Tobacco Insight
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Insightful and informative third-party content relating to all things tobacco.
Examples: interviews with a blender, factory tours, explaining the aging process, tobacco history, etc…
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CAO master blender Rick Rodriguez’s personal account of his journey into the world of cigars. Great watch.
Nobody cares for the what, when, why, how?? Or am I missing something
I'm just messin with you. Actually, I watched the whole video. You keep posting interesting cigar videos on here and I'll see what you got. I'll try to add some content myself if I find something interesting.
Good video. I don't smoke a lot of CAO's but it was cool to hear his story.
I’ll post whatever’s worth watching. Trying to find something about James and Angela Brown of BLTC. They have a great story as well.
Loved it.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
ELADIO DIAZ LEAVES TABADOM
Eladio Diaz leaves Tabadom. That basically means that Eladio Diaz leaves Oettinger Davidoff after thirty-five years. Both Oettinger Davidoff and Eladio Diaz did not comment on what his next step is. It could well be that the 68-year-old industry veteran is retiring, but these old soldiers hardly ever do.
In a statement, Oettinger Davidoff says “Eladio Diaz (68), one of Oettinger Davidoff’s most accomplished Master Blenders, has been committed to the company for more than thirty-five years. Eladio Diaz had in the past years progressively handed over his day-to-day tasks and he continues to share his passion and longstanding know-how in his current role by developing the new generations of Oettinger Davidoff Master Blenders while at the same time advising on tobacco procurement and growing as well as cigar production.”
TABADOM
Hendrik ‘Henke’ Kelner started Tabadom in 1984 and quickly hired Eladio Diaz. First as a master roller, but Diaz quickly became the right-hand man for Kelner. Especially when Tabadom grew overnight in 1990. Before 1990 Tabadom was known for The Griffins and AVO Cigars. Through Avo Uvezian, Kelner met Dr. Ernest Schneider from Oettinger Davidoff. They were looking for a production partner in the Dominican Republic after parting ways with Cubatabaco. Tabadom became that partner.
Diaz has been an instrumental part of making the Dominican Davidoff a success. He was one of the master blenders for Davidoff, he was in charge of cigar production and tobacco cultivation. He was truly a right-hand man for Kelner and rose to the top levels of Tabadom when the company grew. With Kelner stepping down last year, and Diaz leaving Davidoff now, it looks like the end of an era.
via Ministry of Cigars
Jon Huber (Crowned Heads Cigars) interview with Small Batch at PCA 2021
Padron Cigars - Jose Orlando Padron - Privada Icon Series [5 min 30 sec]
In the latest installment of Privada Icon Series we discuss Jose Orlando Padron. Don Orlando is the founder of Padron Cigars. Padron cigars has become synonamous with the best. In this video we discover what made the Padron story so powerful.
Interesting. I'd always wondered what the significance of the hammer was.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
It was a good watch if you have the time. Knew nothing about cigars really and this helped me understand the whole process.
Man there are some Nick perdomo videos somewhere that would really fit in well here
I heard they pair well with a @Scotch_n_Smoke 😂
If you want to bomb me send it to Tony @0patience
If you are a newbie I got Dem nachos....
Some of the Nick Perdomo videos are decent. I use his technique for lighting cigars, and if I agree with him then you know he's right.
Nick Melillo on the thought process of the JR 50th El Gueguense.
“…what we’re trying to do is [balance]. Again, we start at the blend, the cigar… I don’t want people to get the feeling that we’re leaning too far on just the marketing style, we start with the cigar, but then we want to compliment that blend with artwork and packaging worthy of a special blend.”
Really appreciate when a brand has their consumer in mind. Instead of re-branding an existing blend/vitola for marketing purposes and calling it a day.
What's the special artwork? Looks like a regular El gueguense band and a regular Jr band.
Nice box
Thought this short video was helpful for me just to get an overview of general taste per country.
Good video.
I picked up this Puro Pack before it was discontinued which helps too as you smoke one binder/wrapper/filler leaf to get a sense of it's contribution.
https://www.cigar.com/p/tobacco-taster-puro-pack-sampler/2018154/
I wish I had seen that when I was a noob. Would have helped me.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
@Rdp77 gave the tip to keep track of the combinations so I can have an easier time finding more things I'd prolly like! Now Im doing my due diligence to understand em better
Note blenders and factory also
Absolutely. That’s usually the way I try to explain it to people. First figure out the types of tobacco. Then figure out which blenders you prefer and then what factories they use.
Some beautiful prints in here, would be nice for the smoking area
https://rpartgallery.com/
Eduardo Fernandez of Casa Fernandez (Aganorsa S.A. sourced)
Speaking on:
-entry into the tobacco business
-importance of vertical integration
-caring for leaves, rushing the process
-collaborating