Cigar Sense Podcast

He is very well known thanks to the Light'em Up Lounge Events. But there is much more that Reinhard Pohorec is doing...

... as an entrepreneur, creative mind and host, Pohorec has established a unique reputation within the last decade in the world of sensory technology, luxury brands and hospitality. He delivers exceptional experience design, educational programs, coaching and hospitality project management as well as keynote speaking for leading companies.

Please visit https://pohorec.com/

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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!

It all started with a frustrated cigar lover in 1996. Listen to the company story and learn about water activity, how Boveda tests and expands its technology.

Tim Swail is Co-founder and Executive VP of Sales and Marketing. Brian Rice is Director of R&D.

If you wish to learn more, visit https://bovedainc.com/.

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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!

We propose you another sensory exercise that will help develop your palate. We'll talk more about how to differentiate aromas from tastes and tactile perceptions. The exercise can be very easily done at home. It will help you identify and distinguish the various basic tastes.

You'll also hear about the Sour-Bitter confusion, of which it is good to be aware. Enjoy the exercise and let us know if it is helpful!

If you wish to learn more about the sensory characteristics of cigars and understand which are the ones that you will like, visit https://www.cigarsense.com/ Even with the free membership, you can have personalized recommendations and play with your flavor and taste preferences to get the best cigars for you.

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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!

In episode 18 of Cigar Sense Podcast, we propose you a sensory exercise that will help develop your palate. We'll talk about how to differentiate aromas from tastes and tactile perceptions. This is an exercise you can very easily do at home, it's a classic in sensory education.

You'll also discover that there are some challenges when experimenting with a cigar. The aromas and tastes confusion among cigar lovers is very popular. This episode tries to explain one reason why it's hard for many cigar reviewers to describe aromas vs. tastes or tactile perceptions. This exercise is good for anyone to be more aware of the confusion that a product like a fine cigar can generate in our senses.

If you wish to learn more about the sensory characteristics of cigars and understand which are the ones that you will like, visit https://www.cigarsense.com/ Even with the free membership, you can have personalized recommendations and play with your flavor and taste preferences to get the best cigars for you.

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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!

The Cigar Lover's Virtual Seminars is a gathering of many thought-leaders and experts in the premium cigar world. We are bringing together the best in the field all around the common thread of consumer learning to maximize the cigar experience. Doesn't knowledge make us love our fine cigars even more and make our hobby so much more interesting and intriguing?

The Cigar Lover's Virtual Seminars will take place in the week of 20 April, 2020. During the event week, most seminars will be available for free to all Cigar Sense members. After that, access will be available on-demand.

Please visit https://www.cigarsense.com/the-cigar-lovers-virtual-seminars/ to sign-up.

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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!

In this episode, we explore with Glynn Loope, founding Executive Director of Cigar Rights of America, .the world of cigar advocacy, the current regulation challenges, but also international collaborations, including what might grant to the premium cigars the recognition they deserve.

How you can support the fight for our cigar rights:

• If you are a US citizen, please visit https://www.cigarrights.org/ and sign the petitions to protect premium handmade cigars from FDA regulation.
• You can also participate to the Twitter and Facebook campaign to let President Trump hear from you: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/It-s-Time-For-President-Trump-To-Hear-From-You--Congressional-Petition--Events---More.html?soid=1102288667527&aid=HLzEagF_Ycc
• Check the list of Members of Congress on the CRA website. If you can't see yours, call them, invite them to your cigar club/lounge

Let's act!

Since December 2008, Glynn Loope has served as the founding Executive Director of CRA.

Since assuming this position, CRA has grown into a fifty state coalition representing interests at the local, state and federal levels of government, providing communications, coalition building, testimony, analysis and related forms of support on regulatory, tax and associated issues impacting the industry. Additional initiatives have included building an international coalition of nations directly reliant on the economic impact of the premium cigar industry including Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic, as well as providers of support material and logistics throughout central and South America and the Caribbean Basin. Hallmarks of this effort has included establishing an office and staff in Washington, D.C. for the premium cigar industry, building a Congressional coalition in support of industry positions, a state legislative network on issues of significance to the sector, and providing advice and counsel on strategies beneficial to consumer, retail and manufacturer interests at all levels.

Glynn is a sought after commentator on industry issues, and is often quoted or provides commentary in The Wall Street Journal, Miami Herald, Tampa Bay Times, Cigar Aficionado, Washington Post, New York Times, Tobacco Business, as well as dozens of industry periodicals, radio appearances, podcasts and related media outlets. Since 2008 the work of CRA has literally gone from the local courthouse to The White House, on behalf of its members and benefactors.

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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.

Visit cigarsense.com and sign up for free today!

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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!

Recommendation engines are widely popular today and they can be of different types.

Generic, crowd-source affinity based or personalized. Some of them are more relevant and accurate than others. With the consumer benefits in mind, David Wells - co-founder, vp and cto of Cigar Sense - explains this all.

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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.

Visit cigarsense.com and sign up for free today!

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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!

Claudio Sgroi is master blender and president at Mombacho Cigars.

Together with Claudio, we reviewed the key processes of the premium cigar production to identify critical risks of defects which, when it comes to enjoying our cigars, translate into loss in flavor or off-flavors.

Off-flavors, differently from those flavors that we simply do not like, are those perceptions that are connected to undesirable compounds, substances that end up in the tobacco or in our cigar, but are not meant to.

For more information about Claudio Sgroi, visit Mombacho 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.

Visit cigarsense.com and sign up for free today!

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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!

Sam Reuter is Director, Global Brand Ambassador and Head of Product Development and Strategic Innovation at Oettinger Davidoff AG.

Davidoff was number two at worldwide level in 2018 based on consumers' choices. Sam explains how Davidoff:

• leverages innovative blends as a competitive advantage
• focuses on consumer experience and on the understanding of what consumers like
• invests in education for retailers
• values authentic (objective) sensory information for manufacturers and for consumers
• encourages manufacturers to work toward obtaining the recognition of the premium cigar as intangible cultural heritage

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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.

Visit cigarsense.com and sign up for free today!

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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!

The European Union is often seen as a driving force leading the efforts to impose excessive regulations. But in reality, in the case of extreme smoking bans, it's quite the opposite. Listen to learn:

• what causes unnecessary draconian smoking bans in Europe (such as bans to smoke in the open air, not only in parks, but even in your own yard)
• what costs and consequences excessive smoking bans have on society
• about viable effective solutions

Guillaume Périgois is the director of Forest EU, the Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco in the European Union, a smokers' campaign group based in Brussels. The core message it sends to European policy-makers and the wider public is that adults who are aware of health risks should be able to choose to consume a legal product without excessive regulation.

To learn more about Forest EU and read their reports, visit http://forestonline.eu/

Follow Forest EU on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ForestEU_

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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.

Visit cigarsense.com and sign up for free today!

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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!