DogWatch Cigar Radio #242 - Cigar Marketing 101
10-3-2009 Special thanks to:
Tobacconist University and Tony Hyman's Cigar History Museum for the information contained in this episode.
The Cigar of the Week is the Don Tomas Clasico Maduro in the 5 x 50 Robusto vitola. The wrapper is Connecticut Broadleaf maduro, the fillers are Honduran & Nicaraguan and the binder is Connecticut Broadleaf. The Clasico line was blended by Daniel Nunez and Estelo Padron to feature the best of Honduran tobaccos in a full flavored blend that fits today's serious cigar smoker.
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We play an excerpt of Bob's interview with Nabil Shabbah, owner of the Elogio line of cigars, and this month's Producer's Pick bonus cigar.
Angry Bill provides us another entertaining cigar review on the Herfline!
Dale & Bob discuss cigar marketing - history, labels, packaging and where cigar marketing may go in the future.
What's My Band? A unique happenstance, Bob smokes a Punch Rare Corojo Rothschild, Dale smokes a Punch Gran Puro.
On the Dark Side - some history on the large number of Cuban cigar brands in the 1800's. We review the Trinidad "T" Robusto.
What else have the DWCR guys been smokin'? 5 Vegas Limitada, Perdomo Habano, Punch Elite, Partagas Black, Padron Family Reserve 45.
The winner of this week's one year subscription to the European Cigar Cult Journal is Neil Scott.
Opening theme music provided by 25 Smokin' Figurados from their album Divine Spirits, Holy Smoke.
Closing theme Longboard Cowboy provided by The Surfonics.
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Reader Comments (2)
Bob,
Can't understand why you are so negative towards the plastic band. I think it's a great idea, especially for a band-collector. No more tearing and broken bands to salvage, just a plastic band to last forever (if it doesn't bleach of course). I sure hope everyone starts doing this in the future.
Perhaps it is the loss of tradition and the proliferation of plastic in everything we buy these days. I could take the tree-hugger stance and talk about recyclable products and how paper actually returns to the earth quicker than plastic. I mean a cigar is a totally organic product, why add inorganic material to it? For the band collector it would probably be a positive as you mentioned, for me, it seems like we are giving up some of the charm from simpler tiems. But things continue top change and this will not be the last by any means. Thanks for listening to the show.