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.
Undercrown Dogma by Drew Estate The Undercrown Dogma is a soon to be released limited production line extension by Drew Estate as a part of its Undercrown brand. The cigar was created to be a tribute to the Cigar Dojo online community and it will be sold exclusively through Smoke Inn. The Undercrown Dogma adds […]
At the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) conference held March 23 – 27, 2014 in Cabo San Lucas, it was confirmed that once again Tatuaje Cigars would be providing a special release to its member retailers. This marks the fourth consecutive year that Tatuaje made available an exclusive cigar to TAA retailers. The Tatuaje TAA […]
Padron Cigars will be releasing a line extension to the retailers who are members of the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA). The Padron 1964 Anniversary Belicoso TAA Exclusive adds a 5 x 52 Belicoso into the line to both the natural and maduro offerings. Information on this release was made available to attendees of the TAA […]
Over the past few weeks, I’ve had several conversations with various retailers in the cigar industry. The topic revolved around the effort it takes to put on our IPCPR Trade Show coverage. With over 200 articles last year, nobody delivered product coverage from the IPCPR like we did. It was a large amount of resources […]
Numerous retailers have confirmed that Altadis USA will be providing a cigar to the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) under its H. Upmann brand. The H. Upmann Bank Note TAA Exclusive will provide a corona sized offering to TAA members. Information on this release was made available to attendees of the TAA Convention held March 23 […]
In a conversation with Eddie Tarazona, founder of Tarazona Cigars, Cigar Coop has learned that production of “much of the Tarazona brand including Revolution 305” will be moving to Noel Rojas’ Tabacalera Aromas de Jalapa factory. Noel Rojas is also the owner of Guayacan Cigars. In addition to making the Guayacan Cigars at his factory, […]
Nat Sherman is preparing to launch its next line of the Michael Herklots era. The Nat Sherman Epoca will re-launch what was the first cigar brand owned by Nat Sherman upon his acquisition of the New York-based cigar company Schwab Brothers and Baer in 1929. Information on this announcement was made via a press release. […]
The cigar bar at Comerica Park, home of the Detroit Tigers has been re-banded as the “Asylum Cigar Bar”. The change is effective on March 31st, 2014 as the Tigers opened the 2014 baseball season against the Kansas City Royals. Both Asylum Cigars co-founder Tom Lazuka and CLE Cigar Company (Asylum Cigars’ parent company), Christian […]
LFD N.A.S. by La Flor Dominicana The LFD N.A.S. is a cheroot cigar that is slated for a national release by La Flor Dominicana. A limited run of this cigar was released to Michael’s Tobacco of Keller Texas last year. At press time, the cigar has now been given a one month exclusive early release […]
Black Label Trading Company Last Rites The Black Label Trading Company Last Rites is one of several cigars made by boutique cigar maker Black Label Trading Company. The company was founded by James Brown who has built his company around a model of small batch cigar production. The company was launched back in 2013 – […]