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Spare Notes Series #30: Ratings, Lists, and Are Factory Tours Choreographed?

January 26, 2023 By Matthew Tabacco

Brought to you by Drew Estate – On this episode, Mitchell joins Matt and Coop on the show to talk about a wide range of topics including pre-end of the year chat, ratings, cigar factory’s, and Coop’s trip to Puro Sabor in Nicaragua. The boys make predictions to the Half Wheel Consensus and talk about how certain cigars will fair in general. On the net episode, the gang will do a full coverage of all of the CotY lists and awards from all the media sites industry wide. Matt also gives an update on the 2023 CF-CF Raffle.

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