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 Crux Epicure, the long-awaited Connecticut Shade offering by Crux Cigars is finally ready for a widespread release. The company states that the Epicure, which was first announced at the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show is ready to launch at the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show. In addition to the three sizes announced last year, a fourth size […]
This week as we head into this year’s IPCPR Trade Show, we have Skip Martin of RoMa Craf Tobac as our special guest for Episode 13. We will catch up with Skip and what’s happening at RoMa Craft and we will get into some hard hitting industry talk Prime Time style In our Debonaire Ideal segment, […]
Mel Shah of Bombay Tobak joins us as special guest. We catch up with Mel of all of the happenings with MBombay. We also celebrate five consecutive years of daily publishing on Cigar Coop with the Top Five Cigar News Stories over the past five years. For reference on the segment we did on the Top Five News Stories, see […]
Southern Draw Cigars’ Jacobs Ladder, a double ligero blend that was previously announced last August, is getting a national launch. The cigar will be showcased at the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas opening on July 11th, 2017. Jacobs Ladder becomes the fourth core line by Southern Draw Cigars joining the Rose of Sharon (Connecticut Shade), […]
At the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, Pure Aroma Cigars will present a special 12-count assortment of its popular D’Crossier Golden Blend Cigars. The new assortment will also introduce three new vitolas into the D’Crossier Golden Blend. The new sizes include a Robusto (52 x 5 1/8, MSRP $22.00), Cañonasos (54 x 5 7/8, MSRP $24.00), and […]
At the 2017 IPCPR Show in Las Vegas, Island Lifestyle Importers is introducing a new line of Tommy Bahama® branded cigar accessories known as the “Back Nine Golf Series”. The “Back Nine Golf Series” features a Tommy Bahama crest design that draws its inspiration from golf crests around the world. The concept is that these […]
2017 marks the tenth anniversary of Viaje Cigars. To commemorate the occasion, the company is releasing two Viaje 10th Anniversary cigars. It’s a project that embodies many of the things company owner Andre Farkas has embraced over the years. The two cigars are the Viaje 10th Anniversary White and the Viaje 10th Anniversary Black. Both […]
At the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, Selected Tobacco will introduce new packaging options for two vitolas in its ultra-premium line. The 6 x 56, Byron 19th Century Grand Poemas and the 6 x 56 Byron 20th Century Habaneros will be available in 25-count, limited edition humidors. Each humidor will contain cigars that have been aging since 2012. A […]
Selected Tobacco, the brand owned by Nelson Alfonso, has announced that it is adding five new sizes to the ultra-premium Atabey line. The new sizes will officially be launched at the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas. Being added to the line are the Duendes (6 x 54, Torpedo), Spiritus (7 1/2 x 40), Misticos (6 3/4 […]
At this year’s 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, Joya de Nicaragua will introduce the Antaño Gran Reserva. It’s a cigar described by Joya de Nicaragua as being based on the company’s popular Antaño 1970, using additional aged fillers. “The main alteration that comes with the Antaño Gran Reserva is that we have added fillers that have been […]