Miscellaneous

Last night’s humidor auction at the XXII Festival del Habano set multiple records for the Habanos S.A., the Cuban cigar conglomerate. In total, six lots…

While I did wake up early to get some work done before my second full day in Cuba officially started, it would end up being…

After going to bed a bit earlier than normal when I am in Cuba—if 1 a.m. could ever be called “early”—I woke up four hours…

When registration for Procigar 2020 opened late last year there was a very obvious change. Normally, Procigar features the optional first two days in Casa…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

This marked the first time that I had been to the Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) since 2015; after covering it that year as well as…

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…