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.
Spare Notes is a new series on Smokin Tabacco that I am collaborating on with Matthew Tabacco. It’s a platform where Matt and I can talk about topics and subjects that we haven’t covered on our shows in an agile, free-form open discussion forum. This week, we will cover a potpourri of various topics pertaining […]
Tonight, Pete Johnson of Tatuaje Cigars joins us for Episode 214 as we put a wrap on 2021. We will catch up on everything Tatuaje Cigars, and get an update from Pete on a bunch of industry topics. Plus in our Live True segment, we will talk a little Formula One racing! Note: Due to […]
Tonight, we are honored to talk to the founder and president of Crux Cigars, Jeff Haugen. In seven years, Jeff has emerged as one of the rising stars in the cigar business – building his company in a unique way. Jeff’s taking a very hands-on approach to his products, and his efforts are certainly paying […]
The Performance Rankings were introduced in 2012 as a statistical analysis based on the average numerical score of all cigars assessed on Cigar Coop. It is meant to serve as a barometer in terms of how the cigars were assessed. Today we slice this data by Vitola – a new category introduced for 2015. This is […]
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 […]
Today, we bring to you live commentary as Cigar Aficionado concludes the reveal of its 2021 Top 25 list. We will make some early projections and then do some post-game as CA reveals the remainder of its Top 25 list – #11 to #25. Note: Due to Age Restrictions, you may have to click on “Watch […]
German Engineered Cigars has announced its second regular production blend, and first done in conjunction with Claudio Sgroi. The cigar is called Raumzeit and it will make its debut at the Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) 2022 which is scheduled to open on January 26, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Raumzeit is the German name for […]
The Performance Rankings were introduced in 2012 as a statistical analysis based on the average numerical score of all cigars assessed on Cigar Coop. It is meant to serve as a barometer in terms of how the cigars were assessed. Today we slice this data by Country of Origin – a category introduced for 2015. This […]
Today, we bring to you live commentary as Cigar Aficionado continues to unveil its 2021 Top 25 list. We will make some early projections and then do some post-game as CA reveals its #1 Cigar of the Year. Note: Due to Age Restrictions, you may have to click on “Watch on YouTube” References Prime Time […]
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. Plus we will have our Live True, Cattle […]