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Can't wait for Otherside (documentary) to come out.

Yep. Seeing him again in about a month when he comes back to the states.

Rolled in January of 2011. They were released with the intent of being smoked "soon," DE didn't want them sitting for another year and losing something.

The different blend features a Gran AniverXario main band and Destino al Siglo secondary band. However, Fuente is referring to their entire 100th anniversary celebration as "Destino al Siglo."

I don't think it's actually MasterCard, it's their processor(s).

Saka told me earlier today December 10th.

Didn't mean to pile on, and from the production side Plasencia is super-vertical, including a daycare for his workers, but I hear that term get thrown around so much for people who don't make bands, ferment tobacco, etc. In this industry, like many, it becomes important as there are a lot of...

I'd also like to add "vertical integration" as a tag word in the industry. There are so few, if any, that are truly vertically integrated so that they can literally take stuff from ground to shelves without any employees outside of their own. A lot of people claim this, there are few where it's...

I don't believe that's accurate, at least for Cojonu, Pete said he was using AGANORSA from 2003-2005, then Plasencia Corojo from 2005-2006, and then Oliva Ecuador Habano since then. My understanding from Pete has always been that the switch was the same for Brown Label as a whole.

DE makes them. Oliva Tobacco sells to pretty much everyone. Their most famous tobacco is probably VSG Ecuador Sumatra wrapper.

Flores.

It's funny, I thought the band was ineffective. It was decent, but for someone that hasn't memorized all 43 Gurkha lines, it didn't seem like it would separate the 125th well enough on a shelf.

The Cojonu and regular Brown Label used to use Nicaraguan Corojo, that changed to Ecuadorian Habano.

The term "seconds" is thrown around a lot and is used to describe things that aren't really inferior cigars pulled from production because they don't meet appearance or length standards. That being said, I know of at least a few retailers who will close out a brand by taking the bands off and...

Probably +3 for halfwheel. Myself, Brooks (if he gets in early enough), and Brian. Not sure about Patrick.

I'll be there.

IM Corona Double Corona.

As large of a fan of the vitolas as I am, it really doesn't sell outside of a tiny group of people. I think the 107 Lancero proves that even when you make a Lancero that is under $8, they can't sell realistically north of 500 boxes in the U.S. market, particularly because people keep making...

Not entirely with you in regards to the survey. Can think of countless smokers who are larger RG fans, i.e. 56+, let alone those who enjoy 52/54. Under 48 is an odd cut-off, particularly since it excludes Robusto and Toro in their classic forms. I do not think that it is the smokes less than...

Is the 60 RG, which I'm not a fan of, a "gimmick when seemingly every manufacturer that introduces it has success with it?