We get up close and personal with the most interesting people from all different walks of life. Casino managers, poker pros, racecar drivers, boxers, NFL players, MMA fighters, politicians, oh yeah and cigar professionals! We don’t discriminate when we choose who to cover. If we think they have something to say that will tantalize then we offer them a venue to speak their mind. Our interviewers have no problem taking to the streets to look under every tobacco leaf to speak to everyone from local shopkeepers to the master Ligador. Here’s your chance to take a peek inside the minds of the men and women that keep the cigar industry rolling with our in-depth, penetrating interviews, where we ask the questions that matter to you: the cigar connoisseur. So come along and join us as we cut the cap and a take an intimate look inside the mind and heart of cigars.
One of the most unique and creative marketing campaigns of the year was launched this month by none other than Camacho Cigars when they unveiled their “Black Band Project.”
Born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Miami from the age of 3 months old, 42-year-old Erik Espinosa inherited his great passion for cigars from his father. He has been smoking cigars for 24 years, and has been in the business for 12, working his way up from the local cigar shops to now being one half owner of E.O. Brands/United Tobacco. Working with Eddie Ortega, the two have produced such great cigars as the 601 and the new Cubao, along with great value lines like the Panama Red and REO.
Ernesto Perez Carrillo was busy making very fine cigars, in “Little Havana” in Miami, FL, when, in 1993, Cigar Aficionado rated his La Gloria Cubana Wavell an unprecedented 90. From that point on, the back orders remained - practically forever!
Jorge Luis Armenteros is the proprietor of two tobacco shops; both named A Little Taste of Cuba. One, the original shop, is in Princeton, NJ (70 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ - 609.683.8988 - www.cubacigar.com). The other shop, his second, is in New Hope, PA (102 S. Main Street, Ste D - 215.862.1122).
Perhaps of greater importance is the fact that he founded and operates Tobacconist University - an educational concept that brings professionalism to the retail tobacconist, and credibility to the industry; particularly in these difficult times for cigar makers; Tobacconists and smokers alike.
In Part I of our interview with Nick Tarabay, we talked about his acting, the TV series Crash, working with Dennis Hopper, and growing up in Lebanon.
In Part II, the talk turns to cigars ... how he got started, how he enjoys cigars with wine, and other burning issues like if cigars should be stored with the cellophane on or off.
One of the most unique and creative marketing campaigns of the year was launched this month by none other than Camacho Cigars when they unveiled their “Black Band Project.” 
Ernesto Perez Carrillo was busy making very fine cigars, in “Little Havana” in Miami, FL, when, in 1993, Cigar Aficionado rated his La Gloria Cubana Wavell an unprecedented 90. From that point on, the back orders remained - practically forever!