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.
Each week, I have the opportunity to produce the news segment for KMA Talk Radio. On the Cigar Coop “blog,” we will now post replays of the shows the week following the date the show is aired. On January 8, 2022, Jon Huber & Mike Conder of Crowned Heads were our special guests. Catch the […]
Tonight, Nick Syris makes his return to the Prime Time Show! Plenty to catch up with Nick on as he and LH Cigars have been busy over the past year. Nick also has great insights into what is going on in Cuba, and we’ll get an update from him. Note: Due to age restrictions, you […]
Tonight, the one and only “Honest Abe” Dababneh aka “Ming”, aka “Big Delicious” returns to Prime Time. Abe is the architect behind on the grandest annual cigar events in the country, The Great Smoke. With the 2022 event slated for this month, we’ll give you everything you need to know about this event – Prime […]
Tonight we are proud to welcome back Carson Serino of Serino Cigar Company. Carson’s got some new projects he has introduced over the past few months. If you aren’t familiar with Serino Cigar Company, we’ll recap this company’s long connection in the cigar industry as well. Note: Due to age restrictions, you might have to […]
On Episode 61 of Prime Time Jukebox, we recap cigars and music from both personal and industry angles. We have a special panel consisting of John McTavish of Developing Palates as well as Matt Tye & Garret Robinson of How Bout That Cigar. The recap will include the now famous “Now or Never Segment” We also pay homage […]
Tonight we kick off 2022 and are proud to welcome Antonio Lam, owner and founder of Reinado Cigars as our special guest. Antonio’s been in the industry for over a decade, and has been quite active the past couple of years. We’ll talk about Antonio’s journey and some of the new projects he has planned. […]
At the Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE 22) in Las Vegas, Nevada, Villiger Cigars showed off a new iteration of its Villiger La Libertad brand. La Libertad not only featured a new look, but also had a new blend. Production for the new La Libertad comes from Villiger de Nicaragua, the company’s own factory located in […]
The Cigar Industry Report is a one-stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop. It is a combination of the news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. In addition, each week we will look back at Cigar Coop history. Look for this report every Saturday morning at […]
While Cigar Coop was not in attendance at Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) 2022, we were able to chat with some of our good friends in the media. Today we are joined by Aaron Loomis of Developing Palates and the Prime Time Show and John “Cigar Surgeon” McTavish from Developing Palates who took time out […]
At the end of 2019, one of the more surprising stories that hit the news was the acquisition of the Fonseca brand by My Father Cigars from the Quesada family. The Fonseca brand was established in Cuba by Don Francisco Fonseca. The Dominican version of the Fonseca brand has been made by the Quesada family […]