IPCPR 2011 – Berger & Argenti

Another first time interview here at Stogie Review during IPCPR. Berger & Argenti made some waves the past couple years with their release of the Entubar, Quad Maduro and Mooch lines. Al Argenti spends a few minutes with Brian Hewitt and tells us what they are releasing this year like the Connecticut River Valley (CRV) and the limited V32 both extensions and rolled Entubar style.

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IPCPR 2011 – Gran Habano

We get a few minutes with George Rico of Gran Habano to talk about the new things he’s working on. Gran Habano had one of the more interesting booths at the show worth a working ice cream truck. Apparently they had some issues getting a permit to have the truck there and then the fire marshall had some issues with the ice cream truck so they had to disconnect the battery and instead of real ice cream, had to give …

IPCPR 2011 – Drew Estate

The winner for most informative and passionate video from IPCPR goes to…Jonathan Drew of Drew Estate. I wasn’t with Brian Hewitt when this was recorded so my first time seeing it was when I started editing and encoding it. Wow! Probably one of the best interviews we’ve ever done here on Stogie Review. Jonathan’s knowledge and passion for tobacco and the cigar industry really shines in this video. Lots of news about their new releases and upcoming releases. Not just …

IPCPR 2011 – Urbano Cigars

What is the point of covering the show if we were only to cover the “big” boys? The best part of the show is finding those newcomers to the industry who a tucked and hidden behind every corner. Fortunately for us we discovered Ira Lockhart and Matt Urbano of Urbano Cigars I know Urbano Cigars isn’t a household name yet but I’ll be honest. I really enjoyed the Corojo I had. Thanks to Matt and Ira for inviting us over …

IPCPR 2011 – Room101 Cigars

We needed to rebound with Matt Booth after last year’s less than entertaining interview at IPCPR. Matt Booth gives us an introduction to new sizes in last year’s LTD series, along with his new Room101 Cigars LTD Namakubi Limited Edition release for this year. He also shows us his new Connecticut wrapped cigar that has been making some buzz. Seeing as he gets the wrapper from Davidoff, it has some high expectations. We even discuss the future of the original …

IPCPR 2011 – Ernesto Perez Carrillo

Its hard to think of someone in the cigar industry who is more generous with their time and is able to connect with you on a personal level than Ernesto Perez Carrillo. Ernesto is one of my favorite people to interview whether thats at IPCPR, Texas Cigar Festival or even a local event in Maryland. He has so much knowledge of the industry and such a supporter of what we do here at Stogie Review. Ernesto takes time away from …

7 Minutes with Pete Johnson

I’ll give credit where credit is due. Brian Hewitt rocked at IPCPR. I was only there for the first two days and while we got a lot accomplished in those two days it was up to Brian to hit up the folks we couldn’t do together. Most of you already know all about Pete’s new releases for Tatuaje so maybe this video won’t be anything new. Again, most of you have probably seen pictures on Facebook or at the Saints …

IPCPR 2011 – Toraño Family Cigars

We’ve received a lot of praise thus far for our coverage of IPCPR and I’m very happy that we can provide great content for all of our fans. We couldn’t do it alone and I want to take a moment to thank a couple people at Toraño Family Cigars for their help in making this interview come together. Bruce Lewis, Oliver Hyams (who I learned at the show is a recent inductee to the NCAA Pepperdine University Tennis Hall of …

IPCPR 2011 – Illusione

It doesn’t get any better than Dion Giolito of Illusione. Whether its his core Illusione line or Epernay or “Cruz”ado he literally has a stellar cigar for everyone. In the video Dion goes into detail about his new offerings. New size of Epernay, Maduro versions of the Illusione line, special MK Ultra and my personal favorite, the gold wrapped “Cruz”ado. Dion also spreads the love around and gives major props to some things Drew Estate is involved with.

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IPCPR 2011 – La Caridad del Cobre

Frank Herrera of La Caridad del Cobre is one of the most interesting, intellectual, fun loving supporters of new media. Its always a blast to hangout with Frank and talk cigars and get legal advice from him. La Caridad del Cobre is probably my dad’s favorite cigar and I’m thankful to Frank for the autographed culebra for my dad. We talk about whats new with La Caridad del Cobre like the new Javelin as well as catchup on developing legal …