On Episode 53, we complete the three city Florida Tour as Prime Time returns to Corona Cigar in Orlando, Florida. We will have Jeff Borysiewicz, owner of Corona Cigar and the Florida Sun Grown Tobacco Farm. This week his farm is hosting the big Drew Estate Barn Smoker. We will get insights from Jeff on […]
On Special Edition #30, Casey Haugen returns to Prime Time and this time we bring him over to the Special Edition side of the house. We will catch up on the happenings of Crux Cigars. Bear and Coop will then discuss today’s court ruling that went against the cigar industry in regards to warning labels […]
On Episode 52, we welcome Juan Lopez, National Sales Manager of Gurkha Cigars. We will get to know Juan better and dive into the world of Gurkha Cigars. In our Debonaire Ideal, we will talk about cigar lighters and in our Deliberation Segment, we will discuss the latest controversy that has surfaced regarding warning labels. […]
On Episode 51, we welcome the one and only Steve Saka of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust to Prime Time! We will chronicle Steve’s journey from JR Cigar through Drew Estate and of course, what he has been doing at Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust. In our Debonaire Ideal, we will talk “Epic Road Trips” and in […]
For Special Edition #29, Prime Time goes Daytime as we broadcast a special episode live from Miami Florida with our special guest Christian Eiroa. This episode airs Friday April 27th at 2pm Eastern. We will recap Christian’s journey from the time his family took over Camacho, to when he decided to start all over again […]
Prime Time turns 50 tonight – and we will have Dean Parsons of Epic Cigars making his Prime Time debut on this episode. We will learn about the story behind Epic Cigars as well as look at some of the cigars Dean is producing. With Prime Time one year old and turning 50, we will […]
On Special Edition #28, we look at cigar industry faux pas – those miscalculated moves that seem to be repeated by the cigar industry over and over again. Bear and I will give our selections and discuss the impacts their moves have had. Plus, we have another Aging Experiment project – where we smoke […]
Tonight we celebrate the one-year anniversary show of the Prime Time Show. This show will be broadcast live from Davidoff of Geneva since 1911 Tampa and we will welcome Scott Kolesaire of AVO Cigars as our special guest! While we will celebrate our anniversary, we will also highlight 30 Years of AVO! The Cigar Coop […]
On Special Edition #27, we return to some hard-core industry talk as we welcome Todd Naifeh of ZT Cigars as our special guest. We will learn about Todd’s retail operation out of Oklahoma City, but we will also get some insights into his role on the current IPCPR board of directors. The U.S. Food and Drug […]
Tonight on Episode 48 of the Prime Time Show, we welcome Tony Bellatto He is the man behind La Barba Cigars and one of the principals involved with the Lost & Found project. Tony’s also a wine sommelier, and we will be covering wine in both our Debonaire Ideal and Deliberation segments. All of this […]
