It is hard for my mind not to associate Christian Eiroa with any other company other than Camacho. I guess I need to retrain my brain because Christian’s new company, CLE Cigar Company appears to have poised itself to be a staying power with his debut at IPCPR 2012. If your brain needs to be […]
Gurkha Cigars (IPCPR 2012)
Its been awhile since we caught up with Gurkha Cigars at IPCPR. Luckily our good friend Oliver Hyams is now the marketing guru (Oliver and I first met when he was with Toraño when Toraño was distributed by CAO) at Gurkha. Oliver is one of the friendliest faces you will meet and he is always […]
Drew Estate (IPCPR 2012)
The third and last video we shot at the Drew Estate booth at IPCPR. This one has Jonathan Drew taking the lead and showing us their entire line up of all things Drew Estate, including ACID. Great tour of everything Drew Estate has to offer the market today. Great quality information all presented in a […]
Ortsac (IPCPR 2012)
Victor Vitale makes his debut on Stogie Review at his Ortsac booth during IPCPR. Victor takes us through the Ortsac brand. I had a sample of the Ortsac San Andres that Victor was kind enough to send me a few months ago and it was dreamy. From some of the the other samples that Victor […]
Illusione (IPCPR 2012)
A man of few words. Dion Giolito of Illusione sits down and talks shop with Hewitt at IPCPR. Dion had an interesting booth where no cigars were displayed and he explains why. Did that stop retailers from lining up at his booth? Nope, not one bit. Interesting conversation and Dion didn’t shy away from answering […]
Team La Gloria (IPCPR 2012)
Coming off of their Top 25 showing in Cigar Aficionado it is interesting to see Team La Gloria would sit tight and enjoy the success of Rabito de Cochino or step it up a notch. This year Team La Gloria shows off their Trunk Show Series with two cigars, Liga YG-23 and Liga LR-1. The […]
Drew & Jose (IPCPR 2012)
The second of three videos we recorded at the Drew Estate booth during IPCPR. Sometimes there are no words to describe how awesome some footage is. Jonathan Drew and Jose Blanco nailed this. Very informative and probably the most entertaining video I’ve seen in awhile…I believe the little rap session that Jonathan and Jose perform […]
Drew and Willy (IPCPR 2012)
The first of three videos recorded at the Drew Estate booth during IPCPR. This video compliments the earlier one on one interview we did with Willy Herrera. So even if you watched that interview you will still want to check this video out as its entertaining, informative and just bad ass with Jonathan Drew leading […]
Cigars for Warriors (IPCPR 2012)
I was going through the footage we shot covering the Drew Estate booth at IPCPR and one of the parts of the booth tour featured Cigars for Warriors. I thought the Cigars for Warriors program deserved its own post instead of being mixed in with the other footage where it might get overshadowed. I think […]
SAG Imports (IPCPR 2012)
One of the most entertaining interviews I’ve done was with Terence Reilly a few months ago in March. We catchup with Terence and visit the SAG Imports booth, home to brands like Domus Magnus, Casa Magna and Quesada. Spend a few minutes and see all the exciting things coming from SAG Imports this year.