“Opus X was so good, I wanted to eat the cigar. I don’t know what you guys have or what you do, but this is unbelievable.” -Carlos Fuente Jr., Chairman of Arturo Fuente Cigars and early adopter of 2-way humidity control 2022 marks Boveda’s 25th anniversary! Hear the Boveda origin story from two of Boveda’s founders, […]
Ease into your recliner and learn more about Dominican boutique cigars with Box Press host Rob Gagner and AdVentura’s Henderson Ventura. This cigar talk meanders as many do at a smoke lounge delving into hobbies, hammocks, never-will-I-evers, book recommendations for guys and your mom’s cooking. This episode of Box Press was recorded live on location […]
In this episode of Box Press… It’s like a 12-minute immersive experience in a cigar escape room! Join us as we search for unicorns, never-released samples and private blends in Willy Herrera’s cigar stash. The master blender for Drew Estate combines tobaccos to maintain consistency among legacy lines and to create new releases for the […]
In this edition of Box Press… How do you judge a cigar? HVC Cigars founder, Reinier Lorenzo, suggests focusing on a cigar’s flavor, balance, construction and clean finish. A cigar with a clean finish won’t leave you with a weird taste in your mouth—what smokers call “ashtray mouth”. “The most important thing in a cigar […]
“Every time I’m in Nicaragua blending a cigar, working with tobacco, I am in Nicaragua, but my mind goes back to Cuba. Goes back to Havana, where I’m from. So that’s what you see with HVC—my heart, my Havana soul will be there.” -Reinier Lorenzo for Privada Cigar Club, which offers its cigar community […]
This episode of Box Press features a not-to-be-missed true crime cigar story! Thieving jacka$$es sledgehammer their way into the back of a cigar humidor and make off with $150,000 worth of limited-edition cigars BEFORE Casa Cuevas had a chance to insure its new warehouse. Next move after installing high-tech security? Craft a new boutique cigar […]
The first stop on the Box Press cigar tour of Miami features tales of acrobats, a new celebrity cigar, stink bugs and more with cigar legend Jack Toraño. Espinosa Cigar’s brand ambassador gives host Rob Gagner a Knuckle Sandwich, the new Guy Fieri cigar. Hear how the Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives star launched his stick. […]
This week’s Box Press: Unicorn chasers, it’s time to pursue Lampert Cigars. This boutique cigar line was started by an Austrian lawyer who loves combining cigars with business. (Talk about attorney-client privilege!) The small-batch cigars have been mistaken for premium Cubans. And if you’re looking for a new breed of quick-smoking dog-walking cigars, Lampert makes […]
In this installment of Box Press, we’re talking about modern cigar smokers: Are you overwhelmed when you visit a tobacco shop? No matter how long you’ve been smoking cigars, it’s a sensory overload when you walk into a store’s humidor. The tobacco aroma, the colorful boxes, the ornate bands, the pensive shoppers. Buying cigars can […]
In this installment of Box Press: Steelers fans, you can now light up an Ike Taylor cigar! Before retiring in 2015, Ike won two Super Bowl® rings during his 12-year career with Pittsburgh. Now the former NFL® player has launched a premium stick called 1OFAHKINE (pronounced one-of-a-kind) with the new cigar brand, Howard G Cigars. Ike […]
Next up on Box Press: Got a NFW cigar story to share? This proves that in-store herfing with strangers leads to unexpected mash-ups and good couch for a cigar podcast! Hear the whole cigar lounge tale and more as Warfighter Tobacco Company’s Jon Simons and Scott Jansen join Box Press host Rob Gagner at 2021 PCA […]
In this installment of the Box Press cigar podcast: Even before a global pandemic affected the premium cigar industry (every industry!), Abe Flores began revitalizing his adolescent cigar brand, PDR. The company’s founder leaned into both his cigar mentors and the rich tobacco lineage of the Dominican Republic. Hear what’s new for the nearly 20-year-old […]
So what if a kid gets kicked out of kindergarten, and fourth grade, and tenth grade? He can still succeed—and even earn a master’s degree, become a certified tobacco sommelier and make big bucks in financial services before launching his own business. Hear All Saints Cigars leader Micky Pegg tell his cigar story over a […]
National treasure? More like an international treasure! Hiram & Solomon is sold worldwide as the official Freemason cigar. You don’t have to be a Mason, however, to buy and enjoy these boutique cigars. Several of the blends are based on Masonic lore. The cigar lines are named after hierarchical degrees and offshoot groups of the […]
He’s been a coach, a teacher, a vice principal, a financial advisor and a Jersey Shore cigar shop owner. So with a doctoral diploma on the wall, why is Steve Zengel running a cigar company for a living? Um, because it’s awesome. Hear the whole twisty-turny origin story of Los Caidos Cigars from its founder […]
When you share a stick, you open up to each other. It’s no different for Raquel Quesada who grew up in a cigar dynasty. She revealed some never-told stories to Box Press Host, Rob Gagner over Quesada 1974 cigars at 2021 PCA in Las Vegas. Raquel talked openly about: As president and owner of the […]