tournaments, with qualifiers going into a final competition that is usually held in late August in Croatia. While COVID-19 has derailed much of […]
Macanudo is General Cigar Company’s most successful brand in its vast portfolio. Back in 2014, General Cigar created a new offshoot in its Macanudo brand known as Macanudo Inspirado. Macanudo Inspirado was geared with the more contemporary smoker in mind. Originally Macanudo Inspirado made its debut in the European market in 2014. Two years later, General […]
If you look at one of the most successful new companies of the last decade, there is no doubt Crowned Heads will come to mind. The company launched in 2011, and over the years built a strong portfolio of core regular production lines and limited-edition releases. Along the way, the company has had releases incorporating […]
Back in 2017, Foundation Cigar Company quietly added an event-only cigar known as the Menelik. After two years, owner Nicholas Melillo made a decision to bring Menelik in as a limited production line, and the cigar was showcased at the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show. Production for the cigar comes out of the Tabacos Valle de […]
If you follow the cigar industry, when it comes to the lancero; you’ve heard something along the lines of “lanceros are the best expression of size when it comes to a blend, but they never sell”. At Cigar Coop, we have never jumped into lancero-mania and have taken the approach that each blend tends to […]
The Rock-A-Feller Dominican Blue is a line introduced by Vintage Rockefeller Cigar Group (VRCG) in 2019. This company has been around for several years and has connections to the famed Rockefeller family. In early 2017, Vintage Rockefeller Cigar Group was acquired by Kevin Schweitzer, who at the time was a Wall Street trader who had […]
Earlier this year, AVO Cigars announced its plans for 2020. Included in those plans was the brand’s signature limited edition cigar, the AVO Improvisation LE20. The year 2020 is a significant milestone for the AVO Cigars brand. It marks 20 consecutive years, dating back to 2001, that AVO has released a limited edition cigar – […]
In 2019 Kristoff Cigars began rolling out a cigar known as the Kristoff JT Signature Series. The name JT stands for Jarrid Trudeau, who is the Vice President of Sales at Kristoff Cigars. It’s a project that was spearheaded by Trudeau – and it’s one that has been introduced to market in a unique way. […]
In 2012, Christian Eiroa returned to the cigar business after a brief hiatus. Back in 2008 the Eiroa family had sold Camacho Cigars to Davidoff, but Christian would stay on with Davidoff for a few more years. It was in July of 2012 that Christian would form CLE Cigar Company. CLE would be an umbrella […]
In 2018, word came of a project called the San Lotano Dominicano. This is a collaboration between two power players in the cigar industry – AJ Fernandez and Jochy Blanco. Both Fernandez and Blanco have developed companies that span the ecosystem of cigars. Each owns factories and farms. In addition, each has his own cigar […]
