Procigar 2018: Conclusion
Lots of rain, lots of people. Those were the themes of the 2018 Procigar Festival in the Dominican Republic. No one was happy about the…
Festival del Habano XX: Day 1
It turned out my first full day in Cuba was full of events, but first, a few notes on the reason I am in the…
Festival de Habano XX: Day 0
As I have for the past two years, I will be covering the Festival de Habano XX in Havana, Cuba over the next six days. My…
Procigar 2018: Day 6
After an exhausting day at the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation, I was hoping to spend more time at the hotel than I ultimately did, which…
Procigar 2018: Day 5
“We don’t post pictures from this, this is for us,” said Jamilet Calviño of Cigar Snob, shortly before our tour started. Us referring to her and…
Procigar 2018: Day 4
I was a lot less hungover than I should have been, but Thursday morning came far too quick for my body, which as you might…
Procigar 2018: Day 3
While I got to bed at a reasonable hour Tuesday night, I was still only able to set my alarm for less than six hours…
Procigar 2018: Day 2
Day two of Procigar started at Casa de Campo and ended in Santiago. It’s the longest day of the week and one that is a…
Procigar 2018: Day 1
It’s the week after Valentine’s Day and that means it’s cigar festival time. The cigar industry’s two oldest and largest festivals—the Dominican Republic’s Procigar and…
A Visit to Finca Corojo & Las Lomas
I’ve been to at least 40 different tobacco growing operations. Like anything in nature, each one is a bit different. None of them have been…
Watch Live: AVO 30th Anniversary Collection + Speaker Giveaway (3 p.m. EST)
Today at 2 p.m. I’ll be in Tampa to interview Scott Kolesaire, the brand manager for AVO, about the brand’s 30th anniversary and the cigars…
