Smokin Tabacco

This week, we celebrate the first birthday of Ferio Tego with the 2021 Smokin Tabacco "Man of the Year" Michael Herklots. We talk about the growth of the first year of the company and we check out the new Elegancia and Generoso cigars on the show. We also talk bout the 'Timeless' line comeback and what, other than cigars themselves, challenges Michael faced in getting the company to market. We also talk about his hosting duties during Smoke Inn's 'The Great Smoke' and he tells us how much he didn't know about the job until he arrived! We present Michael with the 'Man of the Year' award after a truly deserving year. Don't forget to Like & Subscribe and visit SmokinTabacco.com for more news.

Abe Dababneh and Alex Tavella stop by to talk about The Great Smoke 2021 and all of the things they went through to make it happen. We then talk about TGS 2022 and the guys announce they have opened up 100 more virtual tickets, buy them no while you can! Abe also talks us about the Smoke Inn Holiday Cigar Advent Calendar. We then present Abe with our official 2021 Smokin Tabacco Retailer of the Year. Don't forget to Like and Subscribe and head over to SmokinTabacco.com for more news and content.

Brought to you by Drew Estate: The Rebirth of Cigars - This week, we review the Smokin Tabacco Cigar of the year list and compare it to other lists including to what's been named on the Cigar Coop list and we also talk about who is currently repeatedly ranking high or scoring number one across multiple lists. We also talk about how including limited or hard to obtain cigars may be a little frowned upon by consumers who are trying to find them. Coop goes through the Cigar Coop Top 12 stories to get Matt's take on what he thinks should and shouldn't be on the list and naming substitutions. Don't forget to Like and Subscribe and visit SmokinTabacco.com for more industry news and content.

This week we celebrate 2021 in our Year in Review episode. Jon Carney rejoins us to reminisce on the year and everything we all accomplished as well as the industry as a whole. We talk about our charity fundraiser earlier this year for Cigar Family Charitable Foundation and we begin to drop details on the next one which will begin March 1st, 2022. We talk about what we expect to see in 2022 from the industry as well as what we plan to work on internally. The final giveaway winner is announced so all prizes will ship out immediately. Don't forget to Like and Subscribe, and visit SmokinTabacco.com for more news.

Just in time for Christmas, Oliver Nivaud join us to catch up and talk about everything that United has been doing since his last visit a year ago. United has been busy adding on to the Bandolero line as well as repackaging it. United reworked the Garofalo line, added the 'Angelic' to the La Gianna line, and even got into the NFT market with a special 'Atabey Black Riots' NFT. Oliver also teases what United is working on for the future including another Firecracker release. We name the third winner of our Holiday 2021 giveaway and shed some light on our 2021 Cigar of the Year, which is the Drew Estate 'Undercrown 10' toro. Congrats to Dre Estate on this honor! Don't forget to Like & Subscribe and visit SmokinTabacco.com for more information and content!

On this episode, Matt and Coop both review their shows of this week. Coop clears the air with some of the feedback he received after having Brian from Privada on the show and explains why he was happy to have Brian on despite what some people might have said. Matt and Coop also review some of the topics that were raised when Glynn Loope and Josh Habursky were on the Smokin Tabacco Show this week with topics like Tobacco 21, Flavored Tobacco and other PCA dealings that were discussed. Coop also asks Matt on his opinion of Tom Brady receiving the SI "Sports Person of the Year" award. Don't forget to Like & Subscribe!

On this episode, Glynn Loope and Joshua Habursky from the Premium Cigar Association join us to talk about many hot topics surrounding the state of the cigar industry in terms of laws, regulation and legislation. The overall theme is "Is the cigar industry in serious trouble?" We try to answer that by covering topics such as Tobacco 21, Flavored Tobacco regulation, permanent age cutoff for tobacco purchasing, and how the guys felt about the 2021 trade show and what we can expect fro the 2022 show. Don't forget we are still running our 2021 holiday giveaway with two more prizes up for grabs. As always, head over to smokintabacco.com for more information and don't forget to Like & Subscribe!

On this episode, we catch up with Bradley Rubin from Alec Bradley and Alec & Bradley. We talk and smoke the Trilogy and take a look at the unique box design that they have created that looks like the mold the cigars are pressed in. We talk about the new JC Newman project happening across the street from their factory in Tampa. We get into whiskey and learn that not only does Bradley share our love for good bourbon but he is also quite the romance man. We also announce the winner of the first of four December giveaways! Be sure to like and subscribe for more content!

On this episode, we sit down with Brooks Whittington of Halfwheel.com to talk about how Halfwheel came to be with Charlie Minato and the precursors to the website. We talk to Brooks about reviews and get tips from him on tasting, what his and Halfwheel's policies and procedures on doing reviews. We also get his take on old media vs new media and how the industry has changed and how Halfwheel has planned to continue to evolve. Don't forget to like and subscribe!

On this episode, Matt announces some new partnerships, giveaway and updates at Smokin Tabacco. The boys discuss some local legislations regarding tobacco. But later, they focus on the Smokin Tabacco Top 25 Cigar of the Year contenders. Coop gives his insight as Matt goes down the list reading of the contenders. Don't forget to Like & Subscribe on all of our platforms and visit smokintabacco.com for more information on our giveaways for December.