Las VegASH TV

Justin attend the official unveiling of the new custom bike from CAO Cigars, Lady Liberty. Justin talks to Jon Huber about the bike, CAO, Twitter and more.

UPDATE: I have a new version of the video that does not have the extra stuff at the end.

On Thursday, June 11 we had a Cigar VIP herf at the Chicago Brewing Company on Ft. Apache. This was a great event. We had quite a few people turn out for it. I would guess we had over 30 people enjoy cigars, drinks and company. For $5 you were given two cigars and a raffle ticket. The cigars where Romeo Y Julietta Habana Reserver and a H. Upmann Vintage Cameroon. Not a bad deal.

The raffle prizes were 6 packs of cigars, 4 packs of cigars, $25 gift certificate to many local shops and the grand prize was an autographed baseball by Yogi Berra. It was a great event and I look forward to the next one.

I took a few photos from the event.

Thanks to Bob McDuffe, host of DogWatch Social Club, via twitter @CigarRadio, there is news that the smoking ban for conventions in Vegas is being amended. This new bill, marked as AB309, will allow conventions to allow smoking again. This is great news for the annual industry trade show IPCPR as well at the Big Smoke, put on by Cigar Aficionado.

The IPCPR show is in talks to return to Vegas in 2011. This is great news for our local tourism and economy. The IPCPR show brings in thousands of cigar smokers and their spouses who not only spend money at the show, but also hotels, shows, food and other attractions. Allow this and other shows like it to be held in Vegas.

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So now that I finally pulled the plug and installed WordPress, pretty happy so far with it, I can concentrate on the content of the site, the really important part of it.

I have 2 reviews recorded already and need to get them posted. One is by myself and the other one is with Sean. I also have the new HC series from Xikar that was sent to me that I will be reviewing. There are 3 different blends. I also have the FDW from Arganese and some cigars from Los Blancos to get reviewed.

On Saturday, June 6th, Jerry of Stogie Review will be in town and along with Tom, we will be hanging out, smoking and maybe get them on video to talk about something.

I do appreciate all the support and hope you like the new things coming up. JC and I are planning out next episode of Las VegASH TV, and should be filming that soon. I need a good name for those videos, any ideas? The best idea will get some cigars from me.

I decided to use WordPress to run the site and I am getting it all set up with posts and the template. Pardon the chaos while I get this set up.

Getting all of our videos posted, man there are quite a few of them. This is taking some time. Also need to work on the template. I like the base of this temp one, but need to customize it to my liking.

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Justin and Donald sit down and smoke one of Dons favorite cigars, the Drew Estates Natural Dirt.

Justin sits down with Carlos, a long time friend of JC to talk cigars and working at the ice skating rink.

Justin interviews Joe Gannascoli about his Cugine line of cigars at an event at the Las Vegas Cigar Lounge. Justin and Joe also talk about his favorite cigars, smoking on the set of Sopranos, upcoming fatherhood and his charity work.

JC and Justin return to Phils Cigar Company to record our 1 year anniversary episode. We appreciate all the support we have received in our first year.

Justin smokes this monster new cigar from CAO and the X2 family. Along the way he gets a bit of a kick from a cigar that marketing directory Jon Huber smokes in the morning.

Justin smokes the natural and maduro robusto sized Cugine from Arganese cigars and Joe Gannascoli.

Justin and Sean review the Tony Montana The World is Yours edition from Scarface Cigars. At a suggested retail price of $18 is this cigar worth the money?

Justin reviews the Pardom 64 Anniversary donted by Tom B of Las Vegas.

Justin and Sean review the Pure Corjo from Top Shelf Cigars.

Sean and Justin smoke the black label from Top Shelf Cigars.

Justin and guest Sean smoke the Top Shelf Signature Select blue label.

Justin talks about Xikars newest cutter, their original XI line of cutters, lighters and more while smoking a Defiance.

Justin smokes teh Michael Lington Classic in the toro size. This mild body smoke is from award winning jazz saxophonist Michael Lington. This is a great morning to mid afternoon smoke with a bit of spice and buttery aftertaste.

A review of the new relaunched PIO VI.

JC and Justin visit the NEW Las Vegas Cigar Lounge and talk to owners Rob and Doug.

A review of the medium to full body Fuentes Crucet Habanera 78. This cigar has Cuban seed Dominican blend and long Dominican filler, featuring a Habano wrapper. This is an incredible cigar and one that you should try.

JC and Justin head out to the Havana Club, a newer smoking lounge and cigar shop in Vegas. We interview the owner, Jesus, and meet Crystal.

A review of a special blend of coffee from CigarPass.com

JC and Justin visit Bad Habits and record episode 9.

Las VegASH TV talks to Gene Arganese about his new CL3 and ML3 lines. Joe Gannascoli, who played Vito on The Sopranos talks about his new line that comes out in October and Jennifer from Beauty and the Geek Season 4 stops by.

Las VegASH TV interviews the owners of El Tiante cigar including Luis Tiant.

JC and Justin visited Casa Fuente in the forum shops at Caesars Palace and interviewed the general manager. Jerry from the Stogie Review made an appearance.

The Kinkster himself was at the show and I got a chance to interview him. He is a very interesting character.

We interviewed Luis Molina and he tells about his brands including the Devils Weed brand.

We interviewed Frankie Santos, Marketing Director, about the name change and new line of cigars.

We have been nominated for best video site! We have some good competition including, The Stogie Review, and Stogie Fresh Video. We appreciate the nomintation. Winners will be announced next week.

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I am currently editing our videos from the show. We had some great interviews with the smaller companies. As you know we like to promote the boutique companies and we found some great ones at the show. We also have a TON of cigars to smoke and review. I won’t have to buy any cigars for awhile. I really hope they are good.

The reception at the show for us smaller guys was really great. We ran into the StogieReview guys, Doc Stogie Fresh, and Cigar Jack at the show. It was nice to finally meet the people you talk to online.

I recently bought a Canon VIXIA HV30 HD Camera for new recordings of Las VegASH TV. It was a great buy for $824 with tax at Circuit City. Normally I buy from NewEgg, but the CC price was only $35 more and they also offered 12 months no interest. Love the free loans, it is a great way to buy stuff. Jerry from StogieReview.com has the HV20 and really liked his and his videos look great. Look for future episodes that are in better clarity!

On this episode we visit Havana Cigar Company. Justin and JC talk about some past events we attended, the new Defiance cigar from Xikar, read some reasons why a cigar is a better than a women from a list JC found online, tobacco tax and more.

I get to smoke the newly relaunched PIO VI line of cigars. This is the Overture #2, a 6 x 52 vitola.

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JC and Justin stopped by Cubinican Cigar company to try their line of cigars. They produce a great cigar that has a very reasonable price. We talk to Luis, the store manager, who moved to the US from Cuba. They have a very nice shop with a great smoking lounge and the expresso and coffee are always complimentary.

 

 

Join us on Saturday, May 31 at Cubican Cigars on Sahara and Dectaur at 1pm for Epsidoe 6. We will be smoking their own brand.

Justin interviews Jim.

I got hit with a bad stomach flu over the weekend and I am out of commision. I just returned to work today. Probably will not have a video up this week. I need to get my energy back up first.

Today I smoke the Fuente Hemingway Classic Natural provided by CigarsDirect.com. This is an excellent cigar that I really enjoyed.

JC and Justin visit the Las Vegas Cigar Lounge and enjoy an Arganese cigar. We also visit with Ramon Tores, the owner of the shop. We talk about smoking bans in Atlantic City, JCs trip to Phoneix and a cigar with a wrapper made of gold?

I review the San Cristobal Clasico from Ashton and Don Pepin Garcia. This beautiful cigar had a nice chocolate, nutty and spice flavors to it. The burn was great and produced a night white ash. The ash was pretty flaky, but other than that, it was a great smoke.

JC and Justin visit the Las Vegas Cuban Cigar factory.

Episode 5 will be recorded on Saturday, April 26th at 1pm at the Cigar Lounge on W. Sahara. Come out and join us for a cigar and some fun.

We have a few events coming up.

Friday, April 18th CAO will be at the Cigar Lounge

Wednesday, April 23rd Rocky Patel will be at Hemingways Cigar Lounge (Meet Nish Patel)

Friday, April 25th Arganesse will be at the Cigar Lounge (Meet Gene)

 

We will be recording interviews on the 23rd and 25th.

Welcome to the Las VegASH TV blog. Here JC and I will be sharing our thoughts on things. Be sure to contact us with any questions or comments.

I smoke the Ashton VSG Corona Gorda provided by CigarsDirect.com.

JC and Justin visit Hemingways Cigar Lounge.

We meet up with Don, at the Cigar Box, a fairly new cigar smoker.

We meet up with Sam, an employee at Hemingways Cigar Lounge and a local cigar enthusiast.

JC and Justin visit the Cigar Box for our second episode.

My review of the torpedo from Kinky Friedman.

My review of the Oliva Serie V Torpedo.

Welcome to the first episode of Las VegASH TV. JC and I sit down at Phils Cigar Company to talk about the show. We interview Phil Lyons, the owner.