Lane Oden+ by | Sep 11, 2017 | *Schema Done, Cigar Life, News
The International Premium Cigars and Pipe Retailers Convention and Trade Show IPCPR 2017 has once again come and gone. Now I’m left to sort out the good, the bad and the ugly for this year’s show. 2016 was my first IPCPR Trade Show and I was a little...
Lane Oden+ by | Mar 1, 2017 | Cigar Life, News
By the end of our five question panel, we were starting to feel like our panelists were opening up with us a little, but the responses to our last question were few and far between. José Blanco from Las Cumbres Tabaco – Señorial cigars told me he didn’t...
Lane Oden+ by | Mar 1, 2017 | Cigar Life, News
After discussing blend trends, it made sense to tap each of our panelists to see what cigars they’re looking forward to getting directly into your hands. Every year the trade show floor opens and everyone there has the same goal in mind: to get you to light and...
TheCigarCafe+ by | Feb 28, 2017 | Cigar Life, Cigar Podcast, News
Recorded 11/17 La Palina Nicaragua Oscuro College Facebook Michigan, Alabama Sean: Son playing in Daytona in the football national championship Harris: I am smoking the La Palina Nicaragua Oscuro today. It is a nice full body cigar with hints of spice and vanilla...
Lane Oden+ by | Feb 20, 2017 | Cigar Life, News
By now in our series of questions from the brand panel at IPCPR, we’ve gotten out of the business of the FDA and regulatory overreach and moved on more to the content you expect to see out of some annual IPCPR talks. And after getting past that initial legal...
TheCigarCafe+ by | Jan 2, 2017 | *Schema Done, Cigar Life, News
Fidel Castro History Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (August 13, 1926 – November 25, 2016) In case you need a refresher on who Fidel Castro is we have the high points for you here. Fidel Castro overthrew the Cuban government in a 1959 revolution and was Cuba’s...
