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There are a few people in the cigar industry who crossover into different areas. Mo Maali is one of those. In addition to being the owner of Patina Cigars, he's also on a podcast called Sultans of Smoke. Mo is one of the people who are in my ear on a fairly regular basis, so I may know him better than he knows me. There are a few people like this in the industry, I'm doing my best to interview them all. Mo displays his Patina brand in the Sutliff Tobacco booth, along with several other brands. As Mo explains in the video, the distribution arrangement with Sutliff relieves a lot of pain points for a small brand. Enjoy the video!
Patina cigars are really quite good. I'm looking forward to trying the new one, and I've enjoyed the core line quite a bit. I'd have smokied it by now if it wasn't for this Covid nonsense. I seem to like a lot of cigars made in the NACSA factory.
This cigar will never be sold,” Jose Blanco said. “It was made for us to smoke together. I came up with this idea because I’ve always been a big supporter of IPCPR, RTDA, PCA. “
The cigar was made and smoked at the opening event of the annual convention. Fuente said it was done to support PCA but to bring something unique to the retailers.
“We would not be here if it was not for the retailers who make everyone’s lives better, Blanco said. “Carlito made this blend using 13 different tobaccos. To make this blend you really have to know tobacco.”
They provided cigars to the first 250 retailers at the event and opened a Q&A for the audience.
“I wanted to have fun and interact with each and everyone if I’m you,” Fuente said “It’s about entertainment and it’s about sharing. I wanted to use tobacco I had not used before. I made a blend with tobacco from the memories I’ve had. I blend in my dreams.
From PCA 2021, CW Ambassador Jeff Slatton (jefslat) and his wife, CW Photographer Brenda bring us this interview with La Palina owner Bill Paley.
I’m traveling light on this trip so I’ve only brought my iPad and phone so the post might look a little weird. I’ll clean them up when I get home and get the computer out. In the meantime I thought I’d share some of my thoughts on the first day of the PCA show. I guess I should mention the night before the first day which included a cocktail party hosted by Ace Prime in Crowned Heads. This was very well attended, although the setting was a little weird to me. And the past these cocktail parties have been a little more elegant let’s say. This was more minimalist in the unadorned event space at the convention center. This made the acoustics rather bad as otherwise not much fabric present to soak up any sound. But there are a lot of people there people seem to have a good time and I was able to sample Tim Ozgener’s new Ozgener Family Cigars Bosporus in a short robusto size. I thought it was very good, but I’ve enjoyed a lot of Luciano Marielle’s cigars. As it’s rather impossible to properly evaluate cigars at the trade show, I’ll revisit it later and report back.
From PCA 2021, CW Ambassador Jeff Slatton (jefslat) and his wife, CW Photographer Brenda bring us this from Room101 Cigars.
From PCA 2021, CW Ambassador Jeff Slatton (jefslat) and his wife, CW Photographer Brenda bring us this update from Tabacalera El Artista.
From PCA 2021, CW Ambassador Jeff Slatton (jefslat) and his wife, CW Photographer Brenda bring us this update from Casa 1910 Cigars.
From PCA 2021, CW Ambassador Jeff Slatton (jefslat) and his wife, CW Photographer Brenda bring us this interview with Steve Saka about Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust and his new line of cigars.
From PCA 2021, CW Ambassador Jeff Slatton (jefslat) and his wife, CW Photographer Brenda bring us this update of Casa Turrent Cigars.
From PCA 2021, CW Ambassador Jeff Slatton (jefslat) and his wife, CW Photographer Brenda bring us this update from Battleground Cigars.
From PCA 2021, CW Ambassador Jeff Slatton (jefslat) and his wife, CW Photographer Brenda bring us the new Lit Torch App.