Tonight, the Cigar Coop Coalition Team gathers together for a Post-Game Show on the 2023 PCA Trade Show. We will talk about what we saw, what we liked, what we didn’t like – and we will take you behind the scenes on the happenings and drama associated with a PCA Trade Show. Plus, we have […]
Tonight, we continue Aging Experiment #5 as we discuss and smoke the Padrón Family Reserve No 46 Maduro. With the “Aging Experiment” Series, Bear and Coop smoke a cigar, smoke another cigar six months later, and a third cigar one year later. The idea is to see how the cigar responds to aging over some […]
Prime Time Special Edition is back, and tonight, we are honored to welcome back the one and only Rafael Nodal. He is the Director of Product Capability for Tabacalera USA and the co-founder of Aging Room Cigars. Bear and Coop will smoke the new Aging Room Nicaragua Quattro Sonata – the sequel to the highly […]
La Zona Palooza 2023 is coming up the first weekend in November, and tonight we will preview the upcoming event with Hector Alfonso and Jack Toraño of Espinosa Cigars. In addition, we will catch up on the happenings of Espinosa. Plus, we have our Vintage Rock-A-Feller Cigar Group U.S. History segment, Tabacalera USA Great Things […]
On Special Edition #147, we welcome back Joshua Habursky, Deputy Executive Director, and Glynn Loope, State Advocacy Director of the Premium Cigar Association (PCA). While the cigar industry had a big win in the courts, there are plenty of battles still being fought, and we will get the latest from Josh and Glynn on this. […]
Tonight, we journey back to Mount Rushmore. Tonight we take at the La Flor Dominicana version of Mount Rushmore. Very simply, Bear and Coop will pick four cigars from La Flor Dominicana that they feel belong on Mount Rushmore. We will also take a look at unorthodox, unusual packaging. Plus we have our U.S. History […]
Tonight we celebrate our six year anniversary of Special Edition. We are pleased to welcome Hendrik Kelner Jr of the Kelner Boutique Family. Hendrik comes from one of the most renowned tobacco families out there, and for the past several yeas has struck out on his own with his own factory. We will dive into […]
Tonight we turn our attention to Sophomore Releases. These are the second releases from either a company, a brand, or a line. We look at some of the better known Sophomore releases and determine if they were a success or a failure. Finally, we have our United Cigars Presidents, Tabacalera USA Great Things are Happening, […]
Baseball’s back and so is the Prime Time team ready to cover it. Tonight, we bring back our guest cigar industry panel of Hector Alfonso of Espinosa Cigars, Miguel Schoedel of Crowned Heads, The Smoking Syndicate’s Ben Lee, and Rob Rasmussen of Cigar Dojo as we preview the 2023 Major League Baseball Season. We will […]
On August 15 2010, Will Cooper went to his first IPCPR Trade Show as a buyer. After an adventure getting an Iced Coffee in the heat of New Orleans, he decided to chronicle his tales of his visit to the Trade Show and Cigar Coop was born. Along the way, he met some interesting […]
