This December, Quality Importers Trading Company (QI) will release the Year of the Goat Collection. Quality Importers will ship the Year of the Goat Collection nationwide in December 2026. The collection features four popular QI cigar accessories with Year of the Goat branding: The Year of the Goat is the next Chinese New Year installment, slated to begin on February 6, 2027.
Something wicked this way comes! Halloween is upon us, and Robby and Randy are descending into the darkness for a sinister edition of Flavor Odyssey. This week, it’s all about dark cigars, mysterious libations, and pairings worthy of the crypt. What devilish combinations will our hosts conjure up? You’ll have to tune in to find out! But the real terror begins when YOU enter the competition. Bring your own dark
CAO is merging two of its lines for Flathead American Muscle, a limited-edition cigar that will be sold only through Tobacconists’ Association of America (TAA) retailers. Shipping begins in November 2026. The cigar takes the CAO America blend and puts it in the box-pressed 6 x 60 format used by the Flathead series. The wrapper is the barber pole from CAO America, a pairing of Connecticut Broadleaf and Connecticut Shade,
Joya de Nicaragua is bringing back Cuatro Cinco Edición Americana, its cigar for members of the Tobacconists’ Association of America (TAA). The 2026 version is the fourth release exclusively for TAA members, following editions in 2021, 2022, and 2023. Dojo covered the original announcement in 2021. The cigar is a 6 x 54 box-pressed belicoso with a Nicaraguan Criollo wrapper and a Dominican binder. The fillers are select Nicaraguan tobaccos
Lampert Cigars is bringing Baba Yaga back to retailers this November. The Toro (6″ x 52) is made at Tabacos de Costa Rica and takes its name from the figure in Slavic folklore. Lampert announced the cigar on May 31, and a newsletter from the company today says the cigar is returning, though it doesn’t explain why or whether this is a new production run. The company hasn’t said how
ChiMolly Cigars has begun informing retailers about a new release, Argosy. This marks ChiMolly’s first San Andres-wrapped blend. The remainder of the blend uses Nicaraguan tobacco for the binder, with Nicaraguan and Peruvian tobaccos in the filler. Argosy refers to a large merchant ship or a fleet of merchant ships. Argosy will be the fourth line released by ChiMolly Cigars, joining Dynasty, Pangu, and Pioneer. Like the other three lines,
As part of its Grand Opening, I recently had an opportunity to tour Selected Tobacco’s production facility and factory in Madrid, Spain. Earlier this year, word came that Selected Tobacco opened a factory in Madrid. According to Selected Tobacco, it’s the first premium cigar production facility opened in more than 50 years. Media, retailers, and invited guests descended on Madrid for a two-day grand opening event that included a facility
CAO Flathead Speed Shop Habano V654 Crankshaft Today, we are reviewing the CAO Flathead Speed Shop Habano in V654 Crankshaft size, a box-pressed toro. The Speed Shop is the latest addition to the CAO Flathead line, a collection inspired by motor vehicles. General Cigar introduced this line in 2013; two years earlier, in 2011, it acquired CAO and appointed Rick Rodriguez as its head. Initially, the company faced challenges with
The Cigar Industry Report (Edition 712) is your one-stop source for Cigar Coop’s activity over the past week. It combines the news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we provide throughout the week. This report is normally published every Saturday at 8 a.m. Eastern Time. The Headlines Arturo Fuente Black Pink Heading to Retailers It isn’t often a shipping release is our headline of the week, but when it comes
On El Oso Fumar Takes Take #378, Bear Duplisea welcomes back the one and only Matt Booth from Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) and in particular Room101 Cigars. You never know what to expect when Matt Booth come on the show, yet Bear always has a unique conversation with him. On this show, Bear will dive into the latest Room101 happenings, including the evolution of Johnny Tobacconaut, the new Maduro release, and