I remember a few years ago Clint Aaron of 262 Cigars didn’t have a booth and we interviewed him in between two other booths. Now look at Clint…all grown up with a big boy booth these days. We caught Clint during a brief lul at his booth where he gives us the run down on […]
17 Minutes with Alec Bradley (IPCPR 2012)
This video is roughly twice as long as most of our other IPCPR videos. We have to make up for lost time as things didn’t work out last year and this year we get two Rubins. For those who may not have known, the name Alec Bradley comes from Alan Rubin’s two sons, Alec and […]
Jesus Fuego of J. Fuego Cigars (IPCPR 2012)
Both Brian and I are big fans of Jesus Fuego and his various cigars. As a result, we always enjoy talking shop with Jesus and look forward to his new cigars. This year we learned that the show was special for him because his father (grower of Brazilian tobaccos used in J. Fuego product) as […]
Foundry by General Cigar (IPCPR 2012)
I’m not sure what to exactly make of Foundry. The premise of it is pretty creative and the cigar looks very good. I’m just not sure how I feel about the gear ring thing and the half cellophane sleeve. The aesthetics are unique, interesting, crazy and odd all at the same time. Wasn’t there a […]
Willy Herrera – Herrera Esteli (IPCPR 2012)
During the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show, in Orlando, I was walking through the Drew Estate booth when suddenly a meat hook grabbed hold of my shoulder. I turned to see Willy Herrera towing over me with a smile on his face. It has been so long since I’ve last spoken with Willy that I completely […]
La Flor Dominicana (IPCPR 2012)
Litto Gomez of La Flor Dominicana joins us again for another year. Litto spends a few minutes with Brian talking about a few new things that LFD is bringing to the market starting with he Oro which comes in three sizes including Litto’s famous chisel format. All three sizes come in golden tubos and features […]
AJ Fernandez Cigars (IPCPR 2012)
The success of Stogie Review is never our’s alone. We have lots of help. For the second year in a row, we had a lot of help getting time with AJ Fernandez. Lots of people played a role in making it happen and bringing all of us together to talk about AJ’s newest releases like […]
RoMa Craft Tobac (IPCPR 2012)
Making their IPCPR debut is RoMa Craft Tobac. We kept trying to get the RoMa boys early and often with very little success. I can’t even count how many times we said “lets roll pass Skip’s, he can’t be busy” just to find out he was indeed busy. I think the closes we got was […]
La Palina (IPCPR 2012)
For me Bill Paley is a local guy. I remember seeing him sitting in cigar shops in the area before he had his own cigar line in La Palina. I always thought Bill looked a bit intimidating but he is in fact one of the nicest most approachable guys in the industry who has always […]
Johnny Soyak of Cigar in a Bottle
During the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show in Orlando, we bumped into Johnny Soyak, of Cigar in a Bottle, at the AJ Fernandez booth. Brian and I have been keeping an eye out for him since we first met him in Las Vegas, back in 2007. Johnny makes a unique product and houses a cigar inside […]