In this episode of Taking It To The Nub, Boston Jimmie from Stogie Press has the distant pleasure to sit down with the President of Flor De Gonzalez Cigars – Yadi Gonzalez Vargas. Yadi immigrated to the US as a young child in 1980 from Cuba and has been around cigars all her life. A Read more about Taking It To The Nub – Season 1 Episode 30 – Yadi Gonzalez – Flor De Gonzalez Cigars[…]
In this episode of Taking It To The Nub, Boston Jimmie from Stogie Press sits down with DBL Cigars owner, Francisco Almonte. For the next hour you will get some of the best cigar education. As a fourth generation cigar producer, Francisco is one of the most knowledgeable cigar men in the industry and worked Read more about Taking It To The Nub – Season 1 Episode 29 – Francisco Almonte – DBL Cigars[…]
In this episode, Boston Jimmie welcomes special guest and friend, Shorty Rossi to #TakingItToTheNub. Shorty is best known as the Pit Boss on the Animal Planet show of the same name. He is on a forever mission to rescue Pit Bulls from abusive homes and educate the public on the breed. Shorty is also an Read more about Taking It To The Nub – Season 1 Episode 28 – Shorty Rossi – The Pit Boss[…]
Episode 27 of Taking It To The Nub featured special guest Jeffrey Amendola, founder of Amendola Family Cigars. In this episode, Boston Jimmie and Jeffrey take a journey through the founding of Jeffrey’s cigar brand and venture into our Italian heritages. Jeffrey notes: “My forefathers were innovators, bootleggers, business owners, and God fearing men who Read more about Taking It To The Nub – Season 1 Episode 27 – Jeffrey Amendola – Amendola Family Cigars[…]
In this episode of Taking It To The Nub, Boston Jimmie is joined by a cigar consumer panel including Cigar Enthusiasts including, Princess J. and Joey B, along with one of the Bakersfield Gentlemen, Miguel Rodriguez. Princess J. joined us while getting a new tattoo, Joey called in from his home lounge in Massachusetts, and Read more about Taking It To The Nub – Season 1 Episode 26 Consumer Panel #2[…]
This episode of Taking It To The Nub, was a unique one, as Boston Jimmie from Stogie Press sits down and has a cigar chat with two great BOTL, Nick Marzigliano and Raymond Kane – founders of the growing Facebook group Cigar Clowns. Having met these Brooklyn gentlemen only minutes before the show, Boston Jimmie Read more about Taking It To The Nub – Season 1 Episode 25 – The Cigar Clowns[…]
In our 24th episode of Taking It To The Nub, Boston Jimmie sits down with Oscar Valladares, owner of Oscar Valladares Cigars. Oscar went from being a tour bus driver for Rocky Patel to owning and operating one of the highly acclaimed cigar factories that rolls out over 3.5 million cigars a year. Take a trip Read more about Taking It To The Nub – Season 1 Episode 24 – Oscar Valladares Cigars[…]
In this episode of Taking It To The Nub, Boston Jimmie sits down with DAV Cigars founders, Valot Atakhanian and Armen Caprielian, two Armenian friends that took their love of cigars and started a cigar brand that is now worldwide. We talk about their history and their love of America and Armenia and how they Read more about Taking It To The Nub – Season 1 Episode 23 – DAV Cigars[…]
In this episode of Taking It To The Nub, Boston Jimmie sits down with RoMa Craft Tobac co-founder, Skip Martin, and talks cigars, sports, a touch of politics, and gets some more cigar education nuggets. This is a must see video, especially the latter part, where Skip explains how various moisture content effects the burn Read more about Taking It To The Nub – Season 1 Episode 22 – Skip Martin – RoMa Craft Tobac[…]
In this episode, Boston Jimmie from Stogie Press sits down with Cigar Rights of America Executive Director, Glynn Loope to discuss the state of the Premium Cigar Industry and how we are navigating the FDA road blocks. We take a trip back to the start of the FDA Regulations and visit the Save The Leaf Read more about Taking It To The Nub – Season 1 Episode 21 – Glynn Loope – Cigar Rights of America[…]
In this episode, Boston Jimmie from Stogie Press takes a virtual visit to Richardson, TX to have a cigar chat with the King of Small Ring Gauge cigars, Noel Rojas. We talk about the history of Rojas Cigar from Noel’s beginnings growing up in Cuba to his arrival in the USA where he started his Read more about Taking It To The Nub – Season 1 Episode 20 – Noel Rojas – Rojas Cigars[…]
In this episode we take a trip to an undisclosed location with Robert Holt, owner of Southern Draw Cigars and talk about what’s new with Robert and his Southern Draw Cigars Family. It has been over five years since Southern Draw Cigars came onto the cigar scene. They were the 2019 recipient of the Stogie Read more about Taking It To The Nub – Season 1 Episode 19 – Robert Holt – Southern Draw Cigars[…]
In this episode we take a trip with David Blanco, owner of Blanco Cigars as we look back to the days of his grandparents and father in the Cuban revolution and come to modern times with US Born and 5th Generation Blanco cigar man, David Blanco. The Blanco family has seen it all and still Read more about Taking It To The Nub – Season 1 Episode 18 – David Blanco – Blanco Cigars[…]
In this episode, Boston Jimmie from Stogie Press joins a panel of cigar consumers to talk about their love of the leaf. We get into likes and dislikes including pet peeves, the FDA, Cigar Shop etiquette, and general discussions. The panel included a diversity of cigar enthusiasts including Agatha K Hall, Adam Machado, Dak Knoll, Read more about Taking It To The Nub – Season 1 Episode 17 – A Cigar Consumer Panel[…]