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.
As we noted on the 2/8/14 Cigar Industry Report, General Cigar Company is getting ready to launch a second blend in its Partagas 1845 line. Retailers have been informed that this new cigar, the Partagas 1845 Extra Fuerte is expected to ship in March and will be a brick and mortar exclusive. The Partagas 1845 […]
Room 101 Master Collection Two – Sucio It was about a year ago when we first broke news of a new line of cigars by Matt Booth’s Room 101 Cigars brand called the Master Collection. The plan was to release two blends of what would be considered a limited edition, premium cigar line within the […]
Hammer + Sickle Sochi Limited Edition 2014 The Hammer + Sickle Sochi Limited Edition 2014 cigar is a limited production cigar that was released to pay tribute to the XXII Winter Olympic Games held in Sochi, Russia. It has currently been released as a retail-exclusive cigar to Two Guys Smoke Shop in New Hampshire. Hammer + Sickle […]
JM Tobacco has announced another addition to its Dominican Classic line. The JM Dominican Tobacco Habano will now join the JM Dominican Connecticut, JM Dominican Maduro, and JM Dominican Petit Classic as 100% long filler offerings by the company. The JM Dominican Classics made their debut late in 2012. The line is are the company’s […]
In the 2/8/14 edition of our Cigar Industry Report, we noted a teaser photo by My Father Cigars’ Janny Garcia on a cigar called La Antiguedad. Information on this project has now surfaced as Cigar Aficionado.com has reported this will be a new line launched by My Father Cigars. According to the report, the cigar […]
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 previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we re-assess the […]
Los Angeles – February 20, 2014 – Bodega Premium Blends today announced their support of ICON MANN™ and the 2nd Annual pre-Oscar event. ICON MANN™ is the leading lifestyle media company “championing the accomplishments and positive dialog surrounding the Diaspora of Black men.” Their impressive list of luminaries span from Award-winning actors/directors/musicians to Fortune 500 […]
Romeo y Julieta Clasicos Illinois-based distributor, Arango Cigar Company is adding a third line to its Clasicos series. The company announced that it will now be releasing the Romeo y Julieta Clasicos line – a line that will be exclusive for Arango offered only to Brick and Mortar shops. The Romeo y Julieta by Altadis […]
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 […]
Kristoff Galerones Intensivo The Kristoff Galerones Intensivo is one of four new cigar blends that has been introduced in Kristoff’s Galerones line. We’ve been covering and reviewing this line extensively on Cigar Coop. The Galerones line is not just a set of new cigars, but has marked a radical change in direction for the products being released by Kristoff. The […]