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Meerapfel Auctions Raise 75k for Charity with Création de Coeur | Cigar News

A trio of charity auctions (in Miami and NYC) around the Meerapfel Création de Coeur line raised $75,000.00 for charity.
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Join J.C. Newman’s Founders Day 2025

J.C. Newman Cigar Co. was founded in May of 1895.

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Warfighter Introducing “Redacted” as Event-Only Cigar

Details about the new event-only cigar are being kept a secret. It will launch on April 1.
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Procigar Festival 2025 Post-Game Report | Procigar 2025

Today, I wrap up Cigar Coop’s coverage of the Procigar Festival 2025 with our Post-Game report: a series of closing thoughts.
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The Evening Events | Procigar 2025

Today we recap the evening events from Procigar 2025 that took place in Santiago de los Caballeros.
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Saga Restaurant and Cigar Club | Procigar 2025

In this recap I discuss Saga Restaurant and Cigar Club, what I self-proclaimed "The best restaurant on planet earth"
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Our Collaboration with Cigar World | Procigar 2025

Our coverage of Procigar 2025 included a collaboration with Cigar World, a knowledge platform created by Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG)
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Arnold André Tour | Procigar 2025

My tour for final day of Procigar 2025 wuld take me to a factory I had not visited before: Arnold André Dominicana S.R.L..
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International Packaging (IPACK) Tour | Procigar 2025

Prior to visiting Casa Carrillo, our tour for February 20th started out with a visit to International Packaging's (IPACK) facility.
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Procigar 2025: Closing Thoughts

See, I wasn't the only one not smiling. Some final thoughts on Procigar 2025, the Dominican Republic's cigar festival.
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Great Lakes Cigar Fest Set to Light Up Pontiac, MI

Wild Bill’s Tobacco will host the Great Lakes Cigar Fest on Saturday, July 26, 2025, at M1 Concourse, located at 1 Concourse Dr, Pontiac, MI 48341. This event promises a…

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Casa Carrillo Tour | Procigar 2025

At the Procigar 2025 Festival, it was a return visit to Casa Carrillo, the factory owned by Ernesto Perez-Carrillo.
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Procigar – Day 5 – A New Beginning

One of the great virtues of Procigar is its purely family essence. The festival has become very large over the years. There are now twelve members and, even at the…

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Beyond Blending: A Deep Dive into Maintaining Consistency in a Blend (Recap)| Procigar 2025

On Thursday Feb 20, 2024, a seminar was held at Procigar 2025 known as Beyond Blending - A Deep Dive into Maintaining Consistency in a Blend.
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Procigar 2025: Day 3

A new factory, an empanada, a bus breakdown and a charity auction. These are a few of my favorite things. Well, mainly just that empanada.
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Procigar Day 4 – Twenty Miles Away

The surprising thing about this year's Procigar 2025 was the full house at the blending seminar. It's not the norm.

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Procigar Humidor Auction: Total Gain: USD 435,000.00

The Humidor Auction is an annual highlight of the Procigar Festival Gala Night.

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Day 5 - ProCigar 2025: Quesada Cigars & White Party

It took only 15 minutes to get from our hotel to the town of Licey, home to the Quesada Cigars factory. Hardcore baseball fans might recognize the name from the…

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Procigar 2025: Day 2

A white party, a visit to a packaging company, a rum pairing and lots of E.P. Carrillo. It's Thursday at Procigar 2025.
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Procigar Day 3 | Together again

The welcome dinner. It was held this year in the Central Park of Santiago de los Caballeros and was, as always, crowded. So many people, from forty countries around the…

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Procigar Auction Items Announced for 2025 | Procigar 2025

On February 21, the 2025 edition of the Procigar Festival will wrap up with its annual charity auction.
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Day 4 – ProCigar 2025: General Cigar Field Tour & Welcome Party

After the long ride to Mao, where General Cigar has several tobacco farms, the company’s tobacco braintrust—Agustín Garcia, Francisco Hernandez, Yuri Guillen, and Francisco Batista—led our group on a tour…

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Procigar 2025: Day 1

Wednesday was a visit to La Flor Dominicana's farm in La Canela and factory in Tamboril. Welcome to paellawheel or halfbbq.
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De Los Reyes Tour | Procigar 2025

This year, I participated in the De Los Reyes Tour at Procigar 2025. My last visit to De Los Reyes was back in 2020, and I was looking forward to…

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Procigar 2025: Day 0

Last week was Valentine's Day, which means this week is Procigar week. I'll be reporting daily from the Dominican Republic's annual cigar festival.
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