Last night was pretty busy night from my perspective as I attended a terrific Oliveros event at Outland Cigars in Charlotte, NC. However, I really wanted to make a point to catch the webcast of the La Gloria Cubana Serie N virtual smoke featuring Team La Gloria Cubana (Michael Giannini, director of marketing; Rick Rodriguez, […]
Virtual Event: La Gloria Cubana Serie N Day is TONIGHT
William Cooper Uncategorized No Comments Events, General, La Gloria Cubana
If you have been following my ramblings, you know that 2010 was La Gloria Cubana’s year – they were the only brand to have three cigars in my Top 20 for Cigar of the Year. Much of what I liked was the innovation that was demonstrated by “Team La Gloria Cubana” (Team La Gloria members […]
Paper Bands for Macanudo Vintage 1997 Maduro
William Cooper Uncategorized No Comments General, Macanudo
The Paper Band of the Macanudo Vintage 1997 Maduro One of the most exciting things to come out of General Cigars in 2010 was the release of its Macanudo Vintage 1997 Maduro. It was exciting for two reasons: 1) It continued to show that Macanudo is serious about trying to penetrate into the medium to […]
Cigar Review: Macanudo Vintage 1997 Maduro
William Cooper Reviews, Uncategorized No Comments General, Macanudo, Nice to Have, Review
The Macanudo brand has been well-known among cigar enthusiasts and cigar novices for some time. Macanudo’s reputation has basically been built on cigars known to be on the milder side. About two years ago, Macanudo sought to change that image by introducing the full-bodied Macanudo 1968. – a very good cigar. This year, Macanudo […]
Cigar Review: La Gloria Cubana Artesanos de Obelisco
William Cooper Reviews, Uncategorized No Comments General, La Gloria Cubana, Nice to Have, Review
If you have read Cigar Coop on a regular basis, you probably know that I feel General Cigars had a heck of a year – particularly the La Gloria Cubana brand. In fact, on my Top 30 list, La Gloria Cubana placed 3 of the Top 16 cigars. Thus far I have covered reviews on […]
Best New Vitola for Existing Brand: Oliveros King Havano Black Knight Mace
William Cooper Uncategorized No Comments 2010 Cigar of the Year, Cain, CAO, General, La Gloria Cubana, Nub, Oliva, Oliveros
Best Vitola: Oliveros King Havano Black Knight Mace One thing that I done differently from Cigar Aficionado in ranking cigars for the year is to distinguish ranking the blend from the vitola (size/shape). For my Top 30 list, every cigar represented a new blend (while Cigar Aficionado includes new vitolas in their countdown). However, there were […]
2010 Cigar of the Year Countdown: #4: La Gloria Cubana Artesanos de Tabaqueros
William Cooper Cigar of the Year, Uncategorized No Comments 2010 Cigar of the Year, General, La Gloria Cubana
#4 La Gloria Cubana Artesanos de Tabaqueros And now….the Final Four….. “30 Cigars in 31 Days” is down to the remaining four cigars that comprise the Top 30 Cigars for 2010. It is time for the 27th installment to this list Team La Gloria Cubana strikes again – coming in at #4 is the La […]
2010 Cigar of the Year Countdown: #10: La Gloria Cubana Serie N
William Cooper Cigar of the Year, Uncategorized No Comments 2010 Cigar of the Year, General, La Gloria Cubana
#10 La Gloria Cubana Serie N The time has come in “30 Cigars in 31 Days” – a.k.a, my review of the Top 30 Cigars of 2010 for the Top 10. So far, there have been 20 outstanding sticks, but now we hit the cream of the crop. At #10 is another creation from […]
More CAO (and other) News….
William Cooper Uncategorized No Comments CAO, General
Jon Huber (L) at a CAO Event in Wilmington NC There had been a lot of rumors running rampant for the past couple of weeks. Today a twitter post confirmed – CAO’s Director of Lifestyle Marketing – Jon Huber is leaving CAO Cigars. The twitter post was: caocigars will be saying ‘adios’ L8r but please […]
2010 Cigar of the Year Countdown: #16: La Gloria Cubana Artesanos de Obelisco
William Cooper Cigar of the Year, Uncategorized No Comments 2010 Cigar of the Year, General, La Gloria Cubana
#16: La Gloria Cubana Artesanos de Obelisco Today we approach the half-way point of “30 Cigars in 31 Days” – my review of the Top 30 Cigars for 2010. Following today, we enter the Top 15 for sticks of the year. Slotting in at #16 that has one of the most unique vitolas around – […]