Back in New Orleans, Brian and I bumped into Colin Ganley. Colin writes for the European Cigar Cult Journal (ECCJ) and was kind enough to invite us to the annual awards ceremony. After being given our invitations, Colin removed a cigar from his pocket and asked us to break the story. We immediately posted pictures […]
Glen Case of Exclusive Cigars
Last year at the 2008 IPCPR Convention in Las Vegas, we had a chance to speak with Glen Case of Exclusive Cigars. Glen went over his line for us, which was most notable for the Kristoff offerings, and we very friendly and spent a fair amount of time with us. This year we met up […]
Benny Gomez of Casa Gomez Cigars
As we were wandering around the convention center floor at IPCPR 2009, we bumped into Benny Gomez of Casa Gomez Cigars. After talking with him for a couple of minutes we asked if he would be willing to record a quick video and he was eager to get started. The Casa Gomez line is crafted […]
Julia Lukash of We The People
After talking with Willy Herrera from El Titan de Bronze, we were introduced to Julia Lukash. Julia is the General Manager for a brand called “We The People” which is a cigar that is made for Bidwell Cigar by El Titan de Bronze. Julia briefly goes over the offerings of “We The People” and mentioned […]
Willy Herrera of El Titan de Bronze
Last year at the 2008 IPCPR Convention in Las Vegas, I had a chance to meet Willy Herrera of El Titan de Bronze for the first time. We talked for some time about his new El Titan de Bronze Redemption that debuted at the show. At that time Brian and I tried to get Willy […]
Alan Rubin shows off new products for IPCPR 2009
One of the larger booths at the IPCPR 2009 trade show was occupied by Alec Bradley Cigars. On our way through the booth for the very first time, we had a chance to talk with Alan Rubin for a few minutes and schedule some video time for later in the show. The following day we […]
Peek at the Canimao Display at IPCPR 2009
In this video clip, I panned around the Canimao displays with the camera to take in the booth. I was hoping to get to talk to Mel on camera about his products but was unable to when a customer approached and began talking to him about the line.
Joe Gannascoli Talks Cugine at the 2009 IPCPR Convention
Last year at the 2008 IPCPR Convention in Las Vegas, we brought you a video with Gene Arganese and Joe Gannascoli on the Cugine. At that point in time the cigar was slated to be a mild bodied cigar with solid flavor. Over the past years, things changed and the Cugine was reborn in the […]
Cigar Family New Product Tour at IPCPR 2009 Convention
During IPCPR 2009, Brian and I took a walk through the Cigar Family booth after receiving a tweet during the show. We met up with Drew Newman and were giving a quick tour of the new offerings from JC Newman and Company. In addition to several new cigars, we were also shown a cool Christmas […]
Jose Blanco Time
Jose Blanco, from La Aurora, sits down with Walt and talks about new offerings from La Aurora, Tasting Events, Factory Tours, Pro Cigar Festival and more.