Festival del Habano XXII: Day 0
They say that if you do something enough, eventually you get used to it, but whoever said that had obviously never had to deal with…
Procigar 2020: Day 4
The one Procigar tour that everyone wishes they take is the journey to Caribe, they just don’t know it yet. As I’ve said multiple times…
Procigar 2020: Day 3
Wednesday of Procigar 2020 takes me to Tabacalera La Alianza S.A., the home of Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr.’s E.P. Carrillo and the various clients for whom…
Procigar 2020: Day 2
While Tuesday of Procigar started a bit later than it typically starts, my morning began far earlier than I’d like. After some brief work, I packed…
Procigar 2020: Day 0 + 1
Greetings from Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic. We are right in the middle of cigar festival season, Nicaragua’s was last month, Cuba’s festival is next…
Puro Sabor 2020: Day 5
Or better yet “Day 5.” This post is two things. First, it’s the final part of our daily coverage of Puro Sabor 2020, the Nicaraguan…
Puro Sabor 2020: Day 4
I’m not exactly sure what it was, but I woke up Friday morning thinking that this week has gone way too fast. Not in the…
Puro Sabor 2020: Day 3
So far, my visits to factories in Estelí have all been return visits: J.C. Newman PENSA, which I visited on Wednesday, as well as My…
Puro Sabor 2020: Day 2
We were supposed to be on the buses at 7:50 a.m., leaving Managua for Estelí at 8 a.m. And sure enough, at 8 a.m. or…
Puro Sabor 2020: Days 0 + 1
Puro Sabor is back, and boy am I happy about it. After an unfortunate political situation that made things unsafe to bring in a significant…
A Night at Tei-an with Davidoff
And now for something completely different. If the halfwheel staff was asked to rank its collective favorite restaurant, my money would be on Tei-an. And if I…
