We mixed it up this year at the Drew Estate booth and talked to both Jonathan Drew and Dr. Alejandro Martínez Cuenca at the same time using their built-in media stage. Jonathan Drew got us started by talking about the importance of the relationship between Drew Estate and Joya De Nicaragua. From there Dr. Cuenca […]
IPCPR 2015: Cigar In The Bottle
This year at the IPCPR 2015 trade show we saw a familiar face, one we haven’t seen in years- “Forbidden” Johnny Soyak. He’s back at it with the Cigar In The Bottle, but this time around, it’s a bottle of cognac (brand undisclosed at this time), and the cigar inside is the Vartan Zoravar, which […]
IPCPR 2015: Espinosa
Brian Hewitt of Stogie Review talks to Anthony Jimenez, Creative Director of Espinosa Premium Cigars at the IPCPR 2015 trade show. The new box-pressed Laranja Caixa, the return of the Murcielago, repackaging of the Espinosa Habano, the Espinosa Especial the Protocol cigar line and more are discussed.
IPCPR 2015 – 25 Minutes With Pete Johnson
In keeping with tradition, we present you with IPCPR 2015 edition of 25 minutes with Pete Johnson. In this interview we touch on a variety of topics, as Pete is a man of many and varied interests. We start with cigars, touching on new sizes of Verocu, L’Atelier Extension de la Racine ER15, La Mission […]
IPCPR 2015: Crowned Heads
Jon Huber of Crowned Heads graciously stepped aside for a few minutes on the busy first day of the trade show to talk to us about they brought to IPCPR this year. In this video we cover La Imperiosa, Jericho Hill Jack Brown, the next Mason Dixon Project.
IPCPR 2015: 262 Cigars
To get Stogie Review’s video coverage of the IPCPR 2015 trade show, we begin with Clint Aaron of 262 cigars. And not just because 262 appears at the top of the list when you sort alphabetically. It’s because he’s still out there trying to convert the world to lanceros, and he’s so chipper about it. […]
Herfin Heads – Davidoff Escurio
In this joint video cigar review adventure, Ben Lee and Brian Hewitt take a look at the new Davioff Escurio Petit Robusto. It’s the shortest of three sizes in the new Escurio line, and continuing in the Davidoff Nicaragua vein, it’s a departure from the traditional Davidoff with which most cigar smokers are familiar. It’s […]
Southern Draw Kudzu Gordo
Southern Draw Cigars was founded by Robert Holt in 2014 and is based off the traditions of the Southern Gentleman which they define as “a “culture of honor”, that is, a culture where people avoid intentionally offending others and maintain a reputation for not accepting improper conduct by others.” They have 3 lines of cigars […]
Brian’s The Week In Smoke, Issue 90
It’s once time again for another issue of Brian’s The Week In Smoke. In case this is your first Week in Smoke, be advised that it covers many (though not necessarily all) of the cigars I’ve smoked in the past week (or the past month, or however long it has been since the last issue), […]
El Mas Chingon by Room 101
A couple of weeks ago I published a review of the Inferno 3rd Degree, a cigar produced by Oliva for Famous Smoke Shop. Despite the cigars not being quite what I was expecting, I enjoyed the samples. Actually, I enjoyed them enough to put in an order for the original Inferno for comparison. During that […]