I smoked a couple Espinosa cigars over the last few days, just because I, for some reason, don’t find myself smoking a great many cigars from the Espinosa line. I do enjoy many cigars made at La Zona, as I told Jack Toraño one evening when I was hanging out with him at the hotel lounge, one of my favorite La Zona cigars is the La Sirena.… Continue reading
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TPE2022: The Brands of Sutliff Tobacco Distributing, Patina, Emperors Cut, Etc.
No video this time, I should have done some videos in the Suliff booth, but it was the first day when I visited, and it was very busy. On Wednesday, the first day if the show, my plane landed around 11:30 and I got an Uber right to the show, I think I was on the floor by 12:45. I actually wasn’t really planning to get to the show at all on Wednesday, but things worked out better than I expected.… Continue reading
TPE2022: Epic Cigars and Nat Cicco Cigars
Here’s another little video from last week’s Tobacco Plus Expo. I hadn’t seen Dean Parsons for a while, since he sold his company to Nat Cicco and went to work for them. I also had never smoked a Nat Cicco cigar until just tonight. I selected the Liga No. 4 in the Aniversario 1965 line.… Continue reading
TPE2022 Thoughts and a Few Minutes with Micky Pegg of All Saints Cigars
As I’m getting ready to fly home I’m reflecting on the last few days at the TPE show. This was my first major event in two years, mostly pandemic related, but there were also some personal concerns. At the risk of appearing less than humble, I had forgotten how many people I knew in the cigar industry. It was great reconnecting with so many old friends, and making a bunch of new ones!… Continue reading
TPE2022: Bocock Brothers Cigars
I’ve been hearing a lot about Bocock Brothers Cigars lately, and between my buddy Kaplowitz raving about them (and I mean “raving” in a rood way, not in the “raving lunatic” sense, which comes to mind when his name is mentioned. I kid, sorta). I had also received an email from Doug Bocock inviting me to meet up prior to the TPE, so I kept an eye on their busy corner of one of the pavilion spaces and caught an opening yesterday.… Continue reading
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