One of the biggest buzzes of the 2009 IPCPR was the debut of celebrity jeweler Matt Booth’s line of Room 101 Cigars. Many people (including myself) were excited about Booth joining the ranks of cigar-ebrities. When the Room 101 was released, I was disappointed at first as I was hoping for a stronger cigar with […]
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Cigar Place Review: The Cigar Inn (2nd Avenue) in New York City
William Cooper Feature Story No Comments Places
Photo from Yelp.com New York City – the Big Apple. The place where the Commissioner of the Pleasure Police – Mayor Mike Bloomberg resides. Well, one place that I’m sure we won’t see Mayor Bloomberg welcome is a Cigar Lounge. Despite Bloomberg’s efforts, there are still plenty of good ones. I’ve been to many in […]
Nosotros – End of the Line
William Cooper Uncategorized No Comments Drew Estate, Illusione
I’m a little late with this info, but the dream collaboration between Illusione’s Dion Giolito and Drew Estate’s Jonathan Drew is history. It has been announced that the Illusione Nosotros Cigar is being discontinued. Going into 2010, this collaboration was the buzz throughout the Cigar industry -namely as a result of these two cigar-ebrities teaming […]
Yellow Alert Update: Pleasure Police go after Smoking in Minneapolis Tobacco Stores
William Cooper Uncategorized No Comments CRA, Pleasure Police, Yellow Alert
I recently posted some information about the Pleasure Police posturing in Minneapolis, Minnesota to ban sampling in Tobacco stores. My information was slightly incorrect, but nonetheless even more urgent than I originally stated. My words were “The City of Minneapolis has a proposed bill to ban tobacco sampling at retail tobacco shops. ” I […]
Cigar Review: La Gloria Cubana Serie N
William Cooper Reviews, Uncategorized No Comments General, La Gloria Cubana, Memorable, Review
The Beauty of the La Gloria Cubana Serie N I’ve mentioned this several times – during the 2010 IPCPR, it was my opinion that General Cigars had the best year in terms of new product releases. The key thing I’ve seen from General is investing in building their existing brands – namely Macanudo and La […]
Update: Tim Ozgener’s Departure from CAO Cigars Clarified
William Cooper Uncategorized No Comments CAO, People
This past Tuesday, I posted some information in regards to Tim Ozgener’s departure from CAO Cigars. In this post, I posted a reference to a press release by General Cigars to announce that Ozgener was leaving CAO. In that press release, there was some ambiguity in that release with whether or not Ozgener was leaving […]
Cigar Review: Altadis Warlock
William Cooper Reviews, Uncategorized No Comments Altadis, Nice to Have, Omar Ortez, Review
Not the best picture, but this is the Warlock I had I am a fan of Omar Ortez blended sticks. I particularly love the Omar Ortez Puro Maduro. This is a good value-priced stick that really packs a punch. So when I found out Ortez was working on another creation for Altadis, I was particularly […]
Pleasure Police Yellow Alert – Action Needed: Please Sign Petition that would ban Tobacco Sampling in Minneapolis
William Cooper Uncategorized No Comments CRA, Pleasure Police, Yellow Alert
Yes folks, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, the Pleasure Police exist in Minnesota. We all know Minnesota has their problems. Poor Vikings fans have to deal with a wacky coach named Brad Childress. They also have to endure the weekly drama of a complete cry-baby and disgrace of a quarterback named […]
Post 100: Give-back by Drew Estate honoring US Veteran Cigar Enthusiasts
William Cooper Uncategorized No Comments Drew Estate
Photo from Drew Estate Blog I was thinking about what to post for the 100th post of Cigar Coop. Then it became very easy when Stace Berkland told me what Drew Estate is doing for their December 5th Cigar Safari. They are giving 14 Cigar Safari trips away to United States Military Veterans or those […]
30 Cigars in 31 Days – 2010 Cigar of the Year
William Cooper Cigar of the Year, Uncategorized No Comments 2010 Cigar of the Year, Cigar Coop
Starting December 1st – through December 31st, the ultimate Cigar ranking begins. My 2010 Cigar of the Year countdown. This year, I will pick 30 cigars and begin the process of elimination to determine my 2010 Cigar of the Year. The process will be similar to last year. I will select 30 finalists of cigars […]