On the sixth installment of Fred Rewey‘s The Final Puff series, Fred sits down with the father-son team of Henke and Klaas Kelner. The Kelners built an incredible tobacco operation in the Dominican Republic and in this interview, they discuss the past, present, and future. This interview was literally recorded in one of the Kelner’s […]
On the fifth installment of Fred Rewey‘s “The Final Puff series, Fred sits down with Abe Flores of PDR Cigars. Abe runs the PDR Cigars Factory and has his own brand, PDR Cigars. Abe brings a very transparent view to his journey in the cigar industry. Fred says this is one of the longest interviews […]
On the fourth installment of Fred Rewey‘s “The Final Puff series, Fred sits down with Nirka Reyes of De Los Reyes Cigars. The Reyes family has been in the tobacco business for over 150 years and six generations. Today their operation is one of the most respected in the business, and Nirka leads that operation. […]
On the third installment of Fred Rewey‘s “The Final Puff series, Fred sits down with Litto Gomez and his son Tony. Much like Episode 2 where it was a rare occasion to see Manolo and Raquel Quesada on camera for a single interview, this is one of the few times where Litto and Tony are […]
Today, the second installment of Fred Rewey‘s “The Final Puff series was released. In this episode Fred sits down with Manuel “Manolo” Quesada and his daughter Raquel. I’m not sure how many video interviews there have been with Manolo and Raquel together on camera. If this isn’t the only one, it certainly is one of […]
A few months ago, I talked with Fred Rewey (now with Illusione Cigars) about a project he was working on in the Dominican Republic. This involved a series of in-depth interviews with many high-profile Dominican cigar makers. What was intriguing about the project was the fact these were face-to-face interviews being done with high-quality audio/visual […]
