Category: Interviews

Emmitt Smith on cigars, family, giving back, championships and life after football

August 1, 2018

Emmitt Smith’s résumé is impressive. NFL Hall of Fame, three Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys (1993, 1994, 1996), NFL record for most all-time rushing ...

Burn by Rocky Patel

Ep. 0001: Hamlet Paredes on success in Cuban cigars and starting over in the land of the free

November 30, 2017

In this first episode of the Cigar Snob podcast, we head to Naples, Florida for an interview with Hamlet Paredes, the blender behind Rocky Patel ...

Azarías Mustafa

An interview with the owners of Córdoba & Morales Cigars

May 19, 2016

You’d be hard pressed to find nicer people in the cigar industry than Emille and Azarías Mustafa, the husband-and-wife team behind Córdoba & Morales Cigars. Earlier ...

Aging Room Cigars

Video: Rafael Nodal on why cigars make travel, relationships, and politics better

December 7, 2015

Rafael Nodal, the guy behind brands like Aging Room and Swag, dropped by our office recently. He gave us his thoughts on why cigars make ...

El Centurion

Jaime García on El Centurion H-2K-CT

September 25, 2015

We called My Father’s El Centurion H-2K-CT the best new release of the 2015 IPCPR trade show in New Orleans. We spoke with Jaime García ...

Contests

What would you ask Jorge Padrón? You could win a Padrón Dámaso.

August 24, 2015

Later this week, we’ll be sitting down for a chat with Jorge Padrón of Padrón Cigars. We thought it would be fun to bring you ...

EPC Cigar Co.

Ernesto Pérez-Carrillo – EPC Cigar Co.

July 30, 2015

EPC Cigar Co Everything changed thanks to some drums, an audition flop, and a close encounter with an armed burglar. Ernesto Pérez-Carrillo started playing the ...