Ron Melendi Speaks During CRA Seminar

During the IPCPR Trade Show, several seminars are held before the show floor opens. We generally like to sit in on those seminars, but only two were of any interest to us this year. The first being put on by Cigar Rights of America. Rather than present you with one two-hour presentation, we broke the seminar into digestible pieces.

Much like the speech given by Rocky Patel, we have Ron Melendi, of De La Concha in NYC, talking about…

George Rico and the Worlds Largest Production Cigar

During IPCPR, Jerry and I discovered that, with our press passes, we could walk past security and enter the trade show floor before the official opening. We took full advantage of this, scoping out the floor and making a plan of attack for the day. One of the first things to grab our attention was a nineteen-foot long cigar in the Gran Habano booth.

After taking various photos and video, we made plans to swing by later in the show…

Perdomo Cuban Bullet Version 2.0

Origin : Nicaragua
Wrapper : Ecuadorian
Binder : Nicaraguan
Filler : Nicaraguan
Source : bought at local shop

Note – sorry for the video and audio quality. Been talking with Kodak about my camcorder and trying to get a lapel mic to try on it also. Hopefully it will be good to go for my next review. This was done on my computer with my webcam.

I have for you today, another low cost cigar from Perdomo…

Prometheus Product Tour

Over the past couple of years, one of my favorite stops during the IPCPR trade shows has been a visit to the Prometheus booth. A wide variety of their products are items that I would consider out of my league, from a price prospective, but they are fun to look at. The God of Fire and Fuente Aged Selection products are always beautifully presented.

This year we had the opportunity to tour the Prometheus display with Keith Park. With so…

Sean Williams Talks Liga Miami

Towards the end of the first day of IPCPR, Brian, Jerry, and I wandered on over to the El Primer Mundo booth to talk with Sean Williams. As always, Sean was a pleasure to talk to and provided us with plenty of information. In this video he tells us about his latest release in the Liga Miami, made by Willy Herrera of El Titan de Bronze.