Category: Cigar Reviews

Today, we review The Vow 7.05 from Avowed Cigars. The Vow is one of the two inaugural regular production lines from Avowed Cigars. Avowed Cigars is a company founded by Andrew Considine and Dave West. Both Considine and West have a long-standing association with Small Batch Cigars, an online retailer based in California. Inspired by their retail experience, they decided to venture into manufacturing. In February 2025, the duo officially

El Oso Fumar and United Cigars are running a contest from June 14 to July 4. They are celebrating the 20 day stretch between Flag Day and Independence Day with a special giveaway. The prize pack includes: One USA Flag One Hombre Ashtray One Box of United Cigars One United Lighter NOTE: This is a different type of Contest than you normally see on Cigar Coop. It involves posting a

The Cigar Industry Report (Edition 693) is a one-stop place to read about Cigar Coop’s activity over the past week. It combines the news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we provide throughout the week. Ordinarily, this report is published every Saturday at 8 a.m. Eastern Time. The Headlines 23 SKUs Across General and Forged Brands Discontinued This week, Scandinavian Tobacco Group announced it was discontinuing 23 SKUs across its

General Cigar Company has announced the return of the CAO Amazon Basin Daggers for 2026. Introduced in 2025, the Amazon Basin Dagger is a limited-edition that brings the brand’s popular Amazon Basin blend into a compact 4 x 38 format. The blend uses an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper and a Nicaraguan binder. The fillers consist of Dominican, Colombian, and the signature low-yield Brazilian Bragança tobaccos found on the full-size Amazon Basin.

Forged Cigar Company has added a Salomon size to the La Gloria Cubana Los Gloriosos as an event-only cigar. Los Gloriosos is a project that reunited Ernesto Perez-Carrillo with the La Gloria Cubana brand, which he sold to Forged’s parent company, Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG). According to STG, the Salomon is a size Perez-Carrillo has an affinity for, but has rarely produced. The Salomon measures 6 3/4 x 63. It

La Gloria Cubana is expanding its Los Gloriosos line with a new event-exclusive offering created in collaboration with Ernesto Perez-Carrillo. Known as Los Gloriosos Exclusivo, the cigar features the same blend as the regular Los Gloriosos release but is presented in a 6¾” x 63 Salomon vitola. According to the company, Perez-Carrillo has long favored the shape, though he has produced relatively few Salomon cigars throughout his career. The

CAO is set to bring back Amazon Basin Daggers, a shorter-format version of its Amazon Basin blend, for a limited release beginning June 2026. The cigar measures 4″ x 38 and uses the same blend found in the larger Amazon Basin offerings. At the center of the recipe is Brazilian Bragança tobacco, a leaf harvested from the Amazon region that is collected once every three years. “Amazon Basin fans

Today, we review Wendy’s Chili. This is an offering from Wendy’s Fast Food restaurant. Dave Thomas founded Wendy’s in 1969 in Columbus, Ohio. He named the restaurant after his fourth child. It’s headquartered in Dublin, Ohio. Today, the company is part of Triarc, the publicly traded parent company of Arby’s. By 2018, Wendy’s had become the world’s third-largest hamburger chain, behind McDonald’s and Burger King. Wendy’s chili has been a

Villiger Cigars North America has begun informing retailers about a new release, the Villiger 1888 San Andres. As the name suggests, this is a Mexican-wrapped offering from the Villiger 1888 line. Villiger 1888 San Andres comes out of the Villiger de Nicaragua factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. In addition to the San Andres wrapper, the 1888 San Andres uses an Ecuadorian Habano binder and all Nicaraguan fillers. It comes in three

The Atabey Black Delirios is making its way to retailers in a new limited-edition travel humidor package, according to an announcement from United Cigars. The release is limited to 1,500 humidors worldwide and includes 10 cigars per humidor. First introduced in 2025, the Atabey Black Delirios measures 5¾” x 55 and features an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper. The cigar is part of Selected Tobacco’s Atabey Black line and undergoes a minimum