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.
Ditka 89 by Camacho Cigars The Ditka 89 is the fifth cigar in Camacho Cigars’ Mike Ditka line of cigar. Over the past year, Camacho has launched the Ditka line of cigars to pay homage to NFL Hall of Famer Mike Ditka. The “89” represented Ditka’s number when he played Tight End for the Chicago […]
The E.P. Carrillo Edicion Limitada 2013 is the fourth installment of the company’s annual limited series. This is one of two annual limited production releases that are for the most part “one and done”. While the other limited line, the Short Run has typically been released in multiple vitolas, the E.P. Carrillo Edicion Limitada series is […]
East End Cigar Company House Maduro Note from the Editor: Back in November, we introduced a new feature on Cigar Coop that will provide assessments of some house exclusive cigars from some of the great retailers nationwide. We’ve found some house cigars to offer high quality cigar experiences, and from time to time we will highlight […]
Jim Colucci, President and CEO of Sindicato Cigar Group was a guest on the 1/11/13 edition of Kiss My Ash Radio and has said the company’s fourth line, the eponymous Sindicato Cigar is targeted to start shipping toward the end of February. On the show Colucci confirmed that the Sindicato Cigar will be a Nicaraguan […]
Jim Colucci, President and CEO of Sindicato Cigar Group was a guest on the 1/11/13 edition of Kiss My Ash Radio and announced there will be a maduro counterpart to its Casa Bella offering. The current Casa Bella offering is a milder, bundle cigar featuring an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper cigar. This cigar currently carries an […]
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 […]
Last night on our Stogie Geeks podcast, we unveiled our team’s top ten selections for Cigar of the Year. Now that Stogie Geeks and Cigar Coop are merged, we are including each of our team member selections (Paul, Mark Jr, and Stogie Santa, Coop) as well as a composite list for our Stogie Geeks Top […]
Sindicato Hex The Sindicato Hex was one of three blends launched by Sindicato Cigar Group at the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show. The Hex was perhaps the most anticipated of the three as it was the Nicaraguan-made blend. Sindicato Cigar Group was officially in March, 2013. The company was started by a group of 45 strong 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 look at the […]
Victor Vitale, owner of Legacy Brands was a special guest star on Episode 79 of the Stogie Geeks and announced a new vitola to the Tortuga 215 Reserva series. This will add a rounded 6 x 50 Cedro frontmark into the Tortuga 215 Reserva line. The Tortuga 215 Reserva line was launched at the 2013 […]