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Premium Cigar Association (PCA) executive director Scott Pearce on trade show, FDA, industry rifts

January 31, 2020

We were joined by phone by Scott Pearce, executive director of the Premium Cigar Association. He and senior editor Nick Jiménez discussed the PCA’s history, ...

0042 – Robert Holt of Southern Draw Cigars on running a family business, working with AJ Fernandez

July 19, 2018

Robert Holt came into the cigar business after careers in the military and telecommunications. Now, he’s at the helm of Southern Draw, whose cigars are ...

0041 – Davidoff Viaje al Origen cigar blends, Brett Kavanaugh to SCOTUS, fun with leaf blowers

July 12, 2018

We got cigars in the mail from Davidoff … ad we blended them ourselves! Join us as we smoke through some of the cigars we ...

0040 – Rick Rodriguez of CAO Cigars on blending, talking tobacco, and learning from Benji Menéndez

July 11, 2018

Rick Rodriguez dropped by Cigar Snob HQ for an interview. Rick is the blender and ambassador at CAO Cigars, the General Cigar brand known for ...

0038 – Larry Sharpe, Libertarian candidate for governor of New York, on cigars, vape products, and government intervention

July 3, 2018

These days, it seems like there’s no aspect of our lives that is outside the reach of divisive politics. Cigars are no exception, with government ...

0023 – Camacho Blackout, Kombucha, our favorite lighters, cigar trades on Reddit

April 11, 2018

The team reaches into the Cigar Snob Vault to smoke Camacho Blackout Limited Edition 2013. We also talk about lighters, Reddit cigar trades, and a ...

0021 – Smoking La Gloria Cubana and talking FDA, NCAA basketball, Captain Andrew Luck

March 28, 2018

The team (Erik Calviño, Ivan Ocampo, Nicolás Jiménez) smokes La Gloria Cubana Artesanos de Obelisco cigars while talking March Madness basketball, FDA regulation, Rocky Patel’s ...

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