Portraits: Javier Estades Saez
Last month, I watched numerous consumers chat with Javier Estades Saez and eventually ask: so what do you do for the company. Javier Estades Saez is the…
Portraits: Robert Holt
Robert Holt is proud. That’s the first thing that comes to mind describing the Army veteran who owns Southern Draw Cigars. Every interaction I’ve had…
Portraits: Kyle Gellis
In 2014, a blast from the past returned to the cigar industry. It wasn’t that long since Kyle Gellis had been selling cigars under the…
Portraits: Abe Flores
Abraham “Abe” Flores’ PDR Cigars is the newest member of Procigar, the Dominican Republic’s cigar manufacturer’s association. It is in many ways an old boys club—with…
Portraits: Mitchell Orchant
Mitchell Orchant’s self-described “little empire” is anything but little. American consumers likely best know Orchant through a special edition Regius product that bears his name,…
Portraits: Frank Herrera
In December 2010, if you had told me that this portrait, shot in this location was going to happen, I would have laughed and told…
Portraits: “Island Jim” Robinson
Just who is Jim Robinson? To many, he’s “Island Jim,” a name given to him by Eddie Ortega and fitting for his love of tropical…
Portraits: Erik Espinosa
He’s been a sales representative, a retailer and a brand owner. Now, Erik Espinosa owns his own factory and is distributing cigars for other people….
Portraits: Glen Case
In 2004, Glen Case started his Exclusive Cigars brand. If you’ve ever been to an event with Case, you know his stories. He used to work…
Portraits: Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr.
There are few people held by their peers in higher regard than Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr. The cigar maker, now in arguably his third chapter in…
Portraits: Andre Farkas
If this portrait had been taking three years ago, it probably would have looked a bit different. Andre Farkas has received his fair share of…
