Episode 148 is our Summer of 2020 Virtual Trade Show!
The concept of a Virtual Trade Show is not one that came up as a result of COVID-19. We also are not claiming to be the first to do this in the cigar industry.
The last two years, we have done a pre-game for the IPCPR/PCA Trade Show called the “Big Board Show” where we talked through all of the releases that had been announced leading up to the trade show. Following the 2019 Trade Show, we had planned for 2020 to make a change to the format. Instead of our team going through the list of cigars being showcased at the Trade Show, we thought we would make it more interesting by bringing a representative from each brand on the show to discuss their releases. The show was planned for this past June, but with COVID-19 slowing down the product announcements, we have pushed this back into July.
If you are expecting a vHerf, this will not be the show for you. Each company representative will be given an exclusive window to talk about this releases.
You can learn more about the Virtual Trade Show here.
In addition to our guests, Aaron and Coop run down the Summer of ’20 “Big Board” of releases.
Appearing
| Company | Representative |
| Black Label Trading Company | James Brown |
| Crowned Heads | Miguel Schoedel |
| Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust | Steve Saka |
| Alec Bradley | Bradley Rubin |
| E.P. Carrillo | Dave Sprit |
| Perdomo | Arthur Kemper |
| Cubariqueno | Juan Cancel & Kevin Keithan |
| AJ Fernandez | Don Williams |
| Espinosa | Hector Alfonso |
| Drew Estate | Joe Gro |
| JRE | Justo Eiroa |
| CLE/Asylum | Tom Lazuka |
| Crux | Casey Haugen |
| Epic | Dean Parsoms |
| Fratello | Omar de Frias |
| Macanudo | Laurel Tilley |
| Gran Habano | George Rico |
| Gurkha | Juan Lopez |
| Micallef | Andy Yafee |
| Mombacho | Claudio Sgroi |
| Padilla | Scott Lewis |
| Powstanie | Cigar Hustler Mike |
| Stallone | Todd Vance |
| Toscano | Michael Capellini |
References
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