Places & People StogieFest 2018 March 23-25, 2018 Published April 9 Another year gone, and another STOGIEFEST! This has been a very hard article for me to pen in 2018. For the past 2 years, I had attended the festival with my…
Places & People A Look Back at the IPCPR 2017 July 20th, 2017 The 2017 International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Convention has come and gone. While it took place in Las Vegas like last year, there were significant differences – and these…
Places & People The 10 Most Compelling People from Day 3 of the IPCPR 2017 July 13th, 2017 Before we get into the Top 10, there is one person who stands above all the rest - Victoria McKee Jaworski from General Cigar. You know that person who makes you feel like a close…
Places & People Novel Pairings from the IPCPR 2017, Day 2 July 12th, 2017 1. El Chapo and Sausage. Jeremy Jack Cigars went out on a limb with some unique looks. Their El Chapo is in a three-count box, and is on the lam. The Salchichas, or ‘sausages’, is a…
Places & People The Top 10 Things We Learned on Day 1 at the IPCPR 2017 July 11th, 2017 1. The former mayor of NYC, Rudy Giuliani, is a bad-ass. In light of the recent FDA regulations, his keynote speech was exactly what the cigar industry needed to hear from a…
Places & People Cigar Magic March 23rd, 2017 It's been my experience that cigar people are some of the nicest I've ever met, and that ‘cigar magic’ happens whenever they come together to enjoy ‘the leaf’ with one another. A…
Places & People The Old Havana Cigar Bar in Trinidad and Tobago October 13th, 2016 About two months ago, I was trying to organize a cigar get-together for a bunch of my fellow cigar loving friends, or what we call hanging out – a lime. I called a friend with…
Places & People A Woman’s Perspective on the World of Cigars October 6th, 2016 I began smoking cigars almost three years ago. I'm sure the way in which I got started isn't uncommon. I was driving home, and wanted to relax after a particularly long and…
Places & People 2016 IPCPR Wrap-Up The 2016 IPCPR in Las Vegas was probably the most spectacular yet. Vendors and retailers were literally everywhere. It was a great thing that we decided to cover all four days, or we would have…
