Opinions here are of Cigar Coop and Cigar Coop alone I debated for about 12 hours whether to post an opinion on what I saw on The Stogie Review’s 20:15 Interview with Tatuaje’s Pete Johnson. After thinking about it, I felt another point of view needed to be documented here. First up, I am a […]
Opinion Page: Pushing Back on Smoking Areas from the Cigar Enthusiast Point of View
William Cooper Uncategorized No Comments Opinion, Pleasure Police
Recently, I attended one of those “timeshare” tours where I was given a very hard push of a sales pitch to invest in a timeshare vacation property. The end result was that someone was looking at trying to pry $35,000.00 of my hard earned money for the right to enjoy a vacation at one of […]
Opinion Page: Cigar Aficionado’s #2 – #5 Cigars
William Cooper Uncategorized No Comments 2010 Cigar of the Year, Cigar Aficionado, Opinion
Yesterday, I was actually pleased with the way Cigar Aficionado started their Top 10 list with the selections that were made. Today, for the most part (with the exception of one surprise), I feel Cigar Aficionado regressed to the same old stuff. If you remember, there have been three primary reasons that I am critical […]
Opinion Page: Cigar Aficionado’s #6 – #10 Cigars
William Cooper Uncategorized No Comments 2010 Cigar of the Year, Ashton, Cigar Aficionado, E.P. Carrillo, EPC, Illusione, La Flor Dominicana, LFD, Opinion
I’ve been pretty critical of Cigar Aficionado’s Top 25 list of Cigars over the past few years. While many of us might gripe about this list, this is still the barometer for what our industry looks at. When your cigar makes this list, you have arrived. When you are a retailer and you have a […]