#ELOsoFumarTakes

#ELOsoFumarTakes is back this week and we are exhausted and drained from another successful coverage tour of the Premium Cigar Association Trade Show. This Sunday, we welcome back Michael Herklots of Ferio Tego for our #256thTake! A new cigar and seeing if a company less than three years old is hitting its stride. We catch up with Mike and try to stay awake after a week in Las Vegas! It'll be fun, Enjoy!

In a moment of inspiration, by incredibly recent events, Michael and I would like to spotlight The Breast Cancer Research Foundation - learn more here: https://www.bcrf.org/

Ferio Tego introduces SUMMA at PCA 2023: https://cigar-coop.com/2023/06/cigar-news-ferio-tego-summa-to-be-showcased-at-pca-2023.html

#ELOsoFumarTakes welcomes the Gents from Cigar Dojo’s Flavor Odyssey on their return for Our #255thTake! Rob Rasmussen & Randy Griggs bring the power of their dynamic duo in full force. Can’t wait to sip and smoke and smack talk about all things flavor.

Randy's Charity: https://badrap.org/

Rob's Charity: https://www.cccocasa.org/?fbclid=IwAR2VxpXgF_BaD7UWEHkAYrZZmh58YuJdmaaRmGjklXJeAL5rod298g9G_tw

Listen to the Flavor Odyssey: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/nk6u5-ad835/A-Flavor-Odyssey-Podcast

This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes is pleased to welcome a first time guest for our #254thTake. The host of Ashes with Ash podcast sits down to share her story. Ash Ott is on a similar quest to find the perfect story to go along with the perfect cigar. Warning y'all, when two storytellers get together, I'm not surey'all will be able to handle this. But either way, we'll come out of it with, you guessed it, an excellent story. Enjoy!

Ash and I would like to spotlight the ASPCA, please consider donating and learn more here: https://www.aspca.org/

Check out Ash's podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/ashes-with-ash/id1554541699

#ELOsoFumarTakes returns in time to celebrate Father's Day!!! I'm back from the Old World and ready to sit down with two of my favorites to celebrate this day for Dads. We're in for a special treat! As is tradition, Tom Lazuka of Asylum Cigars returns for Father's Day and in a special double feature we welcome back Oliver Nivaud of United Cigar Group! The evening promises to be fun and full of fatherhood, cigars and more.  Enjoy!

The gents and I spoke about Stars for Our Troops, a terrific organization, check out more here: http://www.starsforourtroops.org/

This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes returns with our #252ndTake and unique collaboration with felllow #CigarCoopCoalition member, Ben Lee of The Smoking Syndicate. For this show, we combine a live review and some great cigar industry conversation.  

The Cigar we live reviewed tonight was the Tatuaje Avion 13 Tuxtla

Ben and I also wanted to spotlight the Manna Food Bank of the greater Ashville, NC area.  

This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes welcomes a little history for its #251stTake! We just celebrated a milestone and this week we celebrate another milestone - just not our's! Protocol Cigars is 8 years old! In rare form, we will be bringing both Kevin Keithan & Protocol Cigars Juan Cancel back to toast their celebration! We relish in the past and look to the future with our own version of #PoweroftheP ! Enjoy!

Tunnels to Towers Foundation: https://t2t.org/donate/

This week, we celebrate 250 #TAKES!! With a milestone like this, I am so pleased and honored to welcome our guest, Manuel (Manolo) Quesada of Quesada Cigars! Quesada is a legendary name in this industry and with it comes some amazing stories and a life of rich, hard work. We sit down with truly one of the humblest men of the premium cigar industry that shaped its past and is blessing our future. Enjoy!

Quesada PCA 2022:

https://cigar-coop.com/2022/08/pca-2022-report-quesada-cigars.html

This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes welcomes back the incomparable James Brown of Black Label Trading Company, BLK WKS, and Oveja Negra Cigar Co. Last time we had James on we explored his amazing journey. For our #249thTake, we bring back James to talk even deeper into his cigars, his method, and what makes Wu-Tang loving, sneaker head seeking, and pushing the envelope more and more. This will be a fun one, Enjoy!

PCA 2022:

https://cigar-coop.com/2022/07/pca-2022-report-oveja-negra-brands.html

https://ovejanegracigars.com/

This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes welcomes a very select group of esteemed gentlemen to sit down for #Take248! That's right the entire Developing Palates crew will be the guests of honor for a take filled with an all-you-can-eat buffet of hate, hustle, and (possibly) average-tasting cigars. Sincerely, when Aaron Loomis and Jiunn Liu founded arguably the best media team in the industry a few years ago, they probably had no idea what their revolutionary concept would do to the industry. At first glance, you may think their rating system is confusing, you may think that Aaron hates everything, and yes, you even get your heart broken a few times. But, along with 'Big Tuna'Seth Geise & 'Cigar Surgeon' John McTavish you get some of the most talked about, engaging, and binge-worthy content the cigar industry offers. We're going to have some fun, including my very first stab at rating a cigar in the DP scale! Enjoy!

The Developing Palates Teamwould like to spotlight Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Please consider donating HERE.

https://developingpalates.com/

TOP 25 CIGARS 2022: https://developingpalates.com/editorials/cigar-editorials/2022-cigar-year/

This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes welcomes the return of one of the industry's most beloved 'limes'. Fred Rewey, Brand Strategist for Illusione Cigars, sits down for his first official #Take. Fred has stopped by on previous #takes as a panelist, but this will be the first time the Founder of Nomad Cigar Company and the man known as the GODFadr will stop by. We're all fascinated with Fred and why not? Come by and Enjoy!

Fred and I would like to spotlight Smokin' Tabaccao's Annual Fundraiser for the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation, learn more and donate here: https://go.rallyup.com/smokintabacco2023/Campaign/Details

New Branding for Illusione Unveiled at PCA 2022: https://cigar-coop.com/2022/08/pca-2022-report-illusione-cigars.html

The Final Puff: https://www.youtube.com/@thefinalpuff

Fred's Imdb Page:

imdb.com/name/nm3630412/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t31

Buy his books! https://www.amazon.com/stores/Fred-Rewey/author/B001KDV6YA?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true