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TPE 2020 Day 3: The Vape/Alternative Side Walk-Around and Contest Time!

I wanted to share with you the video walk through of the Vape/ alternative portion of the Tobacco Plus Expo.  I’ll be honest, the first few times I ventured onto the blue carpet, I freaked out a little and made a hasty retreat to the safety of the red area. I supposed it validated my old-fuddyduddyness a little. 

I’ve been threatening this for a while.  As you well know, I’ve become a huge fan of Danli Honduras Tobacco’s cigars.  It’s come to my attention that one of my local shops, Cigar Mojo in King of Prussia, PA, has started carrying the line. I have a feeling that Trae might have gotten the idea to bring them in from me, but I haven’t confirmed that. I need
everyone to call or e-mail Trae (610-564-2471 or@CIGAR-MOJO TRAE.COM) and order some Done Juan Calavera or Flor Maya cigars from him! You don’t even have to tell him I sent ya.  Anyway, to celebrate another place to buy these great cigars in the US, I’m going to give some of mine away.
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TPE 2020 Day 3: The Tobacco Side Walk-Around

On the last day of the Tobacco Plus Expo I took a few walks around the show floor. I don’t have any fancy stabilizing gimble gizmos or anything, so I was just holding my iPhone and walking though the show floor.  This video was in the hour before the show opened, so some booths were unmanned. It gives an idea of the layout and size of the booths. If you’ve seen pictures from the IPCPR shows, you’ll understand how scaled down this show was. I loved the intimacy and easeof getting around. Oddly, it wasn’t until I was shooting this on the third day that I actually found the General Cigar booth. I was a little surprised that they has such a small presence there, even smaller than Altadis, which had a small space as well. I doubled the speed, but I’ll put the raw video on my YouTube Channel for anyone interested in seeing the realtime video.… Continue reading »

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TPE 2020 Day 2: An Interview with David Garofalo

Day two of the Tobacco Plus Expo started out with me reaching out to Dave Garofalo of Two Guys Smoke Shop in New Hampshire, and The Cigar Authority Podcast, requesting a few minutes for an interview. Thanks to Mr. Jonathan for facilitating the connection in a hurry for me. Dave and I met in the Media Lounge during the hour before the show opens when they allow the media in early. This worked out well, we had a nice, quiet place to chat without too much noise or interruption. Dave is a wealth of information on all things cigar, retail, trade shows, among other things, and I thought it would be really unique to get his views on this show and share them with my readers. As I like to do, I though it might be a little different from what other media outlets present from the show. Check it out.… Continue reading »

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TPE 2020 Day 1: Martinez Cigars

I visited most of the booths at the show on the first day of the Tobacco Plus Expo, but one that caught my eye was the Martinez Cigars booth. Martinez is a little cigar factory in Manhattan, I’ve written about their cigars before and visited the factory and it’s a really neat place and they make some really good cigars. Forgive the fact that I cut my head off and tripped over my tongue and check out my interview with David and Jesus. … Continue reading »

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TPE 2020 Day 1: Southern Draw Cigars

As day one at the TPE comes to a close, I wanted to take a minute in the media lounge (thank you TPE) and post a video interview I did with Robert Holt of Southern Draw Cigars. Please note my glorious shirt made by my wife! Robert tells us about the Cedrus Lancero he launched at the show here and I smoked it and it was fantastic!… Continue reading »

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