The Cigar Industry Report is a one-stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop. It is a combination of 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 morning at 8am Eastern Time.

Cigar Industry Report: Edition 503 (9/17/22)

The Headlines

InterTabac 2022

For the first time since 2019, the InterTabac 2022 Trade Show took place in Dortmund Germany. We filed the following reports on products being released:

Drew Estate Tabak Especial Toraja
Meerapfel Meir Master Blend

Crowned Heads/Ace Prime End Strategic Partnership

The 2 1/2 year old strategic partnership between Crowned Heads and Ace Prime has come to an end. We got details here.

The News

Summer of ’22 Reports

Summer of ’22 Report: Davidoff of Geneva
Summer of ’22 Report: Drew Estate
Summer of ’22 Report: Favilli Cigars
Summer of ’22 Report: GTO Dominican Cigars
Summer of ’22 Report: Kafie 1901 Cigars
Summer of ’22 Report: Vintage Rock-A-Feller Cigar Group
Summer of ’22 Report: Warped Cigars

Product Reports

Alec Bradley Cigar Company: The Double Broadleaf is heading to retailers
Casa Cuevas Cigars: The Sangre Nueva is heading to retailers
JR Cigar: Announced the Pure Origin: Gran Vulcano
El Mago Cigars: This new company has launched its initial cigars
General Cigar Company: Announced the WarZone Rabito
Gurkha Cigars: The Pure Evil is heading to retailers
Kafie 1901 Cigars: Announced the revamped Liga de la Casa line

Other News

Drew Estate/Quality Importers Trading Company: Joe Gro has left Drew Estate and has joined Quality Importers
Rocky Patel Premium Cigars: Hamlet Paredes has left the company and is joining Bond Roberts

Legislative News

Exemption Tracker

HR 3982 (60 Sponsors)
S.438 (9 Sponsors)

Cigar Reviews

Assessments

StillWell Star Aromatic No. 1 (Toro) by Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust
CLE Signature THT-EKE 03/17 11/18 (2021 TAA Exclusive)
La Aurora Especiales Corona Gorda
VegaFina Year of the Tiger (International Edition)

Agile Cigar Reviews

None this Week

The Smoking Syndicate

None this Week

Features and Blog

Feature Story

None This Week

The Blog

None This Week

Prime Time Podcasts

Prime Time Show

Prime Time Episode 241: Matt Booth, STG

Prime Time Special Edition

Prime Time Special Edition 127: The Sampler Show

Prime Time Jukebox

Prime Time Jukebox Episode 78: Track One

Upcoming Schedule

On This Date…

On this date Sept 17th…

Sept 17, 2010: In our “Tales from the IPCPR 2010” series, we covered “One Last Night with the Stars“
Sept 17, 2011: We did a pre-release review on theLa Gloria Cubana Artesanos Retro Especiale.
Sept 17, 2012: We did a pre-release assessment on the CAO Concert.
Sept 17, 2013:  We reported on the first cigar release by Blessed Leaf.
Sept 17, 2013:  We did a pre-release assessment of the KILO by Miami Cigar and Company.
Sept 17, 2014: We reported on General Cigar acquiring the Leccia Tobacco brands and Sam Leccia joining General.
Sept 17, 2014: We reported on the release of Sensei’s Sensational Sarsaparilla by Espinosa Cigars – an exclusive for Cigar Dojo.
Sept 17, 2014: We assessed the El Rey de los Habanos by Don Pepin Garcia (2014 Edition for The Pipe and Pint) Toro
Sept 17, 2015: We reported on the Kafie 1901 Sumatra release.
Sept 17, 2015: We assessed the Cigar Review: Casa Magna D. Magnus II TAA Exclusive Hadrian.
Sept 17, 2016: We published the feature story Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust at the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show
Sept 17, 2016: We reported on the Illusione Rothchildes CT and Gigantes CT
Sept 17, 2016: We reported on General Cigar’s launch of La Estrella Cubana
Sept 17, 2016: We reported on the Illusione Fume D’Amour Concepciones
Sept 17, 2016: We published Cigar Industry Report: Volume 5, Number 43 (9/17/16)
Sept 17, 2017: We reported on the potential closing of the U.S. Embassy in Cuba
Sept 17, 2017: We assessed the Flor de Selva Colección Aniversario Nº20 Robusto by Maya Selva Cigars
Sept 17, 2018: We assessed The T Toro
Sept 17, 2018: We reported on Maya Selva Cigars’ Year of the Pig 
Sept 17, 2018: We reported on the Nestor Miranda Collection 75th Anniversary
Sept 17, 2018: We reported the return of the Viaje Zombie Antidote for 2018
Sept 17, 2019: We assessed the Aganorsa Leaf Ground N Pound Elbow Candy
Sept 17, 2019: We reported on the Oveja Negra Brands to Release Boondock 2019 Edition
Sept 17, 2019: We reported on Eddy Guerra resigning from Altadis U.S.A.
Sept 17, 2020: We reported on The Cigar Culture’s Culture Blend No. 3
Sept 17, 2020: We published The Blog: Summer of ’20 “The Big Board” (9/17/20) – End Game
Sept 17, 2020: We published Summer of ’20 Spotlight: Espinosa Cigars
Sept 17, 2021: We published an Agile Cigar Review on the RoMa Craft Tobac Neanderthal Gran Perfecto
Sept 17, 2021: We reported on the Drew Estate Deadwood Tobacco Leather Rose Petite Corona
Sept 17, 2021: We reported on the La Gloria Cubana Criollo de Oro
Sept 17, 2021: We published Summer of ’21 Report: Southern Draw Cigars
Sept 17, 2021: We published El Artista adding distribution to Sweden
Sept 17, 2021: We published The Smoking Syndicate – Aganorsa Leaf Supreme Leaf Torpedo
Sept 17, 2021: We reported on the Black Label Trading Company Araposa

Originally posted on September 17, 2022 @ 4:17 am