Just after the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show, we caught up with Christian Eiroa of CLE Cigar Company, who joined us as a special guest for Episode 150 of Stogie Geeks. This year Eiroa just celebrated his 20th anniversary in the cigar business. In this in-depth cigar conversation, we take a look at Eiroa’s history in the cigar business and touch on plenty of interesting topics:
- Eiroa’s beginnings with Camacho Cigars
- Discussion Authentic Corojo Seed, Candela, and Pre-Embargo Cuban Tobacco
- The unique 11/18 and 7/05 Sizes introduced at Camacho
- The sale of Camacho to Davidoff
- The formation of CLE Cigar Company
- Expansion, and subsequent consolidation of the CLE brands
- Discussion of the current brands, including Asylum, Edgar Hoill, and the new Julio Eiroa brands
- Discussion on the EIROA and CLE Signature Cigars
- Discussion on the large ring gauge cigars of Asylum
- Implementation of the Bayer Better Manufacturing Practices.
- Discussion on some of the new releases unveiled at the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show
