For the 11th year, the Cigar Coop brand will be providing coverage of the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show and Convention. This is also the 11th consecutive trade show we are covering and are proud to be a part of a very small group of media to say that. Our four-part series for the 2021 PCA Trade Show has you […]
Ever since I entered the cigar media scene in 2010, there has been an ongoing debate on the role of media and the IPCPR (now PCA) Trade Show. It’s now 2021, and while I’ve seen progress made, I still see this debate continue to rear its ugly head from time to time. 2021 marks return […]
As most of our readers know, Cigar Coop passed on going to TPE 21. We explained the reasons last week. There just wasn’t enough time to get vaccinated and prepare properly to cover a Trade Show. In the interim we continued our product coverage, had numerous conversations with attendees, and had a live broadcast […]
Armand Assante is well-known as a decorated Hollywood actor. He has won an Emmy Award and has had several Golden Globe Nominations. He has played such characters as John Gotti (his Emmy win), Odysseus, and Napoleon Bonaparte. Throughout his career, Armand has been known to be a cigar enthusiast. He’s also been a cigar brand […]
This weekend, Fuente & Meerapfel Present Meet the Professor will be celebrating its one-year show. As a part of the celebration, the podcast is attempting to break the unofficial record for the longest single live cigar-centric broadcast. To this author’s knowledge, it’s the first time the cigar industry/cigar media is attempting to do a 24-hour […]
As many know, I am not a fan of event recaps and I’m not going to deliver one here. This past weekend, the mold for virtual events was broken as Abe Dababneh and Smoke Inn delivered what was dubbed “The Great Smoke 2021 – The Digital Experience.” It made history for cigar media and set […]
Before you say this is a joke, it’s not. But we’ve also been told at times we need to lighten up at Cigar Coop – and this is going to be one of those times. Many of the personalities in the cigar industry spend many days a year on the road, and that involves air-travel. […]
Over the past few weeks we have been ranking and looking at data on the performance of products released by cigar companies. One thing that we are adding this year is how do cigar companies rate in terms of the readership on Cigar Coop. This year, we rank the 25 “most-read” companies on Cigar Coop. […]
Over the years, we have published a value component for our Top 30 Cigars of the year. The question is meant to answer one simple question, what cigar delivers the most bang for the buck for how it landed on the Cigar Coop Countdown. This year, we have revamped how this is calculated and present […]
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 2020 Person of the Year. This award looks at the individual who for better or worse had the most significant contributions to the cigar […]
