For Episode 170 on the Prime Time Show, Nick Melillo makes his return to our show. On this episode, we’ll catch up on a lot of the happenings with Nick and Foundation Cigar Company since we last talked to him. We’ll learn a little more about Nick in our “Live True” segment, and finally […]
Announcement: Prime Time Awards for 2020
For the seventh consecutive year, the annual Prime Time Awards will be given out on Cigar Coop. While the awards were launched in 2014, since 2017 the awards have been voted on by three hosts on the Prime Time Network of shows. 2020 saw a change to the process used, implementing a two-stage voting process. […]
Announcement: Live from the Library Series Broadcast During CA Top 25 Reveal
As in previous years, Cigar Coop’s Will Cooper will be on the air each day covering the Cigar Aficionado Top 25 Reveal. This is the week where many companies in the cigar industry have their hopes and dreams come true – or come crashing down. It’s the most influential list in the cigar industry, and […]
Announcement: Winners of Drew Estate Year of the Rat Humidor Giveaway Selected
The three winners for the Drew Estate Year of the Rat Humidor Contest are announced. They are: Juan Castillo Ryan Pauff Tom Agar Congratulations to the winners! Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter this contest! We do appreciate the response we got!
Announcement: Prime Time Episode 169 – James Brown, Oveja Negra Brands
It’s the first episode of 2021 for the Prime Time Show, and tonight for Episode 169 we welcome the one and only James Brown of Oveja Negra Brands back tot the show. The past two years have continued to be some amazing years for Brown, his factory, and his brands and tonight we’ll catch […]
Announcement: Drew Estate Year of the Rat Humidor Winners to be Announced 1/8/21
Apologies for the delay, but the three winners for Drew Estate Year of the Rat Humidor will be announced on January 8, 2021. The winners will be announced on a post on Cigar Coop. We will copy the winners via email as well. Thank you for your understanding. The contest is also closed and no […]
Announcement: Prime Time Special Edition 91 -The Unofficial CA Top 25 Pre-Game Show 2020
It’s bracketology meets the cigar industry. Tonight on Special Edition 91, it’s one of our most popular annual shows we do as we preview what to expect on the Cigar Aficionado Top 25 this year. This year the show moves to the Special Edition side of the house and we welcome Hector Alfonso as our […]
Announcement: Prime Time Jukebox Episode 27 – 2020 Year in Review Panel Discussion: Music & Cigars
On Episode 27 of Prime Time Jukebox we reflect back on the year 2020 on two things we talk about on the show each week – music and cigars! For this episode we are joined by Aaron Loomis, Seth Geise, and John McTavish from Developing Palates and Eric Guttormson of Cigar Dojo. We will talk […]
Announcement: Contest – Drew Estate Year of the Rat Humidor Giveaway
Drew Estate has provided us the Year of the Rat Humidors we are giving away! These beautiful humidors hold over 100 cigars. Each unit features a built-in digital hygrometer. The inside is all cedar and features a removable top tray. The outside has a piano finish with a large Year of the Rat logo on […]
Announcement: JC Newman Ultimate Giveaway Winners
The winners of the JC Newman Ultimate Giveaway are: Grand Prize: Steve Toth (Full Prize Pack) 2nd Place: Jeff Vogel (Brick House Culebra) 3rd Place: John Belli (Brick House Culebra) Congratulations! And thank you to everyone who participated! Note: We had an unclaimed prize for second place, so a new winner was drawn.