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Friday Aug 05, 2022
Friday Aug 05, 2022
To say the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show was a big one for Espinosa Cigars is an understatement. The company launched five limited edition cigars at the 2022 PCA, but there was so much more going on than just launching cigars. For starters, Espinosa brought celebrity restauranteur Guy Fieri to the Trade Show. Fieri was present on Day 2 of the Trade Show and everywhere he went, he drew a crowd. At the same time, Espinosa Cigars had a new cigar for Fieri it launched at the trade show. Secondly, Espinosa is celebrating not one, but two 10 year anniversaries: one for the company itself and one for its La Zona factory. Finally, if that wasn't enough, there were new installments to the ever-popular Las 6 Provincias and 601 La Bomba Warhead lines.
PCA 2022 Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-nlm
Friday Aug 05, 2022
Friday Aug 05, 2022
On Episode 237 of the Prime Time Show, we welcome back Claudio Sgroi!
Claudio is now heading up a new and unique venture known as CST Consulting. Tonight we will find out what this venture is all about, and find out what Claudio has been up to. Plus we will have our Alec Bradley Live True segment, Cattle Baron Steak Question of the night, Sopranos, and Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Deliberation segments.
Friday Aug 05, 2022
Friday Aug 05, 2022
On Episode 237 of the Prime Time Show, we welcome back Claudio Sgroi!
Claudio is now heading up a new and unique venture known as CST Consulting. Tonight we will find out what this venture is all about, and find out what Claudio has been up to. Plus we will have our Alec Bradley Live True segment, Cattle Baron Steak Question of the night, Sopranos, and Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Deliberation segments.
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
One of the more anticipated new companies that were exhibiting at the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show was West Tampa Tobacco Company. The company is a partnership between two former General Cigar Company employees, Rick Rodriguez and Gus Martinez. In particular, Rick is known for his decade as the blender and ambassador for CAO Cigars. This Spring, it was announced that Rodriguez was "retiring" from General Cigar, but it didn't take long for him to surface - this time with his own venture with West Tampa Tobacco Company. Family was a big theme for Rodriguez, as West Tampa Tobacco now allowed him to work with his daughter. While Rodriguez got accustomed to working with some for the biggest cigar factories in the world, he had an opportunity to work with the very small Garmendia Cigar Co. Factory. Rodriguez was intrigued with partnering with a factory that he could se grow and impact the families of the people who work there. From that factory come two blends - West Tampa Black and West Tampa White.
PCA 2022 Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-nkM
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
One of the more anticipated new companies that were exhibiting at the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show was West Tampa Tobacco Company. The company is a partnership between two former General Cigar Company employees, Rick Rodriguez and Gus Martinez. In particular, Rick is known for his decade as the blender and ambassador for CAO Cigars. This Spring, it was announced that Rodriguez was "retiring" from General Cigar, but it didn't take long for him to surface - this time with his own venture with West Tampa Tobacco Company. Family was a big theme for Rodriguez, as West Tampa Tobacco now allowed him to work with his daughter. While Rodriguez got accustomed to working with some for the biggest cigar factories in the world, he had an opportunity to work with the very small Garmendia Cigar Co. Factory. Rodriguez was intrigued with partnering with a factory that he could se grow and impact the families of the people who work there. From that factory come two blends - West Tampa Black and West Tampa White.
PCA 2022 Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-nkM
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
It’s an important year for Perdomo Cigars as the company is celebrating 30 years in business in 2022. While there is a project planned to commemorate that milestone, the focus at the 2022 PCA Trade Show was continuing to connect with its customers. As Nick Perdomo said in our interview, he was quite thrilled to connect with customers he had not seen in several years. Throughout the entire Trade Show, we noticed the Perdomo booth was bustling with activity. We also had an opportunity to present Perdomo Cigars the award for the 2021 Cigar Coop #3 Cigar of the Year for the Perdomo Firecracker.
PCA 2022 Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-nkI
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
It’s an important year for Perdomo Cigars as the company is celebrating 30 years in business in 2022. While there is a project planned to commemorate that milestone, the focus at the 2022 PCA Trade Show was continuing to connect with its customers. As Nick Perdomo said in our interview, he was quite thrilled to connect with customers he had not seen in several years. Throughout the entire Trade Show, we noticed the Perdomo booth was bustling with activity. We also had an opportunity to present Perdomo Cigars the award for the 2021 Cigar Coop #3 Cigar of the Year for the Perdomo Firecracker.
PCA 2022 Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-nkI
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
t was a big year for Global Premium Cigars and its flagship brand 1502 as both celebrate their 10-year anniversary. Owners Enrique Sanchez and his wife Soleana Venerio were both quite excited to celebrate and they have brought a new cigar to market with the 1502 Aniversario 10. While it pays homage to the roots of the 1502 brand, it also marks a change as for the first time Sanchez is working with AJ Fernandez to produce the cigar.
PCA 2022 Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-nk9
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
t was a big year for Global Premium Cigars and its flagship brand 1502 as both celebrate their 10-year anniversary. Owners Enrique Sanchez and his wife Soleana Venerio were both quite excited to celebrate and they have brought a new cigar to market with the 1502 Aniversario 10. While it pays homage to the roots of the 1502 brand, it also marks a change as for the first time Sanchez is working with AJ Fernandez to produce the cigar.
PCA 2022 Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-nk9
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
In 2022, La Flor Dominicana made a return to the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show after skipping the 2021 show. There was a lot of excitement around La Flor Dominicana's return and you can see it in the faces of owner Litto Gomez, his family, his staff, and his customers. This year was a lot about the next generation as Litto's sons, Antonio "Tony" Gomez and Litto Gomez Jr. would bring the La Flor Dominicana Andalusian Bull Golden Bull and La Flor Dominicana Solis projects respectively. We had a chance to have some significant time with Litto Gomez, and we could clearly see his pride in the work his sons brought to the table as well as his excitement of being back at the Trade Show.
PCA 2022 Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-njY