Well I don’t know how well you will like this but this is my diary thing like Walt did except I forgot to break mine up into Day 1 and Day 2 posts. Yea, noobs. Just some of my thoughts put on the flipcam before, during and after CigarExpo (Cigarnivale) 2011. Enjoy. AUDIO –> Right […]
IPCPR 2011 – TGT Impressions
Man, shooting and editing in HD takes a lot longer than it use. This was supposed to be published this morning but I had to figure out a way to get the video to a manageable size and not its 160GB behemoth that it started out as. Anyway, about 11 minutes of be babbling about […]
IPCPR 2011 – Why Didn’t You Interview…?
This year’s coverage of IPCPR was by far our best and most in depth work. We set all kinds of records here at Stogie Review in unique visitors, page views, time on site and all those other analytic measures, some of those values actually doubling and tripling. Thats nice and all but its never been […]
IPCPR 2011 – La Palina
I run into Bill Paley a lot as he’s a local to the DC/MD/VA area. I remember meeting him for the first time at Bethesda Tobacco (now W.Curtis Draper Bethesda) as he was working on blends and artwork for last year’s release of the Family Series. We didn’t get time to talk to Bill at […]
IPCPR 2011 – Prometheus
Last day of videos as we wind down our coverage of the 2011 IPCPR we spend time with Keith Parks of Prometheus. Prometheus is a long time supporter and advertiser here on Stogie Review. God of Fire cigars, Fuente Aged Selection, lighters, humidors and all kinds of shiny new accessories from Prometheus. Personally, the triangle […]
IPCPR 2011 – American Kick Ass Cigars
I first recall seeing American Kick Ass Cigars (AKA Cigars) at the Texas Cigar Festival in Houston TX back in April. I’l be honest, I didn’t think to try and talk to Jay then. Since then I’ve had little birds chirping in my ear about AKA Cigars so I was happy to see that they […]
IPCPR 2011 – Martin Family of Cigars
One of the newcomers to the industry is Martin Family of Cigars. What a great story of a family with a long history of being in the business. A daughter, who worked in the industry and with her dying father in mind, decides to bring back and modernize her father’s blends. Its such a great […]
IPCPR 2011 – Pinar Del Rio Cigars (PDR)
As Brian Hewitt says, “And we are moving…” onto Abe Flores of Pinar Del Rio Cigars or PDR. Lots of interesting new stuff from Abe. I’ll admit its tough for me to find Abe’s stuff locally so I’m not as familiar with his lines as Walt is. New things from the show are a PDR […]
IPCPR 2011 – EO Brands
Some developing themes I’m seeing at this year’s IPCPR. The 6×60 size continues with the smaller corona and petite corona starting to catch on. Lots of use of Mexican San Andres maduro wrapper and lots of Connecticut Shade wrappers. I say this now as a preview to EO Brands. EO Brands went with a new […]
IPCPR 2011 – Berger & Argenti
Another first time interview here at Stogie Review during IPCPR. Berger & Argenti made some waves the past couple years with their release of the Entubar, Quad Maduro and Mooch lines. Al Argenti spends a few minutes with Brian Hewitt and tells us what they are releasing this year like the Connecticut River Valley (CRV) […]