If one wanted to predict what cigars will end up on the leading cigar industry end of the year lists, one may want to look at what companies have provided press releases to the media. On the two lists considered to be the most influential: 25 of the 25 entries of the 2018 Halfwheel Consensus […]
The 2018 Cigar of the Year list season has come to a close. Tonight, on Prime Time we bring together an industry panel to discuss the good, bad, and the ugly of this list. Join our special guest panelists Skip Martin of RoMa Craft Tobac, Hector Alfonso Sr. of Espinosa Cigars, and John McTavish of […]
The Cigar of the Year Countdown is a quantitative analysis of the best cigars of 2018. Other than the fact the cigar must be a box-worthy cigar to qualify for the list, price is not factored into the Countdown. In this exercise, I take a look at the list from a value standpoint and see […]
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 2018 Person of the Year. This award looks at the individual who for better or worse had the most significant impact on the cigar […]
The 2018 Cigar of the Year list season has come to a close. Tonight, on Prime Time we bring together an industry panel to discuss the good, bad, and the ugly of this list. Join our special guest panelists Skip Martin of RoMa Craft Tobac, Hector Alfonso Sr. of Espinosa Cigars, and John McTavish of […]
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 2018 Small Company of the Year. This award factors things such as innovation, ability to continue to deliver quality product, and impact […]
Special Edition has its first show of 2019. Tonight we look back at the big news stories that hit the cigar industry in 2018. Plus, late last year, America’s Oldest Veteran and cigar enthusiast Richard Overton passed away. We reflect on his life and talk about some of the other people surrounding the industry who […]
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 2018 Large Factory of the Year. This award factors in things such as innovation, continued quality, and impact to the industry. Fábrica […]
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 2018 Small Factory of the Year. This award factors things such as innovation, continued quality, and impact to the industry, Tabacalera La […]
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 […]
