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Mo reveals a new release for Patina Cigars! Founder of Patina Cigars, Mo Maali believes a cigar is a two-hour vacation, a cost-effective psychiatrist session, and a barrier-breaker. Cigars ARE the best way to bring people together, including Mo and Boveda's Drew Emmer at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.

00:00 This is Box Press

00:14 A COVID podcast that launched Patina Cigars

01:30 NEW RELEASE: Patina Oro de Nicaragua cigar

02:17 Unique cigar wrapper to try

03:07 Dream of owning your own cigar line?

04:27 Nicaraguan American supplies tobacco—shout out to cigar makers Raul Disla and Gus Cura

05:06 Giving Boveda a try when you store cigars

05:48 Shout out to James Brown of Black Label Trading

09:39 Patina represents age and beauty

17:14 New to cigars? Or so-so on Connecticuts? Pick up a Patina Connecticut cigar

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Foundation is no longer making the El Güegüense cigar nor the original Wise Man Maduro blend. In their place, find out what Nicholas Melillo, Foundation founder has in store for lovers of this popular boutique brand of thoughtfully blended, hand-rolled cigars.

See what's new for Foundation cigars with Boveda's Drew Emmer at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.

00:00 This is Box Press

00:12 Nick Melillo riffs on Robert Caldwell

02:58 Connecticut gets a bad rap

04:32 Shout out to Foundation's Olmec cigars and Cigar Jones, Minnetonka, Minnesota

06:01 Hiphop and cigars

07:01 Foundation music video by The Reminders filmed in A.J. Fernandez factory, on the fields

08:01 Worked cigar retail in Hamden, Connecticut

08:26 Discontinuing El Güegüense cigar

09:56 New Foundation cigars The Wise Man Maduro and Corojo

15:57 PCA 2025 trade show April 11-14 in New Orleans

16:04 Foundation Cigar's 10th anniversary is coming

What is Boveda? Boutique cigar brands like Foundation Cigar Co. protect blends with Boveda 2-way humidity control—that brown pack that you find in the box with your cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. At home, continue to use Boveda in your humidor to keep cigars well-humidified or they can be hard to light, burn to too fast or get moldy. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.

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After running Caldwell Cigar Co., for a decade, Robert Caldwell and co-founder, Juan Jaramillo sold the company to Laudisi Enterprises. How will your favorite Caldwell cigars, like Blind Man's Bluff and Anastasia be affected? Find out directly from Robert himself.

By acquiring the boutique cigar brand, Laudisi is branching out from the premium pipes and pipe tobacco arenas. Catch the whole story with Boveda's Drew Emmer at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.

00:00 This is Box Press

00:33 Caldwell Cigar founders sell their cigar company

03:14 Smoking the Caldwell Long Live The Queen Maduro

04:34 How do you go from being an owner-operated business to not?

07:46 Is Robert Caldwell still running Caldwell cigars?

08:56 What's you sweet spot?

10:40 Video bomb by Nicholas Melillo, Foundation Cigar Co.

What is Boveda? Boutique cigars like Caldwells protect blends with Boveda 2-way humidity control—that brown pack that you find in the box with your cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. At home, continue to use Boveda in your humidor to keep cigars well-humidified or they can be hard to light, burn to too fast or get moldy. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.

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Connoisseurs of fine wines who love cigars, this cigar talk is for you. Get in the know on Somm's limited-release boutique cigars.

Somm is short for sommelier. Somm's lines are named after wines and blended to tap into your palate for wine and cigars. BDX is Red Bordeaux. BDX Blanc is White Bordeaux. Rioja Blend is inspired by the eponymous Spanish wine region. And the Premier Cru - Limited Edition is a rarified 3,000 release of cigars for wine lovers.

Who knew sommeliers (pro wine experts) are also schooled in cigar tasting? Pick up 3 tips on how to taste your cigars better from Vlad Stojanov, founder of Somm Cigars.

Hosted by Boveda's Drew Emmer at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.

00:00 This is Box Press

00:22 How to correctly light a cigar AKA toast the foot of your cigar

00:37 Light the edges of your cigar first

03:33 First cigar? Cuban Punch Punch

05:37 Somm Cigars has 3 limited-production cigar blends

08:24 Great gift for cigar lovers: THE CIGAR, FROM SOIL TO SOUL by Didier Houvenaghel

10:29 Why you retrohale a cigar

17:18 Train your palate to taste cigar better

23:25 5-pack cigar bundle

25:40 Is a big cigar better than two shorter cigars?

27:49 Somm Cigars use rare Honduran Broadleaf

34:19 Which RH is right for your cigars?

35:08 Does a cigar's humidity affect how it smokes?

What is Boveda? Premium cigars like Somm Cigars protect their blends with Boveda 2-way humidity control—that brown pack that you find in the box with your cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. At home, continue to use Boveda in your humidor to keep cigars well-humidified or they can be hard to light, burn to too fast or get moldy. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.

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Who are you gonna call to save a massive cigar collection you have to take possession of in a few weeks? Find what Michael Herklots did as he takes you through launching his storied cigar brand, Ferio Tego. Ferio Tego is behind Elegancia and Generoso cigars and the cigar maker that brought back best-selling legendary cigar lines, including Metropolitan.

Michael is the co-founder of Ferio Tego. He sat down with Drew Emmer, Boveda's guru of strategic relationships at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.

00:00 This is Box Press

00:09 What cigar is Drew smoking? Ferio Tego 2023 Elegancia cigar

06:12 Ferio Tego cigar launch

06:38 Cigar lines predate the company

09:48 Only 5 guys in the room could pull this off

11:56 Cigar retailer, now a cigar brand owner

14:16 Reach back and lend a hand up

18:00 What's a boutique cigar brand?

18:57 What does Ferio Tego mean?

19:39 How many cigar brands does Ferio Tego have?

20:39 Michael Herklots invited to cigar icons' Boveda For My Humidor

20:58 Ferio Tego 5-pack cigar is coming back!

21:49 Michael's first paid gig as a drummer in Boston was at a Fuente cigar event

22:16 Every cigar I own is protected by Boveda

22:38 Need help with cigar humidity, who you gonna call?

23:21 What Ferio Tego cigar to try first

What is Boveda? Storied cigars brands like Ferio Tego protect their blends with Boveda 2-way humidity control—that brown pack that you find in the box with your cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. At home, continue to use Boveda in your humidor to keep cigars well-humidified or they can be hard to light, burn to too fast or get moldy. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.

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It's like having a smoke in a cigar lounge WITH 5 CIGAR NOTABLES. Light up you best celebratory cigar (perhaps La Flor Dominicana Andalusian Bull, rated #1 cigar of 2016 by Cigar Aficionado, BTW?) for this virtual smoke sesh featuring:

- Cigar Aficionado Hall of Famer Litto Gomez, Co-owner of La Flor Dominicana (LFD)

- Tony Gomez, LFD Vice President

- Sean Knutsen, Boveda CEO

- Tim Swail, Boveda Executive VP of Sales

- Drew Emmer, Guru of Strategic Relationships

One of the top premium cigar brands, LFD creates some of the strongest smoking profiles and full-flavored Dominican cigars around. LFD is known for its consistency thanks to the cigar maker's vertical integration—from farming its own tobacco to producing its own cigars in its own factory. LFD's highly skilled artisanal cigar rollers produce distinctive cigar shapes and limited-edition designs.

Recorded at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.

00:00 This is Box Press

08:28 What's it like to be Litto Gomez's son?

13:00 Creating a successful cigar business from nothing

20:31 Litto Gomez knew nothing about cigars when he started in the cigar business

20:54 Versace silk shirts, gold chains and Dominican cigars

24:59 Litto and Ines Gomez cold called cigar stores

29:31 The cigar brand that didn't grow during the 1990s cigar boom

32:40 You'll know you made it when you don't pay the bill

35:06 A cigar maker is only as good as your last cigar

37:58 $100 cigar—what a cigar should cost

38:23 LFD Cameroon Cabinet #3

42:09 Creating the world's first cigar NFT and Alex Martinez of Mane Street Cigars

46:42 The Cigar Merchant in Atlanta was an early adopter of LFD cigars

50:53 Tony surprised Litto Gomez with a 70th birthday party on the eve of the 2024 PCA Show

56:58 Litto Gomez made his own vacuum chamber

1:00 Litto Gomez talks about his dad's factory accident

1:08 Tale of two different perspectives on life

1:14 LFD cigars and Boveda 2-way humidity control

What is Boveda? Legendary cigars brands like LFD protect their blends with Boveda 2-way humidity control—that brown pack that you find in the box with your cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. At home, continue to use Boveda in your humidor to keep cigars well-humidified or they can be hard to light, burn to too fast or get moldy. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.

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Casa 1910—THE Cinco De Mayo cigar of choice!

Add this cigar trip to your bucket list: Miami, Florida, Cinco De Mayo (Cinco De Dade!) for tequila and Casa 1910's new Mexigars—affordable bundled cigars that “encapsulate the essence of Mexico, using diverse seeds, tobaccos, and fermentations to create unique flavor profiles.”

Manolo Santiago, co-founder of Casa 1910 cigars joins Boveda's Drew Emmer to discuss Mexico's storied tobacco history. Learn about Casa 1910's premium aged cigars, too, which are named after heroes, sheroes, and events celebrating the Mexican Revolution.

00:00 This is Box Press

01:05 La Coronela cigar has a lot of flavor transitions

02:58 What's it like to start a new cigar company?

03:33 Mexico has amazing tobacco

03:49 Manolo is from Jalisco, Mexico—the land of tequila and Mariachi

05:04 3 Casa 1910 premium cigar lines

06:02 What's a Mexigar, the tasty affordable Mexican cigar?

08:18 Soldaderas were women who participated in the Mexican Revolution

10:28 Cinco de Mayo in Miami with Reserva de la Familia

11:02 Casa 1910 Experience

13:15 Keeping Casa 1910 cigars at the ideal humidity with Boveda 2-way humidity control

What is Boveda? Premium cigars brands like Casa 1910 protect their blends with Boveda 2-way humidity control—that brown pack that you find in the box with your cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. At home, continue to use Boveda in your humidor to keep cigars well-humidified or they can be hard to light, burn to too fast or get moldy. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.

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Learn about the sweat equity that goes into fire-curing tobacco for cigars. See baby tobacco plants grow and mature. And hear how a tobacco plant becomes cigar ready in this field trip to a tobacco farm on the central northern border of Tennessee with cigar connoisseur Rob Gagner and Tennessee realtor/historian Jennifer Davis.

What is Boveda? Craft cigars brands and big name cigar companies protect their blends with Boveda 2-way humidity control—that brown pack that you find in the box with your cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. At home, continue to use Boveda in your humidor to keep cigars well-humidified or they can be hard to light, burn to too fast or get moldy. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.

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00:00 This is Box Press

00:17 How tobacco seeds are started

00:30 What do tobacco seeds look like?

00:38 How do you plant tobacco?

00:49 Staking fresh tobacco leaves

01:21 See inside a fire-cured tobacco barn in Tennessee

03:05 Every piece of wood holds generations of memories

03:56 You're not a man until you've had a man's **** in your face

04:17 See where tobacco was processed and auctioned off

05:45 Loose leaf floors are now full of antiques bought with tobacco money

OpusX, Chateau Fuente, Julius Caeser, Cuesta-Rey, shall we go on? You wouldn't have Dominican cigars without the Dominican people.The mountainous agricultural Bonao region of the Dominican Republic, however, suffers from extreme poverty, an inadequate educational system, and poor water quality, which greatly affects people's health. Two giants in premium cigars—Carlos “Carlito” P. Fuente, Jr., chairman of Arturo Fuente Cigars and Eric Newman, president of J.C. Newman Cigar Company—set out to change all that.

In the D.R., the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation (CFCF) has funded the creation of a 23-acre campus with a K-12 school, community kitchen, medical and dental clinics, sports facilities, an organic farm and fishery, and local infrastructure improvements for the region.

Tony Kattengell, vice president of sales and marketing for The LEAGUE and Dellas Edmisten Jr, global technical manager for Infinera represent CFCF in this interview with Boveda's Drew Emmer.

Learn how to give your time, talents, and tax deductible donations to improve the lives of people who create your cigars, visit https://cf-cf.org/ways-to-donate/. Boveda is a proud contributor to the CFCF.

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00:00 Never risk your cigars, use Boveda

00:30 This is Box Press

02:14 Bring two rival communities together in the D.R.

02:45 First step to help children in need—educate their parents

03:11 Happy Montesino Monday!

07:12 We're changing lives by breaking the chain of poverty

09:07 The first thing CFFC worked on was providing clean water

12:41 It's not about the cigars, it's about the people

13:13 Arturo Sandoval heading musical arts

14:21 Motivation gets you started, discipline keeps you going

14:49 We're building leaders, not followers

15:12 How to contribute talent, time, and money to the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation

Ready to get metaphysical over cigars? "Everything is an experience," says sensory expert and cigar passionado Reinhard Pohorec. And what a vision quest this entrepreneur is on since he joined UberLuxury cigar brand Meerapfel as its vice president. You might recognize Reinhard as host of the live cigar podcast, Light 'em Up Lounge, where he talks to cigar insiders. Tables turn as Boveda's Drew Emmer interviews Reinhard to talk first cigars, work-life balance, and finding your purpose.

What is Boveda? Luxury and craft cigars brands protect their blends with Boveda 2-way humidity control—that brown pack that you find in the box with your cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. At home, continue to use Boveda in your humidor to keep cigars well-humidified or they can be hard to light, burn to too fast or get moldy. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.

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