The 2019 IPCPR Trade Show featured a new company on the scene known as ACE Prime. In recent years, with the threat of federal regulations by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), newer companies at the Trade Show have been less frequent. What made ACE Prime’s debut impressive is they would launch three brands […]
La Flor Dominicana and Hacking Gourmet have announced a event program known as Gourmet Smoke Sessions. It brings together the world of premium handmade cigars and gourmet food preparation. A series of 16 events are scheduled and as a part of the events, an exclusive La Flor Dominicana geared to the theme of the event […]
Hand Rolled – A Film About Cigars, the well-publicized documentary on the cigar industry, will be available on DVD beginning November 6th, 2020. The DVD will be available on the company’s website www.handrolledmovie.com. In addition, retail cigar shops will be able to carry the DVD with a special custom cigar cutter available only at brick […]
NOTE THE SPECIAL START TIME TONIGHT 9: 45PM EASTERN 8: 45PM CENTRAL On Prime Time Special Edition 86, we are joined by the one and only Tony Bellatto. Tony is the co-founder of both La Barba Cigars and Lost & Found Cigars and we’ll catch up with him on all of the happenings […]
The Guardian of the Farm Nightwatch is a project released by Aganorsa Leaf back in 2019. Guardian of the Farm is a brand that was started under Aganorsa Leaf that was a project between Max Fernandez of Aganorsa Leaf and Kyle Gellis of Warped Cigars. With the Nightwatch, the project is strictly an Aganorsa Leaf […]
Over a decade ago, CAO Cigars released a unique project called CAO Vision. It was unique in a lot of ways because the cigar was the first CAO Cigar to be made in the Dominican Republic (La Aurora) and it was a cigar that featured a unique space-age type box that illuminated. Fast forward to […]
For Prime Time Jukebox Episode 21, we go through Aretha Franklin’s landmark album “Lady Soul” for the fourth installment of our Album Archaeology series. Much like an archaeologist digs and hunts for gems, on Album Archaeology we dig into the “Lady Soul” album. We go deep into each of the tracks of this album looking […]
Over the past ten years, I have covered the cigar industry, I have seen various cigar companies launch ambassador programs. Ambassador programs target consumers who can act as influencers for a brand or product. Ambassadors are typically not paid, but given incentives through other mechanisms. Quite frankly, when it comes to the cigar industry, most […]
On this very special episode of Prime Time, we are honored to have the one and only Jeremiah Meerapfel on as our special guest. Jeremiah will be burning the midnight oil live from Brussels, Belgium. The Meerapfels are one of the most famous tobacco families in the world. We will hear from Jeremiah about his […]
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 […]
Viaje has just rolled out its latest iteration of the Viaje Exclusivo brand, the Viaje Exclusivo Leaded Maduro. For many years, Viaje Exclusivo was the private blend of Viaje Cigars owner Andre Farkas. The blend itself is all Nicaraguan tobacco. In 2015, due to the popularity of the Exclusivo brand Farkas made it an ongoing […]
Starting today, Will Cooper will be doing a string of seven podcasts in six days in a host or guest capacity. Here is the schedule: October 22: Prime Time Episode 161: Robert Holt, Southern Draw Cigars (Host) October 23: Smoke Night Live: Cigar Stock Market (Guest) October 24: KMA Talk Radio Episode 396: Ernesto Perez […]
