Flores y Rodriguez Habano – on display at the PDR Cigars booth at the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show At the 2012 IPCPR, PDR Cigars showcased their new blends at their booth. The new releases from PDR Cigars had been announced before the show, and some had been rolled out to retailers. At the show, I […]
Feature Story: Oliveros/Boutique Blends at the 2012 IPCPR
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At the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show in Orlando, Florida, Oliveros Cigars hosted a media session for several members of the online media. The session covered two main areas:1) An understanding of some of the company’s restructuring, line consolidations and repackaging; 2) A walk-thru of the new offerings (and existing offerings for those not familiar with […]
Feature Story: Nat Sherman at IPCPR 2012
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Michael Herklots in action at the Nat Sherman booth at the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show. Over the past 15 months, an evolution has surfaced at Nat Sherman Cigars. In particular this was evident at the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show. I managed to get some time with Michael Herklots at the Nat Sherman booth. My time […]
Feature Story: Illusione at IPCPR 2012
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Illusione Ultra OP No. 9 One of the big questions I got from many folks from the IPCPR Trade Show was: “what was new from Illusione?”. Illusione brand founder, Dion Giolito made a decision to not unveil anything new at the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show. Giolito chose to focus on his recently released brands, the […]
Feature Story: Jonathan Drew Explains Achieving Consistency in the Cigar Production Process
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Earlier this month, we officially launched the Cigar Coop Video Channel on You Tube. The intent of this video channel is to supplement the content on this web-site. From time to time, we will include some of the content on this web-site that we feel is relevant to the mission of this web-site. The following […]
Feature Story: Jonathan Drew Discusses Tobacco Countries
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Earlier this month, we officially launched the Cigar Coop Video Channel on You Tube. The intent of this video channel is to supplement the content on this web-site. From time to time, we will include some of the content on this web-site that we feel is relevant to the mission of this web-site. The following video was filmed in […]
Feature Story: How Long Should Tobacco Be Aged?
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Earlier this month, we officially launched the Cigar Coop Video Channel on You Tube. The intent of this video channel is to supplement the content on this web-site. From time to time, we will include some of the content on this web-site that we feel is relevant to the mission of this web-site. The following […]
Feature Story: The Origins of Criollo Seed Tobacco
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Earlier this month, we officially launched the Cigar Coop Video Channel on You Tube. The intent of this video channel is to supplement the content on this web-site. From time to time, we will include some of the content on this web-site that we feel is relevant to the mission of this web-site. The following […]
Feature Story: Tampa Bay Rays are dishonoring Tampa History by modifying Tampa Bay Smokers Jersey
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If you have listened to Cigar Dave the past couple of weeks, you have heard the story about the Tampa Bay Rays wearing a throwback jersey on their July 2nd game against the St. Louis Cardinals. The jersey they selected was from an old Class B team that played in Tampa called the Tampa Bay […]
Feature Story: 262 Cigars
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Clint Aaron, President of 262 Cigars contacted a bunch of cigar reviewers/web-sites to give some updates into what is happening with his company for late this year, early next year. I was honored when he pinged me to give some insights and has given the green light to share some information with others. First up, […]