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.
Today, we unveil the first of three new post-season awards for the 2014 Cigar Year. Today, we recognize a selection for “Factory of the Year”. It’s hard to make an apples to apples comparison, so this category is geared toward one that is either geared more toward a small, single operation. The selection for Factory […]
Another Cigar of the Year countdown is the annals of Cigar Coop, and Stogie Geeks history. The post-game show has only just begun. Over the next week there will be many additional features on our year end wrap-up. We will feature some other awards and a few surprises. Consistent with the vision, the goal of the 2014 […]
“The Joel Sherman 75th Celebration is simply the total package when it comes to a cigar. It has excellent flavor, a good amount of complexity, and top-notch construction. Nat Sherman and the Quesada family really took things to another level with this cigar.” The 2014 Cigar Coop Cigar of the Year is the Joel Sherman 75th […]
“The Quesada 40th Anniversary Corona Clasica is a cigar that represents the highest level of work by the Quesadas. This cigar is nothing short of a grand slam home run…this may be talked about as an all-time historic cigar” Coming in at #2 is the Quesada 40th Anniversary Corona Clasica. In 2014 Quesada Cigars celebrated 40 years […]
Ezra Zion FHK Truth The Ezra Zion FHK marked the fifth line to be released by Ezra Zion Cigar Company. The cigar had an official release on January 1st, 2014 – making it for all practical purposes the first cigar to get released for the calendar year of 2014. The cigar was a major departure […]
The Tatuaje M80, a cigar that was made available in 2011 as a one time limited edition cigar to Two Guys Smoke Shop is making a return. Two Guys Smoke Shop owner David Garafolo confirmed on his Facebook page, that the Tatuaje M80 would be returning to his New Hampshire-based retail shops this June. On […]
The 2014 Cigar of the Year Countdown will resume tomorrow on December 31st, 2014 at 3pm Eastern Time with the announcement of the #2 Cigar of the Year followed at 4pm Eastern by the #1 Cigar of the Year. For the fourth consecutive year, we bring you our selections and analysis for the Top 12 […]
RoMa Craft Tobac Intemperance BA XXI Revenge The RoMa Craft Tobac Intemperance BA XXI Revenge will have a new home in two shops. RoMa Craft Tobac co-owner Skip Martin has announced on his Facebook page that the cigar will be heading to Mr. J’s Havana Shop in West Warwick, Rhode Island and Cigars on 6th […]
My Father Oro de Nicaragua Toro The My Father Oro de Nicaragua Toro is a new small batch release from My Father Cigars. To some extent, most of this release has been shrouded with mystery. A couple of weeks ago, we reported of the arrival of this cigar at the Casa de Montrcristo stores in […]
Note: Cigars #1 and #2 on the 2014 Cigar of the Year Countdown will be announced on 12/31/14. “…this is one of the best perfectos I have had in sometime – and easily is the best perfecto I’ve had this year.” Coming in at #3 is the Davidoff Art Edition 2014. This is a limited edition […]