Cigar great Benji Menéndez on his family history in cigars and the path he took after leaving Cuba

07/25/19 • 72 min

Cigar legend Benji Menéndez stopped by the Cigar Snob offices to talk cigars, tobacco, and the history of the cigar industry as he's lived it over the decades. In the next episode, we'll hear from Benji on the current state of the premium cigar world. Music in this episode: "BossaBossa" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Benji Ménendez on the state and future of premium cigars (and other things)

Benji Menéndez stopped by our office for a long chat about his family history, his career in cigars, and the state of the premium cigar world. This is the second part of our chat, which is focused on his view of the landscape from retirement. For the portion of our conversation that's all about his history and the history of cigars broadly, go back one episode. Music in this episode: "BossaBossa" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/