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.
Viaje Collaboration 2014 The Viaje Collaboration is a new line introduced by Viaje Cigars in 2014. While the cigar was showcased at the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show, it was announced and shipped to retailers on the eve of the trade show. Back in February, Viaje President Andre Farkas was a guest on Stogie Geeks and […]
Undercrown Flying Pig by Drew Estate The Undercrown Flying Pig is a cigar that has been awaited by many Drew Estate cigar enthusiasts for quite some time. This cigar brings Drew Estate’s signature short, fat perfecto format to the Undercrown line. It was back in 2009, when Drew Estate’s first Flying Pig vitola, the Liga […]
Ditka Signature by Camacho Cigars – Toro The Ditka Signature is the sixth blend to be released under Camacho Cigars’ Mike Ditka brand of cigars. It was just prior to the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show that Camacho announced a partnership with the NFL Hall of Famer for a line of cigars that would carry his […]
Ever since the launch of Cigar Coop, I have long stayed out of the long, drawn-out soap opera of IPCPR vs. Online Media. The Cigar Coop brand has had positive experiences each year we covered the show, so there has been no need to feed this drama. However I have seen this time some erroneous […]
Buena Vista Reserva 2008 by MGM Cigars About three years ago, a brand of cigars called Buena Vista Cigars began garnering some attention on the internet. This included a line of cigars called the Buena Vista Reserva 2008. The line was produced by a company called MGM cigars. It seemed as quickly as the cigars […]
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 will […]
Antillian Cigar Corporation, best known for being the owner of Sosa Cigars has announced it will be the exclusive U.S. distributor for Arandoza Cigars, The Cigar Cork, Dona NIeves, and Headlines Cigars. Information on this announcement was made through a pre-release by Antillian Cigar Corp. Under the agreement the four companies would use the Antillian sales […]
Ezra Zion Cigar Company will be creating shop exclusive for Lone Star State Cigar Company. The SP3 will be exclusively sold at Lone Star’s retail shops in Allen and Plano, Texas. Information of this announcement was received via a press release from Ezra Zion Cigar Company. In the announcement, Steve Parker of Lone Star State […]
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 […]
Tatuaje Mummy – Part of the Pudgy Monsters Series The Tatuaje Mummy is a part of Tatuaje’s Pudgy Monsters series that was released in mid 2014. This is the second sampler series released based on Tatuaje’s Monsters Series – a cigar released on an annual basis that pays homage to a different monster / horror movie […]