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.
Sensei’s Sensational Sarsaparilla, a collaboration released by Espinosa Cigars in conjunction with Cigar Dojo, is returning. This time Sarsaparilla will be returning as an ongoing national release. The cigar will have a launch at the 2021 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show. Sarsaparilla made its debut in 2014 as was actually the second Cigar […]
Highclere Cigar Company is a project done between George Herbert, who is the 8th Earl of Carnarvon and the owner of the famed Highclere Castle Estate located in Hampshire, England; and Foundation Cigar Company’s Nicholas Melillo. In 2017, the first Highclere Castle cigar was released, an Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapped cigar meant to be reminiscent […]
Prime Time Jukebox Episode 43 features our seventh installment of our Album Archaeology Series. On this episode, we break down Alanis Morissette’s landmark album Jagged Little Pill. Much like an archaeologist digs and hunts for gems, on Album Archaeology we dig into the Jagged Little Pill album. We go deep into each of the […]
At the 2021 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Room101 Cigars will introduce a new size to The Big Payback Maduro line in the form of a 4 x 50 vitola known as El Gran Papi Chulo. Information on this release was first provided to Cigar Aficionado. The Big Payback Maduro made its debut in 2019 […]
For the 11th year, the Cigar Coop brand will be providing coverage of the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show and Convention. This is also the 11th consecutive trade show we are covering and are proud to be a part of a very small group of media to say that. Our four-part series for the 2021 PCA Trade Show has you […]
As we are into the summer months, we wanted to do the same Virtual Trade Expo concept we did in 2020 again for 2021. The concept is very simple. We give a cigar company a 15-minute slot to come on and talk about their summer/upcoming releases. We are scheduling this over two shows. This should […]
On August 15, 2021, Cigar Coop will celebrate its 11th anniversary in operation, however each year when July 3rd comes around, it’s time to celebrate another milestone – the “Ironman Publication Streak.” Today marks nine consecutive years Cigar Coop has published original content on a daily basis. Nine years – that equates to 3,288 consecutive […]
Last year, due to the fact the premium cigar industry trade shows were cancelled, our show provided a platform to talk about releases for 2020. The concept was very well-received. As we are into the summer months, we wanted to do the same Virtual Trade Expo concept again for 2021. The concept is very simple. […]
For Episode 41, we explore the concept of Supergroups. On this show, we will discuss what makes a Supergroup, who are some of our favorite Supergroups, and what some of our favorite tunes from those Supergroups are. On this show, Dave smokes the Absolution while Coop smokes the Balmoral Serie Signaturas Dueto Gran Toro. To watch the video, […]
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 […]