#ELOsoFumarTakes delivers abbreviated interviews, thoughts, and insights with cigar industry personnel and fans. Host Bear Duplisea's vision is to give the audience a peak into industry culture as well as show the human side of its inner members.
Episodes
Monday Mar 30, 2020
Monday Mar 30, 2020
This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes is pleased to welcome the dapper and transcendent leader in the premium cigar industry, Michael Herklots of Nat Sherman. Our #113thTake promises to be one to remember as we dive into the journey and story that has molded one of the industry's beloved people and how he found himself at the top of one of the most powerful tobacco companies in the world. We dive into his style, his compass for leadership, as well as some of the fascinating conversations he's been having on his CO-Video chats! Enjoy!
https://www.natshermanintl.com/
A Great Follow & access to CO-Video Chats: https://www.instagram.com/michaelherklots/
Robert Spangle: http://www.thousandyardstyle.com/
Christian McBride: https://www.christianmcbride.com/
Monday Mar 23, 2020
Monday Mar 23, 2020
This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes welcomes Abe Dababneh to sit down for #112thTake. These are trying times for the industry. And, a Pandemic is going on. It's no laughing matter, small business owners make up a large part of our treasured industry and as communities are coming together in big ways, the cigar business is still suffering. Dababneh sits atop a retail operation whose many locations are nestled and woven parts of their communities. KMA Talk Radio's voice and reach capture the pulse of the cigar industry in a very real way. We sit down with Abe to talk serious business with a serious businessman. Don't worry, there will be some levity as well. Enjoy!
KMA Talk Radio:
Smoke Inn: https://www.smokeinn.com/
#Take of the #Take: "If they told me that if you caught COVID-19 and 60 days later things would look like the Walking Dead, then this would all make sense."
Monday Mar 16, 2020
Monday Mar 16, 2020
This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes welcomes back two-time and consecutive Top 3 recipients for our Top Ten Cigars of the Year - Reinier Lorenzo of HVC Cigars. For the #111thTake we look back at the road it took him to get here, with a turbulent few months in the cigar industry as a whole and what's going on today, how does this affect HVC's plans for the future. We also have a little fun with his name and the process and approach to blending he takes. And speaking of time we dive into the past with Lorenzo's latest project - HVC 500 Years Anniversary. Enjoy!
Havana celebrates 500 Years since foundation: https://whynotcuba.com/havana-celebrates-its-500th-birthday-in-2019-here-is-what-to-expect/
HVC 500th Anniversary: https://cigar-coop.com/2019/09/cigar-news-hvc-500th-anniversary-cigar-announced.html
#Take of the #Take: "Wash your hands and stay smokey" - Reinier Lorenzo
Monday Mar 09, 2020
Monday Mar 09, 2020
This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes welcomes Claudio Sgroi of Mombacho Cigars to sit down for #Take110. Sgroi and Mombacho have taken on some incredible projects in the last couple of years. They first gave us the revolutionary Casa Favilli - featuring a Nicaraguan-grown Connecticut Broadleaf. At the 2019 PCA (nee IPCPR) Trade Show, Sgroi announced the unprecedented collaboration with Diplomatico Rum, the infamous Venezuelan Spirit Company. We also look back at some of the decisions that put Sgroi and Mombacho on this course of creativity, innovation, while still holding true to tradition. Enjoy!
https://www.mombachocigars.com/
Casa Favilli: https://tobaccobusiness.com/casa-favilli-cigar-factor-named-top-attraction-in-granada/
2019 IPCPR Coverage of Mombacho: https://cigar-coop.com/2019/07/ipcpr-2019-spotlight-mombacho-cigars-s-a.html
Carita Feliz Kinder Association: http://www.caritafelizkinder.org/
I Love Venezuela Foundation: https://www.ilovevenezuela.org/
Diplomatico Rum:http://rondiplomatico.com/age-filter/?r=http%3A%2F%2Frondiplomatico.com%2F
Monday Mar 02, 2020
Monday Mar 02, 2020
This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes welcomes back Skip Martin for our #109thTake. It may seem like yesterday since we sat down with Skip, but the changes that have come through the industry have been seismic. Martin always brings his 'A' Game and 2020 is a big year for RoMa Craft Tobac, celebrating 10 years. Additionally, we chatted BAKA, and Industry History and legislative updates. Martin teaches me some Spanish and we chat cooking in our Curveball segment. And we have a surprise visit from the birthday boy himself, Mike Rosales! Enjoy!
Learn more about House Bill HR 2339: https://cigar-coop.com/2020/02/cigar-news-comprehensive-anti-tobacco-bill-hr-2339-bill-passes-house.html
Monday Feb 24, 2020
Monday Feb 24, 2020
This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes welcomes current #1 Cigar of the Year maker, Rafael Nodal to sit down for #Take108. Our guest's journey is more than just cigar creation, it started with humble beginnings, multiple harrowing moves, and a daring business endeavor. We seek to discover what keeps this man going and what inspires the creativity that created one of the world's most sought after cigars.
https://www.cigaraficionado.com/top25cigar/aging-room-quattro-nicaragua-maestro-2019
Monday Feb 17, 2020
Monday Feb 17, 2020
This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes is pleased to welcome Drew Newman of J.C. Newman Cigar Company to sit down for our #107thTake. Four generations in and 125 years of excellence have been given to us by the incredible Newman family. We'll pick the brain of the latest generation of this storied family to join the cigar industry and what it means to take the company to new heights. All of this while culminating over a century of history in its finest hour yet.
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Monday Feb 10, 2020
This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes welcomes back Tripp Waldrop (in his record fifth appearance) and Denis Tsvang of Cigar Federation for version 4.0 of our pairing collaboration for our #106thTake. It is live blind cigar reviews, it is a pairings show, but it's done all with an #ELOsoFumarTakes twist. On this #Take, we tackle some shenanigans along with some of the industry's most serious questions that have all come down in the last few weeks. Enjoy!
Cigar Federation Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/cigarfederation/videos/?ref=page_internal
Four Corners Brewing Company: https://fcbrewing.com/
Ninkasi Brewing Company: https://ninkasibrewing.com/
Collective Arts Brewing: https://collectiveartsbrewing.com/
Developing Palates 2020 TPE Recap: https://developingpalates.podbean.com/e/developing-palates-tpe20-recap/
Cigar Coop’s Story on Warning Labels decision: https://cigar-coop.com/2020/02/cigar-news-court-rules-against-fda-on-warning-labels-for-premium-cigars.html
Bear Nails the Blind Tasting! – (3:17:00)
Monday Feb 03, 2020
Monday Feb 03, 2020
This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes welcomes Oliver Nivaud of United Cigar Group to sit down for #Take105. Oliver and I are kindred spirits. We'll see how far this rabbit hole goes as we (a la Sound of Music) discuss a few of our favorite things. Tacos. Baseball(ism). Cigars. That's what Nivaud and Bear do. Plus, Oliver updates on all things United Cigars, including some breaking insights into PCA, latest and upcoming projects. Enjoy!
Monday Jan 27, 2020
Monday Jan 27, 2020
This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes welcomes the return of Jeff Borysiewicz for our #104thTake. Jeff has many ventures within our beloved industry, but he serves as the unofficial beacon for the pulse for everyone from the consumer to the manufacturer simply because of the many hats he wears. This week we tap into his thoughts on Tobacco 21 to the fallout with The Big Four announcing that they will not attend PCA. It's an editorial-filled take, Enjoy!