Today we mark a big milestone on Cigar Coop, our twelve-year anniversary! Here is what I now write every year: As always, we go back to the beginning, our first article Worth it for an Iced Coffee? Cigar Coop’s first article wasn’t even about cigars – it was about iced coffee. It started at […]
On the sixth installment of Fred Rewey‘s The Final Puff series, Fred sits down with the father-son team of Henke and Klaas Kelner. The Kelners built an incredible tobacco operation in the Dominican Republic and in this interview, they discuss the past, present, and future. This interview was literally recorded in one of the Kelner’s […]
On the fifth installment of Fred Rewey‘s “The Final Puff series, Fred sits down with Abe Flores of PDR Cigars. Abe runs the PDR Cigars Factory and has his own brand, PDR Cigars. Abe brings a very transparent view to his journey in the cigar industry. Fred says this is one of the longest interviews […]
On Thursday June 30th, Will Cooper and Bear Duplisea made a guest appearance on the Smokin Tabacco Show for some Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show Pre-Game talk. Also joining the festivities were Matt Tye and Garret Robinson from How Bout That Cigar. The video of the show can be found here: The audio can be […]
Ten years. One decade. 3,653 days. On August 15, 2022, Cigar Coop will celebrate its 12h anniversary in operation, however, each year when July 3rd comes around, it’s time to celebrate another milestone – the “Ironman Daily Publication Streak.” Today marks ten consecutive years Cigar Coop has published original content on a daily basis. Ten […]
On the fourth installment of Fred Rewey‘s “The Final Puff series, Fred sits down with Nirka Reyes of De Los Reyes Cigars. The Reyes family has been in the tobacco business for over 150 years and six generations. Today their operation is one of the most respected in the business, and Nirka leads that operation. […]
On June 16, 2022, Aaron Loomis and Will Cooper were guests on Smoke Night Live. On this show, we joined Eric and Jordan Guttormson. The concept was simple – we each smoke two cigars that we never smoked before and gave our first impressions of the show. One thing I can honestly say is […]
On June 6, 2022, Bear Duplisea was a guest on How Bout That Cigar, Episode 161 How Bout That Cigar is hosted by Matt Tye and Garret Robinson. Matt and Garret were joined by Henderson Ventura. On this show, Bear talks history, film, and of course cigars. Catch the full show below: […]
On May 31, 2022 I was a guest on Herf Zone Live hosted by Shirtless Mike. In this interview, I talk about my journey in cigar media with Shirtless Mike. Mike has a unique style, but this was a fun interview and I learned a lot about myself. Yes, Mike did the interview with no-shirt […]
Spare Notes is a series on Smokin Tabacco that I am collaborating on with Matthew Tabacco. It’s a platform where Matt and I can talk about topics and subjects that we haven’t covered on our shows in an agile, free-form open discussion forum. On this installment, we cover more on Responsible Marketing and discuss Smokin […]
