Welcome to the latest installment of Cigar Cafe Radio. Today we have a special guest with us, Patrick Vivalo owner of Vivalo Cigar Co. Lane, Sean and Harris are here with you this week as usual.

Lane and Harris are smoking the Vivalo Robusto during the the show.

Questions:

How did you get into the Cigar Business?

Hello everyone and welcome to the latest weekly installment of the Cigar Café podcast. My name is Lane Oden and I’m joined by my co-host and owner of Cigars and More, Harris Saunders. Today we also have on the show our gracious host and Internet advisor, Sean Kavanaugh. If you’re a regular listener, we’d like to welcome you back caught our last episode, welcome back. And if this is your first time, we’re glad to have you join us too.

Hey Harris. Glad to be back in the shop today. How are you this afternoon?

Harris: Doing well. Its nice to have good weather in Birmingham this week.

Sean, how are things going in the great white north? (Chicago)

Sean: Still icy and frozen

Hello everyone my name is Lane Oden Cigar Junkie, lover of fine whisky, SEC football nut and your host for the first ever Cigar Café podcast. I’m super juiced to have on my co-host and owner of Birmingham’s own Cigars & More Harris Saunders

Hey Harris what’s up?

Just to let people know we plan on being a fun show, talking a bit about everything centered around smoking your favorite cigar/cigars. We call it a lifestyle that revolves around enjoying life, friends and things you love. We’re going to bring you guests that are pretty relevant in the cigar world. We may even surprise you along the way.

So Roll Tide and welcome. War Eagle from Harris.

What’s going on today?

Another near miss on bad weather in Birmingham. The Procigar festival is going on this week in the Dominican Republic at Casa de Campo Resort. The is the annual festival of Dominican Cigar makers open to the public. It is a great week of parties, cigars and fellowship with fellow cigar enthusiasts.

Quite a few updates on the Cuban Embargo today.