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.
Limitless Cigar Company, a new cigar brand, has announced that a cannabinoid-infused premium cigar will be its first offering. The cigar is scheduled to hit the market in January 2022. As a part of its launch, the company also announced it has hired premium cigar industry veteran Todd Vance as its National Sales Director. “Our […]
If you were looking for a slice on A1A in Miami Beach, Florida, the Gran Habano booth was the one for you. It was a new booth for Gran Habano, but it was one of the best laid out ones at the show. With the COVID-19 pandemic still having its impacts, Gran Habano owner George […]
It’s always fun visiting Matt Booth at a Trade Show, and the 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show is no exception. Room101 Cigars is a cigar company that parallels the lifespan of Cigar Coop. Booth ventured into the world of cigars from the jewelry world in 2009, and I started Cigar Coop in 2010. […]
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 […]
CLE Cigar Company is home to four main brands: CLE, EIROA, Wynwood Hills, and Asylum. When it comes to the CLE and Eiroa brands, the name of the game is “Cameroon de Jamastran.” This is a Cameroon seed wrapper grown on Julio R. Eiroa’s tobacco farm in the Jamastran Valley in Honduras. Last year, Julio […]
As always Asylum Cigars was a part of the CLE Cigar Company’s booth at the 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. To say 2021 was a big year at the 2021 PCA Trade Show for Asylum might be somewhat of an understatement. Yes, the brand offered a PCA Exclusive release to those retailers in […]
Davidoff has announced the Davidoff Chefs Edition 2021, the third blend in its Chefs Edition Series. It’s a project that brings together the world of cigar making with the culinary arts. For this project, a group of leading chefs collaborated with Davidoff’s blending team to produce a cigar. The first blend, the Davidoff Chefs Edition […]
At the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Oveja Negra Brands returned with the same booth as it had for the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show. This was especially pleasing because I loved how this booth highlighted the unique nature of each of the four brands – and still puts them under one umbrella. The world […]
2021 was the second PCA/IPCPR trade show for Dissident Cigars since Benjamin Holt resurrected the brand back in 2019. Once again, Dissident Cigars was a part of the Oveja Negra Brands booth. In 2020, Holt unveiled three new core offerings in his portfolio: Rant, Rave, and Tirade. Since these cigars did not have an opportunity […]
The one and only Jose Blanco of Arturo Fuente Cigars joins us as our special guest! José’s resume is one of the greatest in the history of the cigar business. His talents have now landed him at Arturo Fuente. We will catch up with what he is doing and discuss a potpourri of industry […]