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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
CAO Cigars (IPCPR 2012)
New and exciting things from our friends at CAO Cigars bro. The OSA line has been expanded to include two new sizes, Lot 46 and Lot T bro. Both of the new sizes are box pressed bro. Also being released this year is the new CAO Concert bro. I love that CAO learned a bit […]
Kurt Van Keppel of Xikar (IPCPR 2012)
During the 2012 IPCPR Convention in Orlando, Brian and I had the pleasure of sitting down with Kurt Van Keppel of Xikar. Kurt took us through all of the new additions to the Xikar product catalog and stressed that all new items were ready to ship right now. This was very refreshing considering many products […]
Arielle Ditkowich of La Sirena Cigars (IPCPR 2012)
During the second day of the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show, in Orlando, Brian and I had the pleasure of speaking with Arielle Ditkowich, Brand Manager of La Sirena Cigars. Arielle gave us the rundown of the new Merlion as well as shared with us a potential line extension in what may be called the Sea […]
Viaje Cigars (IPCPR 2012)
At the 2009 IPCPR show we had finished wrapping up interviewing Matt Booth when Matt told us about a friend of his, Andre Farkas. Matt made the introductions, we did our thing with Andre and the rest is history. It is pretty fascinating to see Viaje Cigars go from this little known company, tucked away […]
Primer Mundo (IPCPR 2012)
Sean Williams of Primer Mundo is our dude. He is one of the cats that we know we can depend on every year to always take the time and make sure we have the access to him that we need. New this year, Sean shows off Clase Reserva and La Hermandad lines.
Jameson Cigar Co. (IPCPR 2012)
Brad Mayo of Jameson Cigar Co. is more than just another pretty face in the crowd. Every year he is very generous with his time when we twist his arm to be on camera. Last year Brad introduced us to the extremely boxed pressed Santos de Miami (that douche Brian Hewitt beat me to reviewing […]