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.
Altadis USA has announced a new cigar that will be joining its popular Romeo y Julieta line. This one simply is called “Romeo by Romeo y Julieta”. Romeo y Julieta is one of Altadis’ best selling lines. For the Romeo, Altadis makes a move similar to what they did with the VegaFina line earlier this […]
Pedro Martin Platinum Series M Last year, Pedro Martin cigars were launched and got a lot of attention in the industry. The parent company, “Martin Family of Cigars” was started by Maria Martin, the daughter of the late renowned blender Pedro Martin. Martin, who was formerly with Camacho has integrated several of her father’s blends […]
Bobby Newman, executive vice president of J.C. Newman Cigar Company appeared on the last segment of the 4/14/2012 Cigar Dave Show and announced a new line being added to the J.C. Newman Cigar family – the Perla del Mar. This translates to “pearl of the sea”. Newman described the effort as a two year effort […]
Press Release: Cigar Boss Releases Android, iOS 3.0 Orlando, Florida – April 13th, 2012: Cigar Boss, Inc. announced today that its highly popular iOS application, Cigar Boss, is now available for Android devices on the Google Play Marketplace. The company also released version 3.0 of its iOS software. This will be the first Cigar Boss […]
El Tiante Habano Oscuro Last week, we assessed a cigar from El Tiante Cigars called the El Tiante Habano Rosado. If the name “Tiante” rings a bell, it is because of the connection with former major league pitcher Luis Tiant – best known for his years with the Boston Red Sox. A few years ago, […]
This is an update to my previous post on the current White House petition that is active to exempt premium cigars from FDA control. Here is the link – and here is an image containing a QR Code. Encourage your local retailer to post this image. Please pass along to your fellow cigar enthusiasts as […]
NAT SHERMAN TOWNHOUSE BECOMES FIRST U.S. STORE WITH FULLY CERTIFIED TOBACCONIST TEAM NEW YORK, NY (April 11, 2012) – Tobacconist to the World since 1930, Nat Sherman is pleased to announce that every member of the retail sales team at its flagship Townhouse store in Midtown is now a Certified Retail Tobacconist by Tobacconist University. […]
Padron Family Reserve 85th Natural When it comes to Padron cigars, there are two rules of thumb that can apply to most cigars in their line: 1) The cigars will contain Nicaraguan tobaccos; 2) The cigars will be released in both a natural and maduro wrapper. At the 2011 IPCPR trade show, many retailers were […]
We need President Obama’s support to prevent the FDA from moving ahead to regulate the premium cigar industry. This is as important as when you have signed the HR 1639 and S 1461 petitions. The following is a petition that has been created. We are asking all cigar enthusiasts to fill this out. You will […]
We add a third category to cigars that qualify for Assessment Updates (#3) 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) A re-assessment and re-score of a previously assessed/score cigars. […]