Each week, I have the opportunity to produce the news segment for KMA Talk Radio. On the Cigar Coop “blog,” we post replays of the shows the week following the date the show is aired. On February 5, 2022, KMA Talk Radio hosted a media panel to recap 2021 in the cigar industry. Catch the […]
Prime Time Awards 2021: Person of the Year – Pete Johnson
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The Prime Time Awards are voted on by members of the Cigar Coop team. The awards look at the impact on the cigar industry. Today, we unveil our choice for 2021 Person of the Year. This award looks at the individual who for better or worse had the most significant contributions to the cigar industry during the year. […]
Prime Time Awards 2021: Large Company of the Year – Rocky Patel Premium Cigars
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The Prime Time Awards are voted on by members of the Cigar Coop team. The awards look at the impact on the cigar industry. Today, we unveil our choice for the 2021 Large Company of the Year. This award factors in things such as innovation, continued quality, and impact to the industry. Rocky Patel […]
Prime Time Awards 2021: Large Factory of the Year – Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia
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The Prime Time Awards are voted on by members of the Cigar Coop team. The awards look at the impact on the cigar industry. Today, we unveil our choice for 2021 Large Factory of the Year. This award factors in things such as innovation, continued quality, and impact on the industry. “We will never […]
Prime Time Awards 2021: Small/Medium Factory of the Year – Tabacalera Pichardo
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The Prime Time Awards are voted on by members of the Cigar Coop team. The awards look at the impact on the cigar industry. Today, we unveil our choice for 2021 Small/Medium Factory of the Year. This award factors things such as innovation, continued quality, and impact to the industry. Tabacalera Pichardo, the factory […]
Announcement: Prime Time Awards for 2021
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For the eighth consecutive year, the annual Prime Time Awards will be given out on Cigar Coop. The awards were launched in 2014, and in 2017 the awards began to be voted on by three hosts on the Prime Time Network of shows. This year, Ben Lee and Erron Nielsen were added to the voting […]
2021 Year in Review: Company Performance Rankings
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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 well companies scored overall for the year. Today we slice this data by cigar company, a category we have […]
2021 Year in Review: Factory Performance Rankings
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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 Factory – a category introduced for 2017. This is […]
2021 Year in Review: Vitola Performance Rankings
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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 Vitola – a new category introduced for 2015. This is […]
2021 Year in Review: Country of Origin Performance Rankings
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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 Country of Origin – a category introduced for 2015. This […]