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.
The period of 2013 to 2017 will long be remembered as the innovation era at Davidoff. During that period, Davidoff would introduce a variety of new regular production and limited edition releases into the market. Post-2017 has seen the number of new releases decrease. One of the Davidoff brands that still has maintained a […]
Earlier this year, Forged Cigar Company announced the third installment of the Diesel Elixir series known as the Diesel Crucible. The Elixir series had served as an annual limited limited edition release since 2019. The three installments were all previous offerings sold back when Diesel was distributed through Meier & Dutch, but for the Elixir […]
In 2021 Aganorsa Leaf would release a new line of cigars dubbed the Rare Leaf Reserve. As the name indicates, it is a line to showcase some of Aganorsa’s low-yield tobaccos. Typically when a blend uses a significant amount of low-yield tobaccos, it will be a limited line. But for the Rare Leaf Reserve, Aganorsa […]
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 […]
The Liga Privada Unico Serie UF4, one of the most limited Liga Privada cigars by Drew Estate, is returning in its annual release. As in previous years, the UF-4 will be released to coincide with Countryside, Illinois-based retailer Casa de Montecristo’s annual Halloween party on October 29. Drew Estate co-founder Jonathan Drew will host the […]
This past week, Forged Cigar Company shipped the second installment of the Diesel Sunday Gravy Series – Pecorino. Sunday Gravy is a full-time line under Diesel and will feature seasonally-released, Nicaraguan-forward smokes developed by AJ Fernandez and Justin Andrews. Plans are for blends to be released quarterly and sold until their limited supply is depleted. […]
Emilio Cigars has announced an exclusive offering under La Musa for 2nd Street Cigars in Edmund, Oklahoma. It’s a 7 x 40 lancero featuring a Maduro-wrapped version of the current Emilio La Musa offering. The La Musa 2nd Street Exclusive features an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper, Nicaraguan Habano binder, and all-Nicaraguan fillers. The cigars are packaged […]
Davidoff has announced the 11th installment of its limited edition Chinese Zodiac Series, the Davidoff Year of the Tiger. 2022 marks the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese Zodiac. It’s a significant release because according to Davidoff, this is the first time a Connecticut wrapper leaf is being used on Davidoff Limited Edition. One […]
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 rescoring or giving a score for the first time. It also might be a blend […]
Quality Importers Trading Co has announced a new series to the Xi2 line of cigar cutters known as the Xikar Xi2 Hot Rod Series. It’s a series of cutters that feature full-color flame illustrations inspired by 1950s custom American hot rods. The hot rod theme was inspired by an employee’s winning submission to an internal […]