While at C.L.E. Cigar Company World Headquarters in Miami for our Prime Time goes Daytime broadcast, we ran into Asylum Cigars co-owner Tom Lazuka. We caught up with Tom on the latest happenings at Asylum Cigars as well as his beloved Michigan Sports. This episode ran live just following our regular Prime Time Special Edition #29 broadcast. Don’t […]
For Special Edition #29, Prime Time went Day Time as we broadcasted a special episode live from C.L.E. Cigar Company World Headquarters in Miami Florida with our special guest Christian Eiroa. We recap Christian’s journey from the time his family took over Camacho, to when he decided to start all over again with C.L.E. Cigar […]
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 Coop give their selections and discuss the impacts their moves have had. Plus, we have another Aging Experiment project – where we smoke a cigar now, […]
For Episode 49 we celebrate the one-year anniversary show of the Prime Time Show. This show was broadcast live from Davidoff of Geneva since 1911 Tampa and as we welcomed Scott Kolesaire of AVO Cigars as our special guest! While we will celebrated our anniversary, we also highlighted 30 Years of AVO! The Cigar Coop brand has […]
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 […]
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 dive into his background in this area on our Debonaire Ideal. Finally, on our Deliberation […]
On Episode 47 of the Prime Time Show, we welcome Master Sensei aka Eric Guttormson of Cigar Dojo. Master Sensei has created a powerful media medium and community for cigar enthusiasts, and tonight we will learn a little more how that all came to be. In our Debonaire Ideal segment, we will talk some NHL […]
Special Edition is a brand that gives us the opportunity to deviate from the usual formula of industry talk. On this show, it’s bery different from what you have seen on Special Edition as we devote a full episode to previewing the 2018 Major League Baseball season. The genesis of this is while we talk […]
On Episode 46 of the Prime Time Show, we welcome Steven Bailey, owner of Cornelius & Anthony Cigars. While Cornelius & Anthony is a newer brand from a premium cigar standpoint, Steven’s family has a long history in the tobacco business – and we will get some insights that and what led Steven to pursue going into the […]
