This last week I took a trip to Sweden that was not related to the cigar industry. It was at a time where many of the U.S. cigar industry higher-ups are in Europe. Typically the industry spends time in Europe in September because of the Inter-Tabac show held in Dortmund, Germany. Inter-Tabac is a tobacco […]
It’s no secret that when it comes to media relations, I believe (as a whole) the cigar industry falls way short in terms of being effective at it. I’ve said it once, and I’ve said it many times – each and every cigar company should be utilizing press releases as a tool to get the […]
Today Cigar Coop has turned eight years old. Every year this milestone comes around I’m drawn back to the genesis of Cigar Coop. The first article on Cigar Coop wasn’t about cigars, it was about iced coffee of all things. Back in 2010, I had gone to the IPCPR Trade Show in New Orleans to […]
Folks are more than aware of a controversy where a Cigar Aficionado article brought forward from comments submitted by Altria in regards to the Advanced Notice of Public Rulemaking (ANPRM) for premium cigars. The comments are controversial because Nat Sherman is an operating company within the giant tobacco conglomerate of Altria who has taken a […]
Who is Rick Ross? I still have no clue. I’ve been told he is a legend in Hip Hop, but I never heard of the guy. Why I am asking this question – he showed up at the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show. It was actually a fun topic to engage with over the past two […]
Since we launched Prime Time and Prime Time Special Edition in 2017, I can honestly say one thing – cigar podcasting is fun again. Working with two top professionals like Aaron Loomis and Bear Duplisea durig this project has simply been amazing – and watching the shows develop has been a great thing. This past […]
This past month on Prime Time was one of the most exciting ones we have had – and we’ve had a lot of great ones. Very simply, the lineup was: Steve Saka, Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Juan Lopez, Gurkha Cigars Casey Haugen, Crux Cigar Company Jeff Borysiewicz, Florida Sun Grown Tobacco Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr, E.P. Carrillo […]
Starting with our review of the GTO Anesthésia Maduro, you may have noticed some changes to the review format on Cigar Coop. It’s going to be first in a series of structural changes being rolled out in the next few months to better enhance the reviews. Cigar Coop has always looked at reviews as of […]
If you have been watching our Prime Time Show, we have been focusing a lot on cigar reviews and cigar scoring. We’ve tried to point out some of the best practices as well as some of the pitfalls when it comes to reviewing a cigar. While reviewers may all have different methodologies, I believe there […]
It’s April 1st and for the past few years, it’s a day that I have dreaded in the cigar industry. It’s the time of April Fools’ press releases. On one hand, I get the creativity of the press releases. On the other hand, when I see cigar companies invest time and resources to creating an […]
