For 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 True segment, […]
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 traveling […]
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 at […]
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 you our annual Post Game Show. Bead and Coop will cover all the booths they visited at IPCPR and provide commentary on what they saw. It’s the most in-depth recap you will get on all of the action […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Bear Duplisea catches up with Francisco Batista, the Master Blender from Royal Agio Cigars. Royal Agio is a company that has been making some noise in the U.S., and we’ll learn from Francisco what he is doing to develop the products out of Royal Agio.
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 from […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Bear Duplisea catches up with the one and only Ernesto Perez-Carrillo of E.P. Carrillo. In this interview, Ernesto discusses his accolades from 2018, and what the company launched at the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show. Photo/Video Credits: Cigar Coop/#ElOsoFumarTakes
We made it! This is Episode 100 of the Prime Time Show and the timing couldn’t be any better as the IPCPR Trade Show opens a week later. Tonight Aaron and Coop go through “The Big Board.” This is a comprehensive review of all of the companies and all the releases. If you are going […]
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 […]
