May 31, 2015
Matt Booth is the force behind the Room 101 Lifestyle Brand. After a stint in the Marines, Booth launched a silver jewelry line called Room 101. In 2010, he expanded the brand into Cigars as he launched the Room 101 Cigar line under Camacho Cigars. Today, Room 101 Cigars is a part of the Davidoff family and remains a very strong brand.
May 31, 2015
Mel Shah is the owner of MBombay Cigars. Shah is a retailer who owns Fame Wine and Cigars in Palm Springs, California. After retiring from the IT industry in 2001, Shah opened his shop and now and more than a decade later he has launched his own unique line of cigars called MBombay.
May 31, 2015
This weeks Debonaire Ideal, we talk about recommending Cigars to Friends.
May 27, 2015
In this edition of Stogie Geeks Shorts we talk to Rafael Nodal, President of Boutique Blends Cigars and Brad Winstead, Vice President of Sales for Altadis USA. Boutique Blends and Altadis have recently collaborated on a project called the "Romeo by Romeo y Julieta Aging Room" cigar.
May 24, 2015
Born in India in 1962, Rakesh "Rocky" Patel introduced the Indian Tabac blend in the mid 1990s. Rakesh was originally a Hollywood attorney who represented several actors, including Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gene Hackman.
May 24, 2015
We interview Russ Sutton from Cutter's Cigar Emporium. Tickets for the Southern Cigar Festival in Alpharetta, Georgia are on sale now! Be on the lookout for Will Cooper, who will be attending the festival on June 6, 2015.
May 10, 2015
Phil joins us this week to talk about proper ashing techniques. Phil Zanghi is the owner and co-founder of Debonaire House, known for the Debonaire Ultra Premium Cigar brand. He is also known as a co-founder in Indian Tabac - the company that eventually became Rocky Patel Premium Cigars. After a hiatus from the hand-rolled premium cigar industry, Zanghi returned to in 2012 and launched the the first Debonaire line.
May 10, 2015
Jean Michel Louis is the brand ambassador for Saga Cigars. Saga Cigars are made in the Dominican Republic by the Reyes family, who has six generations of experience in the tobacco industry. Saga Cigars has two regular production offerings, the Saga Golden Age and Saga Blend No. 7.