On February 5, 2021, Bear Duplisea and I were guests on a La Flor Dominicana podcast previewing The Big Game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs. The show was broadcast from Davidoff of Geneva in Tampa Florida and featured La Flor Dominicana Vice President of Sales Jonathan Carney, La Flor Dominicana […]
The 2020 Cigar of the Year List Season has come to a close. For episode 173, Hector Alfonso Sr. of Espinosa Cigars, Skip Martin of RoMa Craft Tobac and John McTavish of Developing Palates are all back for an Industry Panel to recap the highs and lows of the season. This is one of our […]
On February 3, I was a guest on the Heckle & Jeckle Cigar Show. This is a show hosted by Espinosa Cigars Director of Operations Hector Alfonso Sr. and Espinosa Director of Sales, Jack Toraño. On the podcast, we previewed The Big Game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs and discussed some timely […]
Fred Vandermarliere, the owner and CEO of J. Cortès, the parent company of Oliva Cigar Company, has become an investor in Brandshopper. Brandshopper is an online retailer founded by Keith Meier and owns several sub-brands, including cigarpage.com, an online cigar retail outfit. While details of the transaction were not disclosed, Meier was said in several reports the […]
Tarazona Cigars has announced a planned line extension under the Caraballo828 Silverback Edición Limitada line known as The Benjamins will begin shipping in March. The Benjamins adds a 6 x 52 Torpedo offering into the Caraballo828 Silverback. This was a vitola that was scheduled to be released in June 2020, but due to the COVID-19 […]
On January 31st, I was a guest on #ElOsoFumarTakes, the podcast hosted by Prime Time Special Edition’s Bear Duplisea. On the podcast, Bear and I look back at 2020 from a cigar media perspective. We also get into many topics around cigar media in general. There are many cigar media topics that I had never […]
With Valentine’s Day coming up, we got you covered on Prime Time Jukebox Episode 30. On this episode we will discuss our favorite Valentine’s Day tunes. Whether you want a heartfelt romantic ballad, music to get you in the mood, or just want nothing to do with Valentine’s Day, we will have a song for […]
The Cigar Industry Report is a one-stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop. It is a combination of the news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. In addition, each week we will look back at Cigar Coop history. Look for this report every Saturday morning at […]
2021 marks the tenth anniversary of Drew Estate’s Undercrown brand. Kicking off the year, the company announced it will be implementing a new box design for most offerings in the three blends that make up Undercrown: Undercrown Maduro, Undercrown Shade, and Undercrown Sun Grown. The new box design is very similar to the current design. […]
The CAO Zócalo, a limited edition cigar released in 2018 will be making a return – this time as a regular production cigar. The Zócalo was CAO’s first cigar to feature a Mexican wrapper. When it was released two years ago, it was released in a 6 x 60 format. The 6 x 60 returns […]
This month Maya Selva Cigars will unveil a cigar paying homage to the Chinese New Year, the Flor de Selva Year of the Ox Limited Edition 2021. The cigar comes in one size – a 6 x 56 Toro packaged in 20-count wooden cabinet boxes. The blend features a combination of Honduran wrapper from […]
For Prime Time Episode 174, Micky Pegg of All Saints Cigars is our special guest. Micky is a cigar industry veteran. After taking an extended hiatus from the cigar industry, Micky is back with his own brand and company called All Saints Cigars. We will look at Micky’s journey in the cigar industry and […]
