Cigar Sense Podcast

Benoit Pirard is a young Belgian bio-engineer. He lives in Nicaragua, where he learned all about tobacco at Mombacho Cigars. He now grows and ferments cigar tobacco for the premium industry.

In this episode, we discuss: - what it means to grow tobacco in Condega, Nicaragua, and apply environmentally sustainable methods - the imperative elements that need to be found in cigar tobacco - the off-flavors that indicate defects in tobacco - the natural way to produce a maduro wrapper - the ideal tobacco buyer - the impacts of regulations on tobacco growers - a proposal in response to the substantial equivalence requirement

You can learn more about Benoit's New Tobacco Project at this link: https://www.facebook.com/NewTobaccoProject/

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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!

Franca interviews Scott Pearce, Executive Director of the Premium Cigar Association (PCA), which is the oldest and largest USA organization dedicated to advocating for premium tobacconists and hosts the world's largest premium cigar trade show every year. The association was formerly known as IPCPR.

We discussed about:

• Where PCA originates and the state of affairs
• The strategic shift of expanding to a consumer base
• The PCA educational remit
• The FDA exception to deregulation efforts
• The use of public money raised to "save smokers from themselves"
• The inexistent correlation between the rigidity of bans and smoking rates
• The social inclusiveness issue
• The promising path towards achieving an intangible cultural heritage recognition

If you love them, protect them. The more we are, the stronger the fight will be. Please join CigarAction to help protect premium cigars in the United States.

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!

David Wells is co-founder, vice president and CTO of Cigar Sense. He is a computer engineer and an experienced business consultant, currently coaching clients in the understanding and adoption of the Scaled Agile Framework. Thanks to his passionate proselytizing for Agility, our baby, Cigar Sense, is a great example of an agile business. David is Franca's partner in business and in life.

The points included in this episode include:

• The difference between a review and a recommendation
• Why should consumers care about reviews and recommendations
• What do consumers prioritize? "Good, fast or cheap"? Transparency? Reliability?
• Do consumers rely more on sponsored publishers or on user generated content?
• Taste affinity with reviewer or with professional tobacconist

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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!

C'est notre premier épisode en français (sauf intro et outro)! Franca parle avec Patrick Nikiema du goût des consommateurs de cigares en Afrique, d'un projet pour un « puro » africain, mais aussi de DJ Arafat, du coupé-décalé, de la sape et de nombreux autres sujets intéressants.

Patrick Nikiema, fondateur de Lyon Cigares, considère le monde comme une grande savane, au sein de laquelle il est un lion en quête de devenir le leader africain de l'industrie du cigare, ce qui allie une opportunité business à sa plus grande passion.

Ceci est le lien pour en savoir plus sur Patrick et ses cigares. --- Ce podcast vous est présenté par les fondateurs et membres premium de Cigar Sense.

Avec l'adhésion gratuite à Cigar Sense, vous pouvez obtenir des recommandations personnalisées sur les cigares qui conviennent le mieux à vos goûts individuels. En quelques étapes simples, vous pouvez voir quels sont vos meilleurs choix parmi les milliers de cigares disponibles sur le marché. Vous pouvez également explorer les attributs sensoriels et autres attributs du cigare, car Cigar Sense vous aide à mieux comprendre ce que vous aimez et ce que vous n'aimez pas dans un cigare.

Visitez cigarsense.com et inscrivez-vous gratuitement dès aujourd'hui!

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Where are women different from men when it is about enjoying or choosing to buy a cigar? Franca discusses with Giulia Remorino Ibry.

Italian, she has a philosophical and psychoanalytical background.

She has professional experience as clinician, professor and in the courts for the psychological protection of minors. Next to conferences, workshops, publications and her daily psychotherapy work, she is also President of the Association she founded in Milan, Human in Progress, to fight for the weakest against any form of discrimination.

This episode also provides useful information on how cigar companies can touch women in their messaging.

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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!

What could be the impact on the premium cigar industry if our handcrafted agricultural products were recognized globally as an intangible cultural heritage to be protected? Would that lead to a more clear definition and protected status for premium cigars, through the voice of the wealth of knowledge and skills that are transmitted from one generation to the other? And would the social and economic value of this transmission of knowledge be more relevant to politicians? Nestor Andres Plasencia, Vice President of Plasencia Cigars shares his views. You can learn more about Plasencia Cigars at PlasenciaCigars.com Here is the link to an article that gives you more background information on the topic: https://www.cigarsense.com/an-intangible-cultural-heritage/ ---

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!

Cigar reviews : many don't make sense for consumers. Did you ever try to justify your friend reviewer with "we don't have the same palate" or even with "cigar samples are never the same"?

Why are cigar ratings often useless to consumers? What consumer questions do cigar reviews need to answer? What are the best tools to ensure that cigar reviews are objective and don't overlook the consumer experience and interest? What are the most common biases affecting cigar reviews? You can learn more about this topic at cigarsense.com. --- 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! --- 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!

Franca shares her inner-view on the real hack to finally be heard as a consumer, the secret to finally finding on the market those cigars that you have been desiring.

What is sensory analysis, why is its importance growing and how is it organized? Who can benefit from it and what drives consumers to get to know the sensory aspects of premium cigars?

You can learn more about sensory analysis at cigarsense.com. --- 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! --- 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's a concern for all fine cigar lovers: premium cigars may disappear from the earth. In addition to being active in grassroots movements for our cigar rights, what can be done to protect our cigars?

What could be the impact on the premium cigar industry if our handcrafted agricultural products were recognized globally as an intangible cultural heritage to be protected? Would that lead to a more clear definition and protected status for premium cigars, through the voice of the wealth of knowledge and skills that are transmitted from one generation to the other? And would the social and economic value of this transmission of knowledge be more relevant to politicians? Maya Selva, founder of Maya Selva Cigars, obtained the intangible cultural heritage recognition for the premium cigar in Honduras. Listen to her perspective. You can learn more about Maya Selva at MayaSelvaCigars.com Here is the link to an article that gives you more background information on the topic: https://www.cigarsense.com/an-intangible-cultural-heritage/ ---

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!

Franca shares her inner-view on the gourmet perspective. Necessity vs. luxury, abundance vs. scarcity, cultural exchanges and experience economy, connecting the sensory world to cigar knowledge, conforming vs. differentiating our palate, elitism, leisure and human rights.

What happens if consumers are informed - not only about how fine cigars are produced, not only about their blends, not only about the systems and the values involved with the production of fine cigars - but especially about what enables them to use their own discretion, make educated purchases, and gain an increased level of power as a consumer?

What can this consumer power do?

You can also learn more about this topic at cigarsense.com. ---

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 any episode, and while you're at it, won't you take a moment to write a short review and rate the show? This would make us very happy!