Each Saturday morning, I have the opportunity to co-host KMA Talk Radio with Abe Dababneh, Alex Tavella, and Paul DeGrocco. I also produce the cigar news segment for the show. Our format is free-form, where we talk cigars and other newsworthy topics. The following is Episode 496, which aired on May 20, 2023. This featured […]
The Blog: KMA Talk Radio Episode 495 – Mount Fuji and the Flyin’ Hawaiian
Each Saturday morning, I have the opportunity to co-host KMA Talk Radio with Abe Dababneh, Alex Tavella, and Paul DeGrocco. I also produce the cigar news segment for the show. Our format is free-form, where we talk cigars and other newsworthy topics. The following is Episode 495, which aired on April 29, 2023. Boston Jimmie […]
The Blog: KMA Talk Radio Episode 494: Guy Fieri
Each Saturday morning, I have the opportunity to co-host KMA Talk Radio with Abe Dababneh, Alex Tavella, and Paul DeGrocco. I also produce the cigar news segment for the show. Our format is free-form, where we talk cigars and other newsworthy topics. The following is Episode 494, which aired on April 22, 2023. This episode […]
The Blog: …. But Somehow It’s Ok for Dave to take One Bite
A YouTube video from Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy went viral this past week. It was from one of his famous “One Bite” pizza reviews. In this video, Dave visits a pizza shop in Massachusetts and is confronted by the owner, who is unhappy with the platform that Dave uses to do his pizza reviews. What ensues […]
The Blog: PCA 2023 – It’s a Wrap!
We officially completed our post-game coverage of the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show on August 24, 2023. Our unofficial post-game statistics: 90 Booth Recaps 73 Interviews from the Show Floor (actually 74, but Matt Booth’s interview was done post-PCA). If you also factor in our pre-game coverage, we published 292 articles (not including […]
The Blog: 13 Years
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 the […]
The Blog: The Smoking Syndicate Turns 2 Years Old!
My apologies that this is one day tardy! On July 29, 2021, The Smoking Syndicate published its first review, Arturo Fuente Rare Pink Short Story. With that review, The Smoking Syndicate brought Cigar Coop into the world of video reviews. The Smoking Syndicate is a brand that was developed and curated by Ben Lee. He […]
The Blog: Your Cigar Coop Coalition 2023 PCA Pre-Game One Pager
Nobody has you covered for the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show like the Cigar Coop Coalition does. The Coalition brings together Will Cooper, Bear Duplisea, Ben Lee, and Erron Nielsen representing Cigar Coop, The Smoking Syndicate, and El Oso Fumar Takes! Here is a recap of our pre-game coverage – written and video. […]
The Blog: KMA Talk Radio: Episode 493 – My Eyes are Burning
Each Saturday morning, I have the opportunity to co-host KMA Talk Radio with Abe Dababneh, Alex Tavella, and Paul DeGrocco. I also produce the cigar news segment for the show. Our format is free-form where we talk cigars and other newsworthy topics. The following is Episode 493 which aired on April 15, 2023. Catch the […]
The Blog: KMA Talk Radio Episode 492
Each Saturday morning, I have the opportunity to co-host KMA Talk Radio with Abe Dababneh, Alex Tavella, and Paul DeGrocco. I also produce the cigar news segment for the show. Our format is free-form where we talk cigars and other newsworthy topics. The following is Episode 492 which aired on April 8 2023. I Catch […]