William Cooper is a Owner of Indian Trail Media LLC, and the founder of the Cigar Coop brand, the cigar industry's true 365 a year periodical. He is also the host of the Cigar Coop Prime Time Show, Cigar Coop Prime Time Special Edition, and Prime Time Jukebox.
The Cigar Industry Report is a one stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop. It is a combination of our news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. Finally, each week we will look back at Cigar Coop history. Look for this report every Saturday morning […]
Last year, Mombacho announced it was revamping its packaging across its various lines to provide a consistent look and feel. Today, the company officially unveiled its packaging updates to its Tierra Volcan line. The changes include new branding, updated box designs, and updated bands. “I’m extremely excited to see how a year and a half of […]
Agile Cigar Reviews replace what we termed “Assessment Updates”. The concept is the same, but the name is different. Agile Cigar Reviews use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring […]
Davidoff of Geneva USA has announced its set of shop exclusive cigars for 2017. These cigars are unique blends done in collaboration between Davidoff of Geneva USA and is key retailers. The Davidoff of Geneva USA Exclusive Series will consists of the following cigars. Each cigar is exclusive a specific Davidoff Appointed Merchant or Davidoff […]
This year, the Trinidad brand will be a part of a pair of cigars that will be exclusive to La Casa del Habano retail establishments and those retail establishments designated as Habano Specialists. At this year’s XIX Habano Festival in Cuba, Habanos SA unveiled the new Trinidad La Trova as one of the two retail […]
Agile Cigar Reviews replace what we termed “Assessment Updates”. The concept is the same, but the name is different. Agile Cigar Reviews use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring […]
At the XIX Habano Festival in Cuba, Habanos SA launched a pair of cigars to be exclusive to its La Casa del Habano retail establishments and those retail establishments designated as Habano Specialists. One of those cigar is a new offering under the H. Upmann brand known as the H. Upmann Connoissuer B. The H. […]
Today, we are proud to announce “The Cigar Coop Prime Time Show”. This is a new podcast dedicated and focused around cigar industry topics and news. The show is set to debut on Thursday April 13, 2017 at 7pm Pacific Time / 10pm Eastern Time. The questions on your mind might be “why another […]
The Archetype Sage Advice is one of five blends that make up Ventura Cigar Company’s Archetype line. Ventura Cigar Company is premium cigar company owned by Kretek International, who also is the owner of cigar distributor Philips and King. Over the past five years, Ventura has partnered with many leading cigar factories such as Plasenica, La Aurora, […]
At the XIX Habano Festival in Cuba, Habanos SA introduced a new limited edition to vitola to three of its marquis lines. One of the limited editions is the new Punch Regios de Punch. The Punch Regios de Punch1 is a 4 3/4 x 48 vitola that Habanos called as Hermosa’s Especial. The shade grown wrapper […]