#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 Jan 20, 2020
Monday Jan 20, 2020
This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes welcomes in the Head of National Sales for Plasencia Cigars - Javi Carranza. Plasencia is a truly historic name in the industry, but their legacy, until recently, has been mostly behind the scenes. For decades, Plasencia was and continues to be the manufacturer of some of the world's finest cigars with one thing missing the labels and boxes. The name: Plasencia. However, in recent years Plasencia has launched, with incredible success, their own lines of cigars. Javi has been at the helm guiding the ship and leading Plasencia into a new era. Enjoy!
Plasencia Cigars: https://www.plasenciacigars.com/
Ed Reed Foundation: https://www.edreedfoundation.org/
Monday Jan 13, 2020
Monday Jan 13, 2020
This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes welcomes Founder, Publisher, Editor of Cigar Press Magazine, Thor Nielsen, to sit down for our #Take102. It's been a week(s) of big news in the cigar industry, so you'll definitely want to catch Thor's take on the latest news, but we'll also take it back to the beginning of Cigar Press Magazine. How did Cigar Press get here? It's an epic sit down! Enjoy!
Lord Gar by Chuck BB: http://www.chuckbb.com/
Kim Jackson, Cigar Band Art: http://kjackart.com/
Interview with Kim Jackson here: https://youtu.be/PFF-lDdw-Fw
Tuesday Jan 07, 2020
Tuesday Jan 07, 2020
This week, the highly anticipated #ELOsoFumarTakes Top 10 Cigars of 2019 will be unveiled! The past 12 months have been amazing and a special thank you goes out to E.P. Carrillo Cigars on being last year's winner, with the E.P. Carrillo Encore Vallientes. Will they repeat? The updated criteria is below:
1) It's vitola based.
2) I had to have smoked the cigar for the first time in the last year and a half.*
3) It must not suck.
4)No limited edition cigars (i.e. TAA, shop exclusive) are eligible.
5) A previous number 1 cigar winner (blend-specific, i.e. 2017 Winner Espinosa Habano) cannot be on this year's Top 10 or repeat as winner.*
6) A company cannot have more than 1 cigar on the Top 10, however, may be considered for honorable mention.*
7)THE BIG ONE: frequency of smoke. Basically, I had to have the means AND opportunity AND did, in fact, smoke the cigar frequently.
#ELOsoFumarTakes 2018 Top Ten List (Last Year):
1) EPC ENCORE Valientes
2) JOYA SILVER robusto
3) HVC CERRO MADURO
4) JRE ALADINO COROJO RESERVA
5) Crowned Heads La Careme Robusto
6) Crux Epicure Corona Gorda
7) Cornelius & Anthony Venganza Toro
8) Casa Cuevas Habno Robusto
9) Sobremesa Elegante Cedrus
10) AVO SA RITMO Toro
Sit back, relax and Enjoy!
Wednesday Dec 25, 2019
Wednesday Dec 25, 2019
This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes hits the century mark. Our #100thTake features none other than Pete Johnson of Tatuaje Cigars. Pete's business ventures have taken him from music to premium cigar retail to cigar manufacturing to wine to film producer and back again. This week we chat with Pete about his soothsayer intuition, Hollywood, and the legacy of one of the industry's most revered Limited Edition Series.
Be sure to stick around, this take goes next level at 49:00. Hang in there as we muscle through and Pete takes over.
Life isn't perfect and things sometimes don't go as planned. In the end, we end up with something far superior. Enjoy!
Monday Dec 16, 2019
Monday Dec 16, 2019
This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes honors our last take in double digits. #Take99 brings in the two gentlemen that have revolutionized the cigar podcast game. Developing Palates' Aaron Loomis and Cigar Coop's William Cooper have each brought a lot to this industry. But, where did it start? Where do they see it going? I'll do my best to fire up Coop and get Aaron to admit he likes something. Enjoy!
https://cigar-coop.com/category/podcast
Tuesday Dec 03, 2019
Tuesday Dec 03, 2019
This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes #Take98 features Bradley Rubin of Alec & Bradley Cigars. We've talked a lot about family on our show. And why not? This is a family industry. Alongside his brother, Alec, our guest is taking the lessons they learned from a lifetime of watching their father do it right by his family, company, and team. Enjoy!
Monday Nov 25, 2019
Monday Nov 25, 2019
This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes is pleased to welcome Luciano Meirelles of A.C.E. Prime Cigars for our #97thTake. Backed by a factory that is widely considered one of the best-kept secrets in the industry, Luciano and his co-founders brought a new company and plenty of new cigars to the market. It's something the industry hasn't seen in a few years. It's with great pleasure that we sit down with the man who's making a bold stand and bringing a new experience to the consumer
Monday Nov 18, 2019
Monday Nov 18, 2019
This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes welcomes the man, the myth, the unbuttoned shirt legend, Tony Bellatto of La Barba Cigars in for our #96thTake. Tony is a lot of things, but what some may not know is that he is a WSET level 3 wine sommelier. He also owns a coffee company and has been virtually been working in our beloved industry since before he could legally smoke a cigar. It's a lot to unravel, but we'll try. Enjoy!
Monday Nov 04, 2019
Monday Nov 04, 2019
This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes turns 2! We welcome back the man who got us started from #Take1. Tim Wong, two-decade industry veteran, and Pier 28 Cigars Founder returns to celebrate the beginning and today. We talk our Anniversary, Pier 28, La Zona Palooza, and the changes in the industry over the years. Enjoy!
Monday Oct 21, 2019
Monday Oct 21, 2019
This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes welcomes former National Cigar Smoking Champion and the Every Man of the Premium Cigar Industry. From George Brighmann to Jose Blanco to Jonathan Drew, Lois is connected...a made man. We dive into Cigar Smoking Championships, Cigar Events (like the Kentucky Derby & Breeders Cup), and tackle some Industry Politics going on in Lois's backyard. Enjoy!
The rulebook for World Cigar Smoking Championship: https://www.hajenius.com/images/cswc/Wedstrijdreglement_2018_UK.pdf