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 and Stogie Geeks. It is a combination of our news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. We will also recap what happened on our Stogie Geeks show. Finally, each week we […]
JFR Lunatic by Casa Fernandez (Photo Credit: Casa Fernandez Cigars) Casa Fernandez will be introducing a new cigar under its JFR line called the JFR Lunatic. This cigar will introduce an 8 x 80 cigar into the marketplace. This mammoth cigar will have one additional twist – it will be in the form of a […]
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system; 3) Provide a re-assessment and re-score of a previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we re-assess […]
The long awaited 1502 Coronas are heading to retail shelves.Global Premium Cigars, the parent company of 1502 Cigars has announced the availability of a new Corona frontmark. The Corona size will be headed to three lines in the 1502 family – the 1502 Emerald, 1502 Ruby, and 1502 Black Gold. The 1502 Coronas will be a 5 […]
La Colonia Miami Torpedo The La Colonia Miami Torpedo is one of the vitolas from the inaugural line of cigars launched by La Colonia Cigars. This project is a collaboration being done with the Casa Fernandez / Tabacalera Tropical factory located in Miami, Florida. The La Colonia Miami was blended by famed blender Arsenio Ramos […]
Viva Republica will be launching a unique limited edition cigar called Jailbreak. Word of the Jailbreak cigar The cigar features an innovative concept – namely a cigar within a cigar. According to Viva Republica President Jason Holly, “Jailbreak is a new concept in where a Lancero is buried inside of a 6’X 58 cigar […]
Atladis USA has announced it will be adding a fourth size to its RyJ by Romeo y Julieta line. The new size will be 5 1/2 x 44 Corona and be packaged under the name “Gold Edition”. Altadis USA has said new new RyJ Corona is now available at retailers. The RyJ was introduced in […]
Davidoff Nicaragua Diadema Fina In 2014, the Davidoff Nicaragua Diadema Fina became the fourth regular production size and the fifth vitola made in the Davidoff Nicaragua line. The Davidoff Nicaragua made its debut in 2013 and became the first Nicaraguan puro to carry the Davidoff name. Not only was this one of the most anticipated releases of […]
Cubanacan Soneros Maduro Corona Gorda The Soneros Maduro Corona Gorda is one of five vitolas that are a part of Cubanacan Cigars’ Soneros line. Soneros made its debut at the 2013 IPCPR Trade show. The Soneros line is blended by Cubanacan’s Master Blender Omar Gonzalez-Aleman. Prior to coming to Cubanacan, Gonzalez managed the La Corona factory in […]
With the 114th Congress now in session, the time has come to reintroduce legislation to exempt premium cigars from FDA regulation. House Bill (HR) 662 has been introduced by Representative Bill Posey of Florida to the U.S. House of Representatives. The purpose of the bill is to introduce legislation to exempt premium cigars from regulations […]