Cigar Sense Podcast

We discuss yachts, women and cigars with Nikki Glenn.

Yachts and cigars paired by Nikki. How did she go about such unusual pairings? And how do we evolve from the flavored cigars that tobacconists often recommend to women?

Nikki Glenn is a classically trained violinist and vocalist who performs for private, corporate and special events. She performs jazzy electric violin instrumentals and smooth contemporary vocals. Nikki has shared the stage with artists including the Black Eyed Peas, the Moody Blues, Bernadette Peters, and Johnny Mathis. She is affectionately known as the Yacht Violinist for her performances at the Miami and Ft. Lauderdale International boat shows. She is also a cigar connoisseur and loves to write about them; her articles have been featured online at cigarinspector.com and superyachtcontent.com. One of her most talked-about articles pairs iconic superyachts with their ideal cigars.

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This podcast is brought to you by Cigar Sense founders and paid members.

With the free Cigar Sense membership, you can obtain personalized recommendations of cigars that best suit your unique individual tastes. In a few simple steps, you can see what your top cigar picks are from the thousands of cigars available on the market. You can also explore sensory and other cigar attributes as Cigar Sense helps you better understand what you like and dislike in a cigar.

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Valerie Bradshaw is a super credentialed wine, spirits and cigars assessor. She is also a member of the Cigar Sense expert panel. With her, we talked about:

• the sommelier educational path and what you can learn in a wine educational program
• the tools Valerie uses to keep the nose trained and develop the olfactory vocabulary
• a key difference between tasting wine vs. cigars
• the effects of malolactic fermentation when it comes to choosing wines to pair with cigars
• why we should not confuse the crispness of white wines done in stainless with acidity. Why acidity is important in wines and how you measure it
• the best vintage for port
• Scotch whisky and the corn sweetness
• cigar sommelier education

and more.

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This podcast is brought to you by Cigar Sense founders and paid members.

With the free Cigar Sense membership, you can obtain personalized recommendations of cigars that best suit your unique individual tastes. In a few simple steps, you can see what your top cigar picks are from the thousands of cigars available on the market. You can also explore sensory and other cigar attributes as Cigar Sense helps you better understand what you like and dislike in a cigar.

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What is a vintage cigar vs. a rare cigar? What are the stages for aging cigars from procurement to sale? At what conditions is it best to store cigars for aging? Is ventilation good in the first couple of years? What's the correct interpretation of Min Ron Nee's advice? What changes do cigars undergo when they age?

What are cigar auctions?

Mitchell Orchant is the managing director of C.Gars Ltd , the premier cigar specialist in the UK with 9 cigar stores in 5 locations. His specialist subject is vintage Havana cigars and C.Gars are the only specialist cigar auctioneer in the world.

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This podcast is brought to you by Cigar Sense founders and paid members.

With the free Cigar Sense membership, you can obtain personalized recommendations of cigars that best suit your unique individual tastes. In a few simple steps, you can see what your top cigar picks are from the thousands of cigars available on the market. You can also explore sensory and other cigar attributes as Cigar Sense helps you better understand what you like and dislike in a cigar.

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We recorded this interview the day before the Beirut explosion heavily affecting the town and the already weak Lebanese economy. We hope the sense of cigars but, above all, the sense of safety for all Lebanese people will soon be re-established. We wish all Lebanese a strong recovery from the terrible event.

Najat Abdo, started smoking cigars 13 years ago. Her desire and passion to cigars grew with time. In 2014, she started the Lebanese Cigar Aficionado cigar community, currently Lebanon's largest cigar community, has done multiple cigar events with Habanos and other New World cigar brands. In 2018, Najat decided to take her passion to another professional level and started importing New World small production cigars dedicated to enthusiasts and smokers who like to explore new cigars with tobaccos from different regions. Organizer of the Cigar Smoking World Championship in the Middle East and also the winner of the Habanos World Challenge Qualification 2019 in Lebanon. Najat is now working on a new venture to open a Cigar shop and lounge in Beirut and dedicate her time on sharing her passion with her future clients.

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This podcast is brought to you by Cigar Sense founders and paid members.

With the free Cigar Sense membership, you can obtain personalized recommendations of cigars that best suit your unique individual tastes. In a few simple steps, you can see what your top cigar picks are from the thousands of cigars available on the market. You can also explore sensory and other cigar attributes as Cigar Sense helps you better understand what you like and dislike in a cigar.

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Appearance and construction are considered extremely important for the final experience that Altadis want to provide to their end consumers. We went through an Altadis quality control evaluation sheet that Travis W. Pappenheim repurposed for marketing presentations. This is an extract of the full Cigar Sense Parlor meeting, which took place on 31 July 2020 with a number of Cigar Sense members.

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Travis W. Pappenheim is national education manager with Altadis U.S.A., member of the Altadis tasting panel and advisory group for new blends.

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This podcast is brought to you by Cigar Sense founders and paid members.

With the free Cigar Sense membership, you can obtain personalized recommendations of cigars that best suit your unique individual tastes. In a few simple steps, you can see what your top cigar picks are from the thousands of cigars available on the market. You can also explore sensory and other cigar attributes as Cigar Sense helps you better understand what you like and dislike in a cigar.

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The full meeting, held via Zoom with Claudio Sgroi and a number of Cigar Sense members, lasted 3 hours and 20 minutes. We kept what was most relevant for our audio audience.

We talked about:

- how you get from the tobacco compounds to the aromas, the 5 basic tastes and the tactile perceptions

- how memory and other factors influence our cigar experience

- cigar education and the need for a common lexicon to be adopted more widely

- art in the master blender work, and the importance of how smokers perceive the cigar

and a lot more.

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This podcast is brought to you by Cigar Sense founders and paid members.

With the free Cigar Sense membership, you can obtain personalized recommendations of cigars that best suit your unique individual tastes. In a few simple steps, you can see what your top cigar picks are from the thousands of cigars available on the market. You can also explore sensory and other cigar attributes as Cigar Sense helps you better understand what you like and dislike in a cigar.

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Be sure to subscribe to Cigar Sense Podcast so that you don't miss a single episode, and while you're at it, won't you take a moment to write a short review and rate the show? It would be greatly appreciated!

Why do few insurance companies offer affordable life policies to cigar smokers? Dave Arlinghaus, also known as Cigar Life Guy™, explains this to us. He also reveals what is important when choosing a life insurance. It's not a shame to smoke cigars and the worst mistake you can make is to hide your smoking behavior. Dave walks us through the process that US passionados can follow to save money on life insurance.

Dave Arlinghaus is a long-time life insurance broker who enjoys cigars. Or, maybe he's a cigar lover who also brokers life insurance. He helps people protect their loved ones or business interests through life insurance.

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This podcast is brought to you by Cigar Sense founders and paid members.

With the free Cigar Sense membership, you can obtain personalized recommendations of cigars that best suit your unique individual tastes. In a few simple steps, you can see what your top cigar picks are from the thousands of cigars available on the market. You can also explore sensory and other cigar attributes as Cigar Sense helps you better understand what you like and dislike in a cigar.

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With his peculiar and entertaining allure, Pedro Gomez talks about the premium cigar industry and gives his advice to cigar lovers.

Born and raised in Esteli, Nicaragua, Pedro Gomez started very humble. From saddle maker to full scholarship paid by the US government. He started at Drew Estate factory from the bottom, he ended up running operations, Cigar Safari and international sales. He was transferred from the Drew Estate factory to Drew Estate headquarters in the USA and is now traveled all over promoting Drew Estate, Nicaragua and cigars.

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This podcast is brought to you by Cigar Sense founders and paid members.

With the free Cigar Sense membership, you can obtain personalized recommendations of cigars that best suit your unique individual tastes. In a few simple steps, you can see what your top cigar picks are from the thousands of cigars available on the market. You can also explore sensory and other cigar attributes as Cigar Sense helps you better understand what you like and dislike in a cigar.

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Alex Iapichino talks to us about vintage cigars, how to buy them, how to store them. He has a technical view of cigar tastings, especially vertical tastings, and was also serious about fora and association life. In addition, Alex shares his views on the future of the Cuban cigar market.

Alex Iapichino is General Counsel and Group Company Secretary of Naked Wines plc. He lives in London and is an avid Cuban cigars smoker.

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This podcast is brought to you by Cigar Sense founders and paid members.

With the free Cigar Sense membership, you can obtain personalized recommendations of cigars that best suit your unique individual tastes. In a few simple steps, you can see what your top cigar picks are from the thousands of cigars available on the market. You can also explore sensory and other cigar attributes as Cigar Sense helps you better understand what you like and dislike in a cigar.

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Nicholas Melillo talks to us about how his journey in the industry started with lots of passion for cigars, history and art. Nick also tells us about his trip around the world, his debut in Nicaragua at Drew Estate in 2003, the entrepreneurship with Foundation Cigar Company starting in 2015, with the launch of a Nicaraguan puro.

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This podcast is brought to you by Cigar Sense founders and paid members.

With the free Cigar Sense membership, you can obtain personalized recommendations of cigars that best suit your unique individual tastes. In a few simple steps, you can see what your top cigar picks are from the thousands of cigars available on the market. You can also explore sensory and other cigar attributes as Cigar Sense helps you better understand what you like and dislike in a cigar.

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Be sure to subscribe to Cigar Sense Podcast so that you don't miss a single episode, and while you're at it, won't you take a moment to write a short review and rate the show? It would be greatly appreciated!