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.
With Cohiba is the featured brand at the 2021 Habanos World Days coinciding with the 55th anniversary of the brand, Habanos SA introduced a new regular production line extension to the Cohiba brand, the Cohiba Ambar. The Cohiba Ambar measures 53 x 132 mm (53 x 5 1/5). It’s a cigar that is presented in […]
In 2020 Nat Sherman International would release its third cigar that would become a TAA Exclusive with the Timeless TAA 2020. At the time, Nat Sherman International’s parent company Altria was looking to sell off its premium cigar business which included Nat Sherman. What many did not realize is that the Timeless TAA 2020 would […]
On day seven of Drew Estate’s #DEBonanzaTakeover for 2021, the company announced it is revamping and rebranding its Nica Rustica line. In addition to receiving new packaging, the current Nica Rustica offering has now been renamed to Nica Rustica Broadleaf. In a press release, Drew Estate President Jonathan Drew said, “We did NO JUSTICE to […]
While Cohiba is the featured brand at the 2021 Habanos World Days, Habanos SA is introducing a new extension to its Montecristo Edmundo line with the Montecristo Wide Edmundo. Montecristo Edmundo is a series under the Montecristo line named after Edmund Dantes, the title character from The Count of Montecristo. Keeping to the theme of […]
At the Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) 2021, HVC Cigars will showcase the 2021 release of the HVC La Rosa 520 Maduro Exquisitos. The HVC La Rosa 520 Maduro line was first introduced in 2019. HVC positions the La Rosa 520 as an annual limited elevate. HVC will showcase the 2021 release of the Exquisitos size […]
The 2021 Habanos World Days virtual event has kicked off. This is a virtual event being put on by Habanos SA as a result of the cancellation of the 2021 Festival de Habano due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like Festival del Habano, Habanos World Days is being used to announce a series of product launches – […]
On day six of Drew Estate’s #DEBonanzaTakeover for 2021, Joya de Nicaragua announced that two regular production sizes of the Joya de Nicaragua Numero would return this summer. Numero Uno is a project that started out as a private blend where it was handed out to Nicaraguan ambassadors who would gift them to world leaders. […]
In 2020, a change happened at Protocol Cigars where Kevin Keithan, who was serving as the company’s national sales manager, became an owner in the company. At the same time, Protocol Cigars co-founder Bill Ives would depart the company. Both Ives and Juan Cancel, who were the two founders, had built a career in law […]
On Episode 37, Dave and Coop have issued another “Out of the Comfort Zone” challenge For this challenge, Dave and Coop challenge each other on their taste in music and attempt to take each other out of their comfort zones. Each has provided the other a list of artists that are good candidates […]
Dissident Cigars’ annual release, the Dissident Home 2021 is returning for 2021 and heading to retailers. The Dissident Home 2021 marks the third release of the Home since Benjamin Holt resurrected the brand in 2019. As in previous years, Home 2021 consists of an Ecuadorian Maduro and Corojo barber-pole wrapper over an Ecuadorian binder and […]