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 […]
February 2017 was a whirlwind month at Cigar Coop. Earlier in the month, we announced our separation from Stogie Geeks and that we would be taking our brand independent. That was also a busy month in that I had trips to the three major cigar-producing countries in the world outside of Cuba: the Dominican […]
January 31st, 2018 might be one of those days in the cigar industry that will be etched in the annals of history. Here at Cigar Coop, it certainly will be It is funny how news breaks in the cigar industry. It comes in waves with some days busier than other days. January 31st was one […]
On Friday January 26th, 2018 I was informed of the death of my co-host on the Smooth Draws Radio Show, Gary “Doc” Laden. It was a very tough day. I personally want to thank everyone for the kind words, and ask everyone to keep Gary’s family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time Gary […]
