Dogwatch Cigar Radio

The Cigars (that's right, plural...) of the Week are the Cubao No. 3 and the Savinelli Nicaragua Reserve Corona Gorda. We resume the show after a week off. Thanks to all for your thoughts and prayers. What's my Band? Bob smokes an Illusione 68, Dale smokes a Don Lino Africa Dumas. We play an excerpt from a Cigars One to One interview with Sean Williams of El Primer Mundo Cigars. On the Dark Side - H. Upmann Magnum 46, box code SMG Nov 07. From Angry Bill, a herfline submission on the Tatuaje T110. What Else have the DWCR guys been smokin'? OpusX Forbidden BBMF 2005, Camacho Liberty 2005, El Pimer Mundo Figurado, Liga Privada #9, 5 Vegas Miami, Oliva Serie O, Oliva Serie V, Illusione 88, Alex Bradley Select Cabinet Reserve, La Riqueza #2, Cabaiguan Guapo Junior Maduro, J Fuego Grand Reserve No. 1. Congratulations to Grant Kimbell for winning this week's one year subscription to European Cigar Cult Journal! Opening theme music provided by 25 Smokin' Figurados from their album Divine Spirits, Holy Smoke

Chris McCalla opens up about the anti-smokers and his career in tobacco.

The Cigar of the Week is the Occidental Reserve Natural Torpedo. Frank Herrera of CigarLaw joins us to discuss the fallout from the recent FDA rulings on flavored cigarettes. We play an interview excerpt with Chris McCalla of the IPCPR. Altadis closing down the HavaTampa factory. Congratulations to Anthony Young, winner of this month's Palio cigar cutter contest! Bob learns about good cigar lounges, makes new friends and smokes a bunch of new sticks in Atlanta! What's my Band? Dale smokes an Oliva Serie G, Bob smokes a Gran Habano Habano #3 Robusto. Angry Bill gives us another great herfline review of a few cigars. On the Dark Side - Montecristo No. 1, box code LSM Sep 07. What Else have the DWCR guys been smokin'? Primer Mundo, Cubao No. 1, HC from Xikar, Rocky Patel Edge Maduro, Oliva Serie V maduro, Illusione 88, Tatuaje Triunfadore, La Aroma Special Edicion. Vic Evans is this week's winner of a one year subscription to European Cigar Cult Journal! Opening theme music provided by 25 Smokin' Figu

A lively conversation with Colin Ganley from CigarReasearch.com and European Cigar Cult Journal. Colin and I discuss the life of a cigar journalist and how to get stated in the business. Turns out it's not as much work as I thought.

<p><strong>Cigar of the Week</strong> - <a href="http://www.olivacigar.com/cigars_master.aspx">Oliva Master Blends 3 Robusto</a> &ndash; 5.0&rdquo; x50 ring gauge. The Master Blends 3 line is the third in a series of limited artisanal blends. Master Blends, or &ldquo;Liga Maestro&rdquo; are blended to bring out the richest characteristics of the Nicaraguan ligero filler, Nicaraguan Habano binder and Broadleaf Sungrown wrappers. A very complex cigar, it also is exceedingly beautiful and well constructed. Every year the Oliva&rsquo;s set aside their very best tobaccos for this line. Starting with the very limited Master Blends 1 (only 250,000 cigars made) and continuing through today, these cigars consistently get top ratings, and well deserved. Beautiful packaging and 20 in a box, typical of super premium cigars, we hope you find them a treat to smoke! <a href="http://fullerspullers.us/catalog/index.php?cPath=21_249">Buy Here</a></p><p>O

A revealing and candid conversation with man responsible for puching CRA to fully operational status. We discuss the on-going fight for smokers rights, special DogWatch membership offer and what to expect from CRA.

DogWatch CIgar Radio #226 June 12, 2009 - Mystery #206 The Cigar of the Week - Puros Indios Viejo Presidente – Here we feature a Churchill size cigar, 7.5” x 47 ring gauge, that highlights the flavors of the Ecuadorian grown Sumatra tobacco. While the filler is an interesting blend of Dominican, Nicaraguan and Brazilian tobaccos, the binder is Sumatra and the wrapper is a 10 year aged Sumatra. The packaging is in 15 count varnished cedar boxes. Rolando Reyes Sr. was born in Cuba in 1924, and at the age of 9 decided he wanted to be a tobacalera. At the age of 14 he went to work for the Jose L. Piedra factory, and by the age of 21 had his own factory, Los Aliados, in Havana. Immigrating to the US after the Revolution, then to The Dominican Republic and finally landing in Honduras, he established the Cuba Aliados factory in each location and made the Puros Indios brand world famous. Today Rolando Reyes Jr. continues the traditions with his father, and the Viejo is an extension of the line. Cigars One To One pr

Have you ever considered how cigars came to be boxed in such beautiful containers or what the cigar industry was like 100 years ago? You can find out about those and many other fascinating pieces of cigar history in the conversation with Tony Hyman of the National Cigar Museum and at his website: cigarhistory.org.

I caught up with Pete Johnson at a Tatuaje Event at Barlow's Premium Cigars & Pipes in LaFayette, CO and we talked about the CRA, Pete's new cigar line La Verite' and his gamble in selling them on futures.

DogWatch Futures The Cigar of the Week - Arturo Fuente Cuban Belicoso Sungrown – 5.75” x 52 ring gauge Figurado. We kick off the month with a classic cigar from Fuente that has been around a long time and doesn’t get fanfare in today’s world of marketing the newer/bigger/stronger offerings. Fuente uses their own prime aged Dominican tobaccos for the filler & binder, then wrap it all up in a gorgious, dark, Ecuadorian Sungrown leaf that imparts wonderful sweet & mildly spicy elements. Packaged in the traditional Fuente dress box of 24 cigars, each cigar also has a cedar sleeve and the black ribbon at the foot indicative of the Fuente Sungrown line. The Cuban Belicoso is markedly Fuente in character, yet has unique flavors that beg to be explored. Colin Ganley joins us in some lively discussions about Pete Johnson's new Futures project and what's coming up in European Cigar Cult Journal. Join the CRA, get a free T-shirt! Use the code "dogwatch" on the CRA site! Cigars One-To-One excerpt from Bob's

The Cigar of the Week is the American Stogies Cuban Corojo Churchill– 7.0” x 49 American Stogies is a value priced boutique line under the Indian Head brand. American Stogies are manufactured by Nestor Placencia at his Esteli Nicaragua factory. The Cuban Corojo Churchill is a medium to full bodied cigar with a beautiful reddish-brown, oily Corojo leaf wrapped around all Nicaragua tobacco – a puro! The line is a great way to experience that “Nic Zing” that Dale speaks of so often. It is also a cigar that Bob & Dale recommend as an everyday cigar for those who like more strength and kick to their cigars, in a format that does not overpower and a price that does not leave you without lunch money for a week. Not elegant or refined the Cuban Corojo from American Stogies is entirely approachable and delivers enough complexity to hold the interest of cigar passionados. Listener email from Adam on the effects of the SCHIP tax. We run a portion of Dales's Cigar Technicians Journal interview with Frank Herrera of

Mike is an outspoken retailer and cigar wholesaler. If you have ever heard him on DogWatch Cigar Radio you know he pulls no punches when talking about cigars. In this conversation Mike and Bob discuss the state of retailing and cigars in America. Mike offers some unique insights on behind the scenes activities of retailers and manufacturers.

Cigar trademark law discussion with Frank Herrera, Florida Cigar Trademark Attorney with RRA. The Future of Cuban trademark ownership when US embargo lifts, current trademark actions and Frank's blog - Cigar Law are today's Journal entries.

An engaging conversation with the founder and President of Tobacconist University, Jorge Luis Armenteros. Mr. Armenteros is a cigar retailer in Princeton, NJ and in this episode he describes why he started Tobacconist University and his philosophy on successful cigar retailing.

Our Memorial Day show - please take time this weekend while enjoying family & friends to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country and our lifestyle! Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service. There are many stories as to its actual beginnings, with over two dozen cities and towns laying claim to being the birthplace of Memorial Day. There is also evidence that organized women's groups in the South were decorating graves before the end of the Civil War: a hymn published in 1867, "Kneel Where Our Loves are Sleeping" by Nella L. Sweet carried the dedication "To The Ladies of the South who are Decorating the Graves of the Confederate Dead" (Source: Duke University's Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920). While Waterloo N.Y. was officially declared the birthplace of Memorial Day by President Lyndon Johnson in May 1966, it's difficult to prove conclusively the origins of the day. It is more likely that it ha

An insightful and thought provoking conversation with the man behind Bucanero Cigars, Robert Spoden. Robert has been making cigars since the mid 90's and has seen it all in the cigar business. To fight back the current trends in retailing he is embarking on a new venture to sell his cigars directly to the public. http://bucanerocigars.biz

The Cigar of the Week is the Trilogy Native Cameroon Torpedo – 6.125” x 52 Some of you may recall that the Trilogy was first introduced as a 3 sided, or tri-pressed cigar in 2002. After 2004, the tri-pressed shape was replaced with traditional parejo and torpedo shapes, as the tri-pressed design did not appeal to consumers despite rave reviews for the cigar. Now available in Robusto, Churchill and Torpedo shapes in boxes of 20 cigars, the Alec Bradley Trilogy is a sleeper premium cigar priced for every day enjoyment. The Trilogy line is available in 3 different blends: the Authentic Corojo , Exotic Maduro and the Native Cameroon Torpedo that we are featuring this month. The Authentic Corojo is manufactured by Tobacos Puros de Nicaragua while the Exotic Maduro, and Genuine Cameroon, are manufactured by Carlos Torano in Honduras. The unique blend in the Cameroon is the result of using a rich and spicy African Cameroon wrapper paired with a Honduran binder and a filler blend of Nicaraguan and Italian tobaccos

A conversation about the art of cigars, cigar hstory and of course the Devis Weed Cigars. http://www.molinacigars.com

The Men, The Myths, The Cigars The Cigar of the Week is the E. Zarzuela Premium Toro Fuerte. The Premium line from E. Zarzuela is a boutique brand blended by Master Cigar Maker Felix Rodriguez and Eddy Fontana Zarzuela based in Miami. Between them, they have 25 years of cigar manufacturing experience with more well known names such as A. Fuente and La Gloria Cubana. This is the same Dominican Republic manufacturing team producing such DogWatch famous brands as Kristoff and Vengeance 98. This well constructed vitola features a dark Nicaraguan Habano wrapper, a Piloto Cubano binder and a filler blend of Nicaraguan Ligero and Piloto Cubano tobaccos. Cigar passionados and everyday smokers will find the E. Zaezuela Premium to be an outstanding example of the deep flavors available in boutique brands. The cigars are manufactured and aged in the Dominican Republic and presented in boxes of 24 cigars. We run a portion of an interview with Luis Molina of Molina Cigars, the man behind Devil's Weed cigars, this

A conversation about technology and of course cigars with a young passionado, Jordan Drake. Johnathan produces a podcast called Digital Life Radio and also does a local radio talk show. I hope you will enjoy this conversation with thr talented and outspoken Jordan Drake as much as I did.