This week Cigar Coop will be bringing you coverage from the Tobacco Plus Expo in Las Vegas. It’s the first trade show of 2020 for the premium cigar industry. This will be Cigar Coop’s first year covering TPE. We’ll break down what to expect and ponder some questions going into the show. General Information What […]
The Decade of 2010-19 was certainly a dynamic one for the cigar industry. Outside the world of tobacco, the industry’s battle in the U.S. against the federal government on regulations was front and center. It would have been easy to pick that as the story of the decade, but in terms of a selection here, […]
The Cigar of the Year Countdown is a quantitative analysis of the best cigars of 2019. The Countdown is built strictly on merit and does not factor in price. A few years ago, I started to take a closer look and see how this list would look if price were to be factored in. The […]
The Performance Rankings were introduced in 2012 as a statistical analysis based on the average numerical score of all cigars assessed on Cigar Coop. It is meant to serve as a barometer in terms of how the cigars were assessed. Today we slice this data by cigar brand, a category we have ranked since 2012. This […]
The Performance Rankings were introduced in 2012 as a statistical analysis based on the average numerical score of all cigars assessed on Cigar Coop. It is meant to serve as a barometer in terms of how the cigars were assessed. Today we slice this data by Vitola – a new category introduced for 2015. This is […]
The Performance Rankings were introduced in 2012 as a statistical analysis based on the average numerical score of all cigars assessed on Cigar Coop. It is meant to serve as a barometer in terms of how the cigars were assessed. Today we slice this data by Country of Origin – a category introduced for 2015. This […]
The Performance Rankings were introduced in 2012 as a statistical analysis based on the average numerical score of all cigars assessed on Cigar Coop. It is meant to serve as a barometer in terms of how the cigars were assessed Today we slice this data by Factory – a category introduced for 2017. This is not meant […]
It’s a project that has been ten years in the making – or at least almost 18 months. The concept for doing a Cigar of the Decade selection started in July, 2018. I was driving outside Alburquerque, New Mexico heading to Las Vegas for the IPCPR Trade Show. I had just talked to Sam Morales, […]
The Prime Time Awards are voted on by each of the three members of the Prime Time Podcasts. The awards look at the impact on the cigar industry. Today, we unveil our choice for 2019 Person of the Year. This award looks at the individual who for better or worse had the most significant contributions to the cigar […]
On January 10th, 2019 came word that four of the largest cigar companies: Altadis U.S.A., General Cigar Company, Davidoff of Geneva, and Drew Estate were not going to be attending the 2020 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. Today we peel the onion and offer some thoughts and perspectives on this announcement and what I […]
