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.
Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
Fratello Cigars has announced that Björk Tobacco will handle its distribution in Iceland. Björk Tobacco has their headquarters in Reykjavík Iceland and has been in operation for over two decades. “We are very excited to be partnering with Trausti Reynissson and his team. After meeting with Björk Tobacco at Dortmund last year we saw an […]
Crowned Heads has announced its fifth limited edition line extension to the Mil Días line, the Mil Días Marranitos E648 LE 2023. Like the Mil Días Marranitos 2022 edition, the Mil Días Marranitos E648 LE 2023 features the same Nicaraguan binder and fillers from Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Peru. The difference is the 2022 edition […]
General Cigar Company has announced the Cohiba Serie M is returning for 2023 in a new sie. The Cohiba Serie M is the first Cohiba to be produced to be produced in the United States. This year the 2023 edition of the Cohiba Serie M will be a 7 x 50 Prominente. The new size […]
Smokin Tabacco has kicked its third annual Smokin Tabacco Cigar Family Charitable Foundation fundraiser raffle. The original plan was for the raffle to kick off on March 17th, 2013 but Smokin Tabacco opted to move the start date up to March 13th. The website for the raffle can be found at go.rallyup.com/smokintabacco2023 For details of […]
Following the issuing of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s proposed requirements for tobacco product manufacturing processes to the Federal Register, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) issued a response on the proposed rules. Regarding the recent court ruling that the FDA acted arbitrarily and capriciously in deeming premium cigars subject to the Act, the […]
Quality Importers Trading Co has announced that Longfiller Company will now be handling all distribution for their brands in the Netherlands. In a press release, Sasja van Horssen, founder of Longfiller Company, said “Longfiller Company was founded 25 years ago with one, very simple philosophy: to represent the best of the best within the […]
Oveja Negra Brands has announced the return of the Black Work Studio S&R. The Black Works Studio S&R was first introduced in 2016. This year, the S&R gets a revamped blend as it will now feature a barber-pole wrapper. The cigar is currently shipping to retailers. The barber-pole wrapper of the Black Work Studio S&R […]
Oveja Negra Brands has announced it is shipping an extension to its Black Works Studio Rorschach line, the Rorschach Sumatra. Rorschach features a Sumatra wrapper over a Nicaraguan Habano wrapper over all Nicaraguan fillers. It will come in one size – a 4 1/2 x 48 Short Robusto. The cigars are presented in 50-count […]
In 2021, La Flor Dominicana would release a pair of cigars as a part of the 2021 Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) series, the La Flor Dominicana TAA 50 Oro Tercera Edicion Maduro. When I look at companies that have put a lot of effort into making a TAA Exclusive cigar, La Flor Dominicana has […]