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.
Padron 50 Years – The Hammer (Humidor) It’s been known for a while that 2014 would be a special year for the Padron family as they would commemorate the 50th anniversary since family patriarch Jose O. Padron would found the company. At the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show, the centerpiece product of this celebration was revealed: the […]
For the second consecutive year, General Cigar Company led the way in terms of new releases.. Like last year, the company pretty much kept everything under wraps until the show. The push seemed to be around five lines: Cohiba, Dunhill, CAO, La Gloria Cubana, and Michael Giannini’s Foundry Tobacco Company. Across all of the releases, […]
Villiger Cigars North America has announced the promotion of Shawna Williams to Vice President of Sales. The announcement was made by Villiger Cigars President ‘Roy E. MacLaren. In a statement by MacLaren, ” “Shawna’s attitude and contributions have been invaluable and she embodies so many of the wonderful traits of our company. Her innovation thinking […]
The Rocky Patel Super Ligero is one of four new lines launched by Rocky Patel Premium Cigars at the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show. The Super Ligero is a cigar that features a multinational blend designed to pack a punch. The company says the Super Ligero incorporates a hybrid seed into their blend. This cigar comes […]
At the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show, Alec Bradley launched the new Alec Bradley Coyol land. This cigar pays homage to a farm in Honduras where the tobacco from this blend comes from. In addition to the Coyol tobacco from Honduras – which is present in the wrapper, binder, and filler, the blend uses Nicaraguan tobacco. […]
At the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show, Quesada Cigars became one of the latest companies to launch a cigarillo offering. Quesada Petites introduces a 4 x 25 short smoke that will be available in ten count packs. A key differentiator is that the Quesada Petites is that they leverage long filler tobacco – something not often […]
For the past few weeks CAO has hinted about a new edition to its World Blend Series. The CAO Colombia is set to become a regular production offering and take its place among such offerings as CAO America, CAO Brazlia, and CAO Italia. The announcement of the CAO Colombia came at the 2014 IPCPR Trade […]
Alec Bradley Fine and Rare TA-25A The Alec Bradley Fine and Rare Series will be returning for a fourth run. At the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show, Alec Bradley showed off what is the 2014 iteration of its Alec Bradley Fine and Rare Series. The company has told Cigar Coop the blend number is dubbed TA-25A […]
Tatuaje Halloween Series – 2015 IPCPR Photo At the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show, Tatuaje Cigars showed a cigar known as the Tatuaje Halloween Series. This is not a release that is slated for this year, but one that is scheduled for the Fall of 2015. This could be setting the stage for a possible 15 […]
At the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show, Alec Bradley showed off a new line that is planned for the future called the Alec Bradley Sanctum. However, this is a cigar that is not going to be immediately released after the show. According to Alec Bradley, the project is still very much in progress. The final blend […]