This week as we head into this year’s IPCPR Trade Show, we have Skip Martin and Mike Rosales of RoMa Craft Tobac as our special guests for Episode 13. We will catch up with Skip and Mike and what’s happening at RoMa Craft and we will get into some hard-hitting industry talk Prime Time style. In […]
Mel Shah of Bombay Tobak joins us as special guest. We catch up with Mel of all of the happenings with MBombay. We also celebrate five consecutive years of daily publishing on Cigar Coop with the Top Five Cigar News Stories over the past five years. For reference on the segment we did on the Top Five News Stories, see […]
The boys of Cubariqueño Cigar Company are heading to “Prime Time”! For Episode 12, we welcome Juan Cancel and Bill Ives, co-founders of Cubariqueño Cigar Company – the makers of Protocol Cigars. We will talk about how these two passionate cigar enthusiasts turned brand owners are doing in their third year in business. In our […]
For Special Edition #5, we dedicate this episode to cigar rights, and we have Cigar Rights of America (CRA) Executive Director J. Glynn Loope as our Special Guest. We will go in depth with Glynn and discuss the industry’s battle against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and gain a better understanding for the […]
For Episode 11 of the Prime Time Show, we welcome Claudio Sgroi, President and Master Blender of Mombacho Cigars. We learn a little more about Claudio, the brands of Mombacho, and the unique Casa Favilli factory. In our Debonaire Ideal segment, we talk about “Celebrating the Birth of a Child” and in our Deliberation Segment […]
On June 16, 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump announced he is rolling back several of former President Barack Obama’s directives on Cuba. There were no changes to the current policy that allows bringing Cuban cigars and rum into the United States, however the new Trump directive cracks down on travel and conducting business in Cuba […]
NOTE: Due to a connectivity issue, we were unable to get our originally scheduled guest, Bryan Mussard of Cattle Baron Cigars on this episode. We apologize for this, and we have rescheduled Bryan for Episode 16 on August 3rd. Thank you for your patience. This week we discuss a variety of industry topics including Ventura’s Acquisition of the Cuba Cigar Factory Company, Royal […]
On Special Edition #3, Gabriel Alvarez the Director of Sales for Casa Cuevas Cigars joins us. We learn the story behind Casa Cuevas Cigars and why after many years of making cigars for others, they decided to launch their own brand now. Plus we tackle the subject of “Hype” around a cigar release. Cigar Coop […]
This week we welcome our special guest Riste Ristevski , the founder of Jas Sum Kral (JSK) Cigars, one of the hottest boutiques out there. Riste takes us through his journey of how he has been able to build his brand in the looming shadow of FDA regulation. In our Debonaire Ideal segment, we talk Arnold Schwarzenegger […]
For Episode 8 of the Prime Time Show. we welcome our special guest, James Brown – the man behind Black Label Trading Company, Black Works Studio, and the Fabrica Oveja Negra factory. We will catch up on what’s been happening with James and his various projects. In our Debonaire Ideal segment, we will talk “Off-Road Excursions”. Finally, […]
