For Episode 23 of the Prime Time Show, and tonight we welcome the one and only Jack Toraño of General Cigar Company. We will get an update on the happenings of the Toraño brand and at General Cigar Company. It’s the night after Jack’s beloved Cubs clinched their division title and we will talk a little Chicago sports with […]
Prime Time Show Episode 22: Ryan Frailing, Island Lifestyle Importers
For Episode 22 of the Prime Time Show, we welcome Ryan Frailing of Island Lifestyle Importers. Ryan will be live in the Serino Cigar Company Studio in North Carolina! Island Lifestyle Importers has a cigar brand, and they also are the makers of Tommy Bahama branded accessories. We will dive a little deeper into the Tommy Bahama brand […]
Cigar Coop Prime Time Special Edition #12: The HK Era at Davidoff
For Special Edition #12, we look back at the Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard era at Davidoff. Hoejsgaard recently departed Davidoff after seven years as its CEO, but not without making an impact and making history. We also pay homage to the late Frank Vincent and discuss Bear’s recent visit to Houston following last month’s Hurricane. The following are two previous interviews […]
Prime Time Show Episode 21: Nate McIntyre Miami Cigar and Company
[themify_box ] Programming Note As many know we had Willy Herrera, Master Blender of Drew Estate scheduled. While we did have the show confirmed earlier in the day, the after-effects of the recent hurricane in Miami caused Willy to have to cancel last-minute. We understand the challenges this storm has had, and we will work to […]
Prime Time Show Episode 20: Tom Lazuka, Asylum Cigars
Asylum Cigars has been a juggernaut over the past five years in the cigar industry. Tonight, on Episode 20 of the Prime Time Show, we have the co-founder and co-owner of Asylum Cigars, the one and only Tom Lazuka. We discuss the rise of Asylum Cigars and talk about the latest happenings with the brand. […]
Cigar Coop Prime Time Special Edition #11: The Quesada Show
For Special Edition #11, this is truly worthy of the name “Special Edition”. We have the whole Prime Time team on hand for this one, and Coop was on-site at The Cigar Shop in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. This was an all-Quesada episode as welcomed Terence Reilly of Quesada Cigars and Mark Boley of The Cigar Shop. We talk about The Cigar Shop’s new […]
Prime Time Show Episode 19: Charlie Minato, Halfwheel
Halfwheel.com is an industry leader when it comes to cigar media, and on Prime Time Episode 19 we welcome one of the co-founders Charlie Minato to the show. We will discuss how Halfwheel rose to become one of the top cigar media sites of all time. In our Debonaire Ideal segment, we will talk some post-Mayweather-McGregor fight talk. Finally, in our Deliberation […]
Cigar Coop Prime Time Special Edition #10: Movin On
For Special Edition #10, we discuss people switched jobs in the cigar industry We discuss where the move has been more successful than others and what the impact has been. We also smoke Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust’s Todos Las Dias and go deep on it. As an added twist, we also will take one of those cigars and place it in our humidors […]
Prime Time Show Episode 18: Robert Holt, Southern Draw Cigars
2017 has been a breakout year for Southern Draw Cigars, and for Prime Time Episode 18 we have Southern Draw’s Chief Evangelist and owner, Robert Holt. We will find out what has been the key to Southern Draw making the strides they have as a company over the past year. In our Debonaire Ideal segment, […]
Prime Time Show Episode 17: Kevin Schweitzer, Rock-A-Feller Cigars
For Episode 17 of the Prime Time Show, we welcome Kevin Schweitzer of Rock-A-Feller Cigars. We will talk about Kevin’s journey from Wall Street to cigar brand owner. In our Debonaire Ideal segment, we do something called “Debonaire Deliberation”. In our regular Deliberation segment, we talk about boutiques organizing and what do they need to do to succeed in such […]