Last week, I had the opportunity to sit down with Paul Palmer of Casa Fernandez Cigars. Paul’s first cousin, Eduardo Fernandez, owns Casa Fernandez and Aganorsa (an agricultural conglomerate), and Paul essentially heads up the tobacco division of Aganorsa, as well as Casa Fernandez. Aganorsa supplies tobacco for some of the best cigar companies out [...]
This past week, I had the opportunity to interview a true legend in the industry, Ernesto Perez-Carrillo of EPC Cigar Company. Ernesto owned La Gloria Cubana, an extremely popular cigar brand that was bought by General Cigar Company years ago. Ernesto decided to part ways with General Cigar Company to start a company that his [...]
Today, I’m back with Part 2 of my interview with Ernesto Padilla of Padilla Cigars. In this part of the interview, Ernesto finishes answering my questions and actually breaks some interesting news about the future plans for his website, online retailing, and more. After the interview, Ernesto explains the tobaccos that he uses in Padilla [...]
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to interview Ernesto Padilla of Padilla Cigars at his cigar shop and factory in Little Havana, Miami. Ernesto has a beautiful cigar shop set up there on Calle Ocho, and I was very impressed with the care that went into the design and construction of the shop. [...]
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