Seven consecutive years and another Cigar Coop Countdown is in the annals of history. The Countdown Concept began on Cigar Coop back in 2010, our first year in operation. Once the Countdown is over, there always is a sense of relief given the amount of time it takes to pull it off. At the same time, […]
The Cigar of the Year Countdown is a quantitative analysis of the best cigars of 2016. Other than the fact the cigar must be a box worthy cigar to qualify for the list, when it comes to price that is not factored into the Countdown. In this exercise, I take a look at the list […]
Our 2016 Year in Review coverage continues with a look at how the various cigar brands did on Cigar Coop for 2016. This is a statistical analysis based on the average numerical score of all cigars assessed on Cigar Coop. It is not meant to be necessarily an award, but a look at how scoring went, and […]
On Friday January 20, Cigar Coop named the late Carlos Fuente Sr its 2016 Cigar Industry Person of the Year Award recipient. The Person of the Year Award is awarded to a person(s) in the cigar industry that has made a significant impact over the course of a year or from a lifetime achievement perspective. This year, we […]
The Cigar Coop Person of the Year Award is awarded to a person(s) in the cigar industry that has made a significant impact. This could be over the course of a year or from a lifetime achievement perspective. For 2016, we give the award posthumously to Carlos Fuente, Sr. Fuente, Sr passed away on August 5, 2016 at the […]
Performance Rankings are our simple method statistical analysis of the numerical scores for all cigars assessed on Cigar Coop during the previous cigar year. We have expanded this to four categories including: Brand, Country of Origin, Single Shop Exclusives, and Vitolas. Today we take a look at the vitolas. For 2016, a total of 243 (down from […]
The 2016 Cigar of the Year Countdown is now in annals of history. The Crux du Connoisseur No. 2 was named the #1 cigar with the JRE Tobacco’s Aladino Elegante the #2 cigar. What do these cigars have in common? They are lanceros. While on many online media sites, it isn’t a surprise to give […]
The 2016 Cigar Coop Factory of the Year Award for a Small / Single Operation goes to La Zona. Cigar Coop looks at consistency, quality, and innovation coming out of a factory when selecting this award. Because factories are not “one size fits all”, we split this into two categories – one for smaller operations and […]
For 2016, we introduce a new category into the Performance Ratings – Single Shop Exclusive Cigars. This is exactly what it means – namely an exclusive cigar (either a whole line or a single vitola) has been provided to a single retailer (the retailer can have multiple locations). The Performance Rankings were introduced in 2012 […]
The Performance Rankings were introduced in 2012 as a statistical analysis based on the average numerical score of all cigars assessed on Cigar Coop. Originally this was done by brand, but last year was expanded to include Country of Origin and Vitola Today we slice this data by Country of Origin. This is not meant to be necessarily […]
