Each week, I have the opportunity to produce the news segment for KMA Talk Radio. On the Cigar Coop “blog,” we post replays of the shows the week following the date the show is aired. On July 2, 2022, Rick Rodriguez co-owner of West Tampa Tobacco Co. was the special guest. Catch the full show […]
Each week, I have the opportunity to produce the news segment for KMA Talk Radio. On the Cigar Coop “blog,” we post replays of the shows the week following the date the show is aired. On June 11, 2022, Sébastien Decoppet and Brian Motola of Cavalier Genève Cigars were the special guests. Catch the full show below […]
This year, the focus for Joya de Nicaragua has been Connecticut Shade and Connoisseur vitolas. There wasn’t a new line that was unveiled for Joya de Nicaragua in 2022, but the company decided to focus its releases around its two successful Connecticut Shade releases, Numero Uno and the Antaño CT by adding a Corona and […]
With our PCA Post Game Coverage for 2021 now in the annals of history, we turn our attention to the companies that did not attend the Trade Show and look at what releases we have seen announced or released this summer. Back in 2022 when there was no trade show to cover, we introduced the […]
Tonight the Cigar Coop Coalition reunites on the air for the first time since the 2022 Premium Cigar Asssociation (PCA) Trade Show. We will talk about the products and the companies as well as all of the drama associated with the PCA Trade Show. Plus we have our Presidents and Great Things are Happening Here […]
Tonight Special Edition is back from PCA, and tonight we are proud to welcome our special guest, Omar de Frias. Omar came into the Trade Show with an unusual project known as the ViceVersa – a cigar that could be smoked from both ends. We will dive into this project and catch up on all […]
In 2018, Fratello Cigars would release its fifth regular production cigar, the Fratello Navetta Inverso. A year earlier, Fratello released its fourth regular production cigar, the Fratello Navetta. The Navetta would incorporate a blend featuring a Ecuadorian wrapper, Dominican binder, and Nicaraguan fillers. For the Navetta Inverso, it would basically incorporate the same tobaccos, but […]
On Special Edition 123, Luis Torres & Wiber Ventura from Freud Cigar Company make their Prime Time debut! Freud Cigar Company is one of many new companies that will be launching at the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA), but they might be the most intriguing. We will look at this company and find out what […]
This week we are proud to welcome back Michael Herklots, co-founder of Ferio Tego as our special guest! We’ll catch up with Michael and see how his unique journey is going now that he has founded his own cigar company, Ferio Tego Plus we have our Presidents and Great Things are Happening Here segment as well […]
As Labor Day approaches, our extended and comprehensive coverage from the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show comes to a close. We might go longer than everyone else, but we provide quite a depth of coverage. The scorecard reads as follows: 274 Product Report Stories 77 Company Booths Covered 60 Videos Filmed In […]
