On the 48th episode of Long Ash Podcast, We conduct our third Virtual Cigar Herf. For this episode, we have Drew Estate’s very own Pedro Gomez live with us.

Firstly, Pedro tells us about the oldest factory in Nicaragua, Joya De Nicaragua, which was founded by Simon Camacho and Francisco Bermejo. Pedro tells us the significance of that factory and how it is to produce the various Joya de Nicaragua lines under the Drew Estate portfolio.

Pedro then discussed with Nick Libretti the newest size in the Undercrown family. The Undercrown Shade Corona Pequena was released at a Las Vegas tradeshow in January 2020.

After that, Pedro it was to grow up in Esteli, Nicaragua and what drew him into the cigar-making business. He also gave us a brief history lesson on how he came about meeting and eventually working for Jonathan Drew of Drew Estate.

Lastly, Nick asked Pedro how Drew Estate’s popular Cigar Safari came about and how that led to “Barn Smokers” that take place here in the States. Cigar Safari was a program for Drew Estate to showcase its largest and most beautiful cigar factories for retailers and fans to see how some of their favorite cigars are made.