Today Cigar Coop has turned eight years old. Every year this milestone comes around I’m drawn back to the genesis of Cigar Coop. The first article on Cigar Coop wasn’t about cigars, it was about iced coffee of all things. Back in 2010, I had gone to the IPCPR Trade Show in New Orleans to […]
Folks are more than aware of a controversy where a Cigar Aficionado article brought forward from comments submitted by Altria in regards to the Advanced Notice of Public Rulemaking (ANPRM) for premium cigars. The comments are controversial because Nat Sherman is an operating company within the giant tobacco conglomerate of Altria who has taken a […]
Who is Rick Ross? I still have no clue. I’ve been told he is a legend in Hip Hop, but I never heard of the guy. Why I am asking this question – he showed up at the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show. It was actually a fun topic to engage with over the past two […]
Since we launched Prime Time and Prime Time Special Edition in 2017, I can honestly say one thing – cigar podcasting is fun again. Working with two top professionals like Aaron Loomis and Bear Duplisea durig this project has simply been amazing – and watching the shows develop has been a great thing. This past […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced it has extended the comment period of the three Advanced Notice of Public Rule Making (ANPRM) initiative by 30 days. This includes the ANPRMs on regulating nicotine levels, flavored tobacco products, and the one on premium cigars. The new comment period dates are as follows: Tobacco […]
This past month on Prime Time was one of the most exciting ones we have had – and we’ve had a lot of great ones. Very simply, the lineup was: Steve Saka, Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Juan Lopez, Gurkha Cigars Casey Haugen, Crux Cigar Company Jeff Borysiewicz, Florida Sun Grown Tobacco Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr, E.P. Carrillo […]
Starting with our review of the GTO Anesthésia Maduro, you may have noticed some changes to the review format on Cigar Coop. It’s going to be first in a series of structural changes being rolled out in the next few months to better enhance the reviews. Cigar Coop has always looked at reviews as of […]
If you have been watching our Prime Time Show, we have been focusing a lot on cigar reviews and cigar scoring. We’ve tried to point out some of the best practices as well as some of the pitfalls when it comes to reviewing a cigar. While reviewers may all have different methodologies, I believe there […]
It’s April 1st and for the past few years, it’s a day that I have dreaded in the cigar industry. It’s the time of April Fools’ press releases. On one hand, I get the creativity of the press releases. On the other hand, when I see cigar companies invest time and resources to creating an […]
It never fails. As I embark on travel, complete chaos seems to reign supreme in the cigar industry. Just when I thought a new level of chaos was reached with two cigar companies getting acquired in one day – along comes the week of March 18th to top it all. With this particular week, it […]
