Prime Time hits another milestone as we come upon Episode 150. Tonight, our special guest is George Rico of Gran Habano Cigars.

Gran Habano is coming upon 20 years in the cigar business, and will catch up with George on the things happening leading to that milestone – plus learn the story of Gran Habano. In our Alec Bradley Live True segment, we’ll ask what makes George live true – and in our Deliberation Segment, we deconstruct the closing of Nat Sherman.

Prime Time hits another milestone as we come upon Episode 150. Tonight, our special guest is George Rico of Gran Habano Cigars.

Gran Habano is coming upon 20 years in the cigar business, and will catch up with George on the things happening leading to that milestone – plus learn the story of Gran Habano. In our Alec Bradley Live True segment, we’ll ask what makes George live true – and in our Deliberation Segment, we deconstruct the closing of Nat Sherman.

For Prime Time Special Edition 81, we are excited to welcome Omar de Frias of Fratello Cigars back to the show

It’s been a while since we had Omar on the show, and there are a lot of things happening with his company Fratello Cigars, so we will talk about it.

Plus, Bear and Coop discuss the blockbuster announcement today about Nat Sherman closing down its cigar business after 90 years.

Stogie Geeks Episode 106 - Cigar and Beer Pairings

For Prime Time Special Edition 81, we are excited to welcome Omar de Frias of Fratello Cigars back to the show

It’s been a while since we had Omar on the show, and there are a lot of things happening with his company Fratello Cigars, so we will talk about it.

Plus, Bear and Coop discuss the blockbuster announcement today about Nat Sherman closing down its cigar business after 90 years.

Stogie Geeks Episode 106 - Cigar and Beer Pairings

Tonight we continue our look at the people behind General Cigar Company as we welcome Steve Abbot, Senior Brand Manager.

Steve has responsibilities for both the Macanudo and La Gloria Cubana brands and we will dive into each of these with Steve, plus get to know a little more about Steve and his role in the industry. Steve also has some interests outside the cigar industry and we will touch on that as well.

In our Deliberation Segment, we will do some post-game on last week’s Virtual Trade Show and give you our scorecard on how the various companies are doing this summer.

Tonight we continue our look at the people behind General Cigar Company as we welcome Steve Abbot, Senior Brand Manager.

Steve has responsibilities for both the Macanudo and La Gloria Cubana brands and we will dive into each of these with Steve, plus get to know a little more about Steve and his role in the industry. Steve also has some interests outside the cigar industry and we will touch on that as well.

In our Deliberation Segment, we will do some post-game on last week’s Virtual Trade Show and give you our scorecard on how the various companies are doing this summer.

Episode 15 is all about Ska, and we are joined by the one and only Eric Guttormson to pay homage to this unique genre of music.

We will go through the history of Ska, and go through some of our favorite Ska artists. We even will make selections for a Ska Hall of Fame.

In addition, we pay homage to the late Peter Green. Dave will give his thoughts on the new Taylor Swift album and make his selections for the New Music 45 segment.

Cigars on the broadcast include: the Perdomo Habano Maduro, Alec Bradley Chunk, the Espinosa Reggae Dread, and the soon to be released Undercrown Dojo Dogma Sun-Grown by Drew Estate.

As always you can follow along with our Spotify Playlists:

• Episode 15 Playlist

Episode 15 is all about Ska, and we are joined by the one and only Eric Guttormson to pay homage to this unique genre of music.

We will go through the history of Ska, and go through some of our favorite Ska artists. We even will make selections for a Ska Hall of Fame.

In addition, we pay homage to the late Peter Green. Dave will give his thoughts on the new Taylor Swift album and make his selections for the New Music 45 segment.

Cigars on the broadcast include: the Perdomo Habano Maduro, Alec Bradley Chunk, the Espinosa Reggae Dread, and the soon to be released Undercrown Dojo Dogma Sun-Grown by Drew Estate.

As always you can follow along with our Spotify Playlists:

• Episode 15 Playlist

Episode 148 is our Summer of 2020 Virtual Trade Show!

The concept of a Virtual Trade Show is not one that came up as a result of COVID-19. We also are not claiming to be the first to do this in the cigar industry.

The last two years, we have done a pre-game for the IPCPR/PCA Trade Show called the “Big Board Show” where we talked through all of the releases that had been announced leading up to the trade show. Following the 2019 Trade Show, we had planned for 2020 to make a change to the format. Instead of our team going through the list of cigars being showcased at the Trade Show, we thought we would make it more interesting by bringing a representative from each brand on the show to discuss their releases. The show was planned for this past June, but with COVID-19 slowing down the product announcements, we have pushed this back into July.

If you are expecting a vHerf, this will not be the show for you. Each company representative will be given an exclusive window to talk about this releases.

You can learn more about the Virtual Trade Show here.

In addition to our guests, Aaron and Coop run down the Summer of '20 "Big Board" of releases.

Summer of '20 Big Board

TEpisode 148 is our Summer of 2020 Virtual Trade Show!

The concept of a Virtual Trade Show is not one that came up as a result of COVID-19. We also are not claiming to be the first to do this in the cigar industry.

The last two years, we have done a pre-game for the IPCPR/PCA Trade Show called the “Big Board Show” where we talked through all of the releases that had been announced leading up to the trade show. Following the 2019 Trade Show, we had planned for 2020 to make a change to the format. Instead of our team going through the list of cigars being showcased at the Trade Show, we thought we would make it more interesting by bringing a representative from each brand on the show to discuss their releases. The show was planned for this past June, but with COVID-19 slowing down the product announcements, we have pushed this back into July.

If you are expecting a vHerf, this will not be the show for you. Each company representative will be given an exclusive window to talk about this releases.

You can learn more about the Virtual Trade Show here.

In addition to our guests, Aaron and Coop run down the Summer of '20 "Big Board" of releases.

Summer of '20 Big Board