Matt Booth – Room101
CP – How did you, as a jewelry designer, get hooked up with the cigar industry? Matt Booth – There is a big fashion convention called Magic, and I always throw a big promotional after party for the show. As I grew, so did my parties. It was at one of the parties where I [...]
Drew Estate Factory Tour
Since the inception of Drew Estate in 1995 there has been no doubt that it is a cigar company with an entirely new perspective. It all started with a couple of young New Yorkers, Jonathan Drew and Marvin Samel, with no heritage in cigars or tobacco – only fresh ideas and a love for cigars, [...]
Camacho Feature
This was the Camacho feature from the Spring 2009 issue of Cigar Press Magazine. This article was a beautiful 10 page spread pictorial with over 40 photos in print. Story by Thor Nielsen, Photography by Jacob Fuller. We made our approach from Miami International airport to Toncontín International Airport, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, the best of [...]
La Aurora Factory and Field Tour
Photos by Thor Nielsen and Jason Foraker. Story by Thor Nielsen. The plane ducked under the clouds revealing the orange glow of Dominican civilization 15,000 feet below. After an exhausting day of travel a couple pint-sized bottles of wine drained the tension from my shoulders and numbed my conscience. I shrugged the weariness from my [...]
Jesus Fuego Interview
This was Jesus Fuego’s debut interview featured in the Spring 2008 issue of Cigar Press Magazine. Jesus Fuego is a man of the most humble sorts despite his impressive cigar resume: a family history of cigar farming in Cuba, graduate studies in agriculture, and many years behind the scenes researching and developing cigars. His intimate [...]
