Category: Cigar Reviews

Aaron Sigmond has announced a new book, CIGARS: A Culture, which is scheduled for release in October 2026 through Mad/Dash Press in partnership with the Premium Cigar Association. The upcoming volume serves as a companion to Sigmond’s 2025 book, CIGARS: A Biography. According to the author, the new project grew from material that was originally intended to be included in the earlier publication but was ultimately removed as the book

Aaron Sigmond and book designer Liliana Guia have teamed up to release a new book, CIGARS: A Culture. Sigmond and Guia had previously teamed up for CIGARS: A Biography. CIGARS: A Culture picks up where A Biography left off. Mad/Dash Press is publishing the book, and the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) is presenting it to the industry. When Sigmond and Guia set out to create CIGARS: A Biography, they organized the

New York State Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-88) has introduced a Generational Tobacco Ban bill (A11509). Under this proposed legislation, the sale of tobacco and nicotine products would be prohibited to anyone born after December 31, 2007. Generational Tobacco bans permanently prohibit future generations from purchasing tobacco and nicotine products throughout their lives. In terms of the products this bill could apply to, it includes premium handmade cigars, cigarettes, smokeless tobacco,

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

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