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President of Rocky Patel Premium Cigars: Rocky Patel The DBS, which stands for Double Broadleaf Selection, is an anomaly in the cigar market. It employs ...

Master Blender for Drew Estate Cigar Co.: Willy Herrera Undercrown is a monster brand. We wrote about it in our May/June 2021 issue where we wrote ...

Vice President of Crux Cigars: Casey Haugen Let’s jump into the rebrand conversation because while the cigars were good when you guys first launched, we ...

Global Brand Ambassador for Diesel: Justin Andrews You started your cigar industry career at a small, family owned, boutique cigar company called Lou Rodriguez Cigars ...

Master Blender of Mombacho Cigars: Claudio Sgroi You came into the cigar business from a very different angle than most other cigar makers. Could you ...

Owners of Artesano Del Tobacco: Gus and Billy Fakih You guys launched the Viva La Vida brand in May of 2019 but although the brand ...

The Oscar Maduro Owner of Oscar Valladares Tobacco Co. : Oscar Valladares You’ve accomplished a lot in what seems like a short period of time ...

Villiger Do Brasil Maduro President of Villiger Cigars North America: Rene Castañeda It’s well documented that Mr. Villiger loves Brazil and actually, for all of ...

Avo Classic Maduro Sr. Brand Manager Oettinger Davidoff AG: Eddy Guerra When Davidoff announced that the company was releasing the Avo Classic Maduro, I did ...

Sindicato Particulares President / CEO: Jim Colucci Where did Sindicato come from? I wasn’t at the meetings when they formed it, but a group of ...