Tonight we continue our look at the people behind General Cigar Company as we welcome Steve Abbot, Senior Brand Manager. Steve has responsibilities for both the Macanudo and La Gloria Cubana brands and we will dive into each of these with Steve, plus get to know a little more about Steve and his role […]
Episode 15 is all about Ska, and we are joined by the one and only Eric Guttormson to pay homage to this unique genre of music. We will go through the history of Ska, and go through some of our favorite Ska artists. We even will make selections for a Ska Hall of Fame. In […]
Tonight tune in for 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 […]
Baseball’s back and so is the Prime Time Team ready to cover it. Tonight, we bring back our panel of Hector Alfonso of Espinosa Cigars and Miguel Schoedel of Crowned Heads as we preview the 2020 Major League Baseball Season. We will examine how the 2020 Major League Baseball season will be different. Will […]
For Episode 14, the ladies take center stage as we devote an episode to Women in Music. Dave and Coop will explore some of the female artists from both a foundational and contemporary standpoint. We’ll go through some of our favorite female artists and discuss some of our favorite tunes by them. For the cigars […]
On Episode 147, we continue to meet the people behind General Cigar Company, and tonight we’re honored to welcome Ed Lahmann, who manages the Honduran brands under General Cigar. Ed’s the Senior brand manager of two brands that are staples in the cigar world – Punch and Hoyo de Monterrey. We’ll discuss the history […]
For Prime Time Special Edition 79, Abe Flores of PDR Cigars makes his debut on Prime Time! Abe has built two big operations – his PDR Cigars factory and his PDR Cigars brand. Tonight we’ll talk to Abe about both of them and uncover his journey in the cigar industry. All of this on […]
For Episode 145, Rafael Nodal, Director of Product Capability for Tabacalera USA and owner of Boutique Blends Cigars is our featured guest. We will catch up with Rafael on all of the happenings with Tabacalera USA. Plus catch up on life after winning the #1 Cigar of the Year. We’ll discover how Rafael “lives true” […]
A couple of months ago, Dave ran a listener/viewer poll to see what artist/album should be selected for our second Album Archaeology show and the winner was Led Zeppelin’s Led Zeppelin II album. Much like an archaeologist digs and hunts for gems, on Album Archaeology we dig into the “Led Zeppelin II” album. We […]
For Episode 144, we are honored to welcome another legend to our show, Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr. This will be a fun episode as we catch up with Ernesto on the happenings at E.P. Carrillo, including the new Pledge cigar set to hit stores this summer. Plus we’ll talk plenty of blending and industry talk with […]
