This weekend, Fuente & Meerapfel Present Meet the Professor will be celebrating its one-year show. As a part of the celebration, the podcast is attempting to break the unofficial record for the longest single live cigar-centric broadcast. To this author’s knowledge, it’s the first time the cigar industry/cigar media is attempting to do a 24-hour […]
Feature Story: The Great Smoke Digital Experience Brings Historical Broadcast to Cigar Enthusiasts
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As many know, I am not a fan of event recaps and I’m not going to deliver one here. This past weekend, the mold for virtual events was broken as Abe Dababneh and Smoke Inn delivered what was dubbed “The Great Smoke 2021 – The Digital Experience.” It made history for cigar media and set […]
Year in Review: 2020 Cigar Industry Airport Photographer of the Year (and 2019 Too)
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Before you say this is a joke, it’s not. But we’ve also been told at times we need to lighten up at Cigar Coop – and this is going to be one of those times. Many of the personalities in the cigar industry spend many days a year on the road, and that involves air-travel. […]
2020 Year in Review: Value Rankings for the Cigar of the Year Countdown
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Over the years, we have published a value component for our Top 30 Cigars of the year. The question is meant to answer one simple question, what cigar delivers the most bang for the buck for how it landed on the Cigar Coop Countdown. This year, we have revamped how this is calculated and present […]
Prime Time Awards 2020: Person of the Year – Michael Herklots
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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 2020 Person of the Year. This award looks at the individual who for better or worse had the most significant contributions to the cigar […]
Prime Time Awards 2020: Small/Medium Company of the Year – Oveja Negra Brands
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The Prime Time Awards are voted on by three members of the Prime Time Podcasts. The awards look at the impact on the cigar industry. Today, we unveil our choice for the 2020 Small/Medium Company of the Year. This award factors in things such as innovation, continued quality, and impact to the industry. Oveja Negra […]
Prime Time Awards 2020: Large Factory of the Year – Fábrica de Tabacos Joya de Nicaragua, S.A.
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The Prime Time Awards are voted on by three members of the Prime Time Podcasts. The awards look at the impact on the cigar industry. Today, we unveil our choice for 2020 Large Factory of the Year. This award factors things such as innovation, continued quality, and impact to the industry. Fábrica de Tabacos Joya […]
Prime Time Awards 2020: Small/Medium Factory of the Year – Fabrica Oveja Negra
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The Prime Time Awards are voted on by three members of the Prime Time Podcasts. The awards look at the impact on the cigar industry. Today, we unveil our choice for 2020 Small/Medium Factory of the Year. This award factors things such as innovation, continued quality, and impact to the industry. Back to Back. Fabrica […]
2020 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 the cigars were assessed. Today we slice this data by cigar company, a category we have ranked since 2012. This […]
2020 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 […]