Tonight on Episode 105 Rafael Nodal makes his Prime Time debut! As many know Rafael wears two hats in the cigar industry – co-founder of Boutique Blends Cigars and now as Tabacalera USA’s (including Altadis U.S.A.’s) Director of Product Capability. We’ll take a look at this unique dual-role and how this came about. Plus […]
Tonight the Mt. Rushmore segment comes to Prime Time Special Edition! Bear and Coop will select Drew Esttate cigars that should have their rightful place on Mt. Rushmore. It’s also time for another Aging Experiment, an exercise where Bear and Coop pick up three cigars and smoke one now, smoke one in six […]
Tonight on Episode 104, we are honored to have the one and only Alan Rubin of Alec Bradley Cigars as our special guest. We’ll chronicle Alan’s journey in the cigar business, bringing his sons in to work with him, and his recent acquisition of the Lars Tetens Brands. Plus in our Alec Bradley Live […]
As Robert Holt mentioned on Prime Time Special Edition #57, he is making a special SWAG pack for those who watch the replay of the episode. To enter simply leave a comment ON THIS PAGE with your favorite Southern Draw Cigar being released in 2019. Contest closes end of day on August 10th. Comments will […]
The past 18 months have seen Joya de Nicaragua Cigars on a roll. Tonight, we have the Executive President of Joya de Nicaragua Juan Martinez to talk about the happenings at Joya – including the big 50th anniversary year and the company’s plans for 2019. In our Alec Bradley Live True segment, we discuss […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, we got an opportunity to cover the unveiling of Southern Draw Cigars’ new Rose of Sharon Desert Rose. Now we have one of the main principals behind Southern Draw, Robert Holt, to talk about the project. Desert Rose was one of many new releases by Southern Draw unveiled […]
For Episode 102, we bring to you another Prime Time Industry Panel discussion! This time we welcome Miguel Schoedel of Crowned Heads Cigars and Jack Toraño of Espinosa Cigars. Jack and Miguel have a long history together, and we’ll explore the ties that bind, plus tap into them on a wealth of industry hot topics. […]
Bear and Coop are back from covering IPCPR 2019 and tonight on Special Edition #56, we give your our annual Post Game Show. Bead and Coop will cover all the booths they visited at IPCPR and provide commentary on what they saw. Plus weigh in on all of the happenings that surrounded this year’s […]
It’s episode 101 and Prime Time is back from the IPCPR. This week we welcome the Cigar Hustler himself, Mike Szczepankiewicz. Mike wears many hats – retailer, brand owner, distributor, and podcaster. Tonight we’ll learn more about Mike – and of course, we will tackle the 800 pound gorilla in the room, the change […]
Put your seat belts on. Once again we are joined by Hector Alfonso of Espinosa Cigars, Skip Martin of RoMa Craft Tobac, and Steve Saka of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust – just in time for a panel discussion as a part of our IPCPR Pre-Game Series. We’ll discuss the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show with our guest and […]
