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On this episode of the Spare Notes Series, Matt, Kevin, and Coop do a full recap of the 2024 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show in Las Vegas. Read more

This week Matt and Kevin welcome Pete Johnson of Tatuaje back to the show to talk about what keeps him busy in the office as well as with what products he is working on. Read more

This week Matt and Kevin welcome Rocky Patel to the show for the first time! Read more

On this episode of the Spare Notes Series, Matt, Kevin, and Coop are back together to talk about the upcoming 2024 PCA Trade Show. Read more

Last week Matt and Kevin welcomed Scott Pearce, Executive Director of the Premium Cigar Association to talk about the upcoming 2024 PCA Trade Show Read more

This week Matt and Kevin play host to Michael Herklots of Ferio Tego where they trio holds a wine pairing conversation and fields several questions about the topic from the audience. Read more

On this episode, Matt and Kevin host Cynn and Josh Coburn of Dissident Cigars who teased a new cigar coming at PCA that will really "push the boundaries". Read more

The latest release from Davidoff is a combination of those, giving the nod back to 1986 when they released the Aniversario cigar in honor of Zino Davidoff’s 80th birthday. Read more

This week Matt and Kevin enjoy some different rums and smoke some great cigars with them. Read more

On this episode of the Spare Notes Series, Matt, Kevin and Mitchell talk more in-depth about the 2023 Smokin Tabacco Cigar of the Year list as well as some predictions about what is to come in 2024. Read more

Last week Matt returned to the show and brings Kevin Acuff officially on board to replace Mitchell as his weekly co-host. The pair welcome their guest Terence Reilly of Aganorsa Leaf. Read more

On the last episode of the Spare Notes Series, Matt and Kevin talk a lot about trade mark issues and specifically about two separate issues that came up in the industry this past week. Read more

On this episode of the Spare Notes Series, the show kicks off to a rough start with a handful of technical difficulties that gets Matt in a mood to be a little more...nitpicky. Read more

On this episode of the Spare Notes Series, Matt, Kevin and Coop talk about unprofessional comments made by brands in response to some criticism. Read more

On this episode of the Spare Notes Series, Matt, Kevin and Coop talk about how cigar reviews differ and debate over whether the price of the cigar should be a major contributing factor of the score. Read more

On this episode of the Spare Notes Series, Matt, Kevin and Coop talk a little bit of baseball, football and what's going on in the industry this week. Read more

On this episode of the Spare Notes Series, Matt, Kevin and Coop respond to some comments that were made following the previous episode from the audience which seemed to be directed at Coop but applied to any media person. Read more