The past four years, La Tradicion Cubana Cigars has always been in the same area as our friends La Caridad de Cobre and Jameson Cigars. We really didn’t know too much about them or if they were willing to talk to us so we always went on our way after talking to La Caridad de […]
IPCPR 2011 – Gran Habano
We get a few minutes with George Rico of Gran Habano to talk about the new things he’s working on. Gran Habano had one of the more interesting booths at the show worth a working ice cream truck. Apparently they had some issues getting a permit to have the truck there and then the fire […]
IPCPR 2011 – Drew Estate
The winner for most informative and passionate video from IPCPR goes to…Jonathan Drew of Drew Estate. I wasn’t with Brian Hewitt when this was recorded so my first time seeing it was when I started editing and encoding it. Wow! Probably one of the best interviews we’ve ever done here on Stogie Review. Jonathan’s knowledge […]
IPCPR 2011 – Urbano Cigars
What is the point of covering the show if we were only to cover the “big” boys? The best part of the show is finding those newcomers to the industry who a tucked and hidden behind every corner. Fortunately for us we discovered Ira Lockhart and Matt Urbano of Urbano Cigars I know Urbano Cigars […]
IPCPR 2011 – Reinado
Brian Hewitt fails when it comes to memorizing the Stogie Review Cigar Index and prior IPCPR coverage. LOL. While we didn’t get around to actually talking to Antonio Liam last year at IPCPR, we did do a quick booth tour and I did a review of his Reinado line in October of last year. Although […]
IPCPR 2011 – Miami Cigar Co
Lots of promising new things coming from Miami Cigar Company in 2011. Not only did we get Nestor Miranda (with better audio than a couple years ago) but we also go to spend a few minutes with Arielle Ditkowich. Arielle talks about the new extensions to her La Sirena brand while Nestor tells us about […]
IPCPR 2011 – Perdomo Cigars
And the winner for shortest interview at this year’s IPCPR goes to…I kid I kid. I actually thought it was shorter than it turned out to be (thats what she said). First time (I hope not the last) that we have been able to talk to Nick Perdomo. He was awesome enough to actually have […]
IPCPR 2011 – Room101 Cigars
We needed to rebound with Matt Booth after last year’s less than entertaining interview at IPCPR. Matt Booth gives us an introduction to new sizes in last year’s LTD series, along with his new Room101 Cigars LTD Namakubi Limited Edition release for this year. He also shows us his new Connecticut wrapped cigar that has […]
IPCPR 2011 – Ernesto Perez Carrillo
Its hard to think of someone in the cigar industry who is more generous with their time and is able to connect with you on a personal level than Ernesto Perez Carrillo. Ernesto is one of my favorite people to interview whether thats at IPCPR, Texas Cigar Festival or even a local event in Maryland. […]
IPCPR 2011 – El Primer Mundo
Most of the time we get things right the first time. Unfortunately the first time we recorded this interview with Sean Williams it was the first time I used my new setup of the DSLR rig to do a proper interview and I botched the soundtrack. Luckily Sean was kind enough to look past our […]