THE PERDOMO PODCAST
The Perdomo Podcast offers an inside look at Perdomo Cigars, a premium cigar manufacturer. Hosted by Nick Perdomo and Nicholas Perdomo III, the show covers the people, craftsmanship, history, innovation, and family values behind the brand. Episodes explore tobacco fields, aging rooms, blending processes, and business decisions, with stories from decades in the industry and conversations with special guests. It's aimed at cigar enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, and anyone interested in craftsmanship and family business.
Episodes
Ep15 • What Makes a Premium Cigar Worth the Price?
Send us Fan MailWhy does one premium cigar cost more than another, and why does it taste the same box after box? We’re Nick and Nicholas Perdomo, and in this episode we take you from our Miami studio to our tobacco bales in Estelí, Nicaragua, to show you the investment that happens years before a cigar ever reaches your humidor.• why you have to have aged tobacco to make a phenomenal cigar• how wo
Ep14 • How to Make Millions of Cigars & Control The Quality
Send us Fan MailA cigar can look flawless and still disappoint the moment you light it, and the biggest heartbreak is a tight draw in a box you paid good money for. We’re Nick and Nicholas Perdomo, and we’re pulling back the curtain on the exact system we use to make millions of handmade premium cigars while protecting consistency like our last name depends on it, because it does.• building a fact
Ep13 • Secrets Revealed! How to Blend a Cigar
Send us Fan MailA premium cigar can look simple, but the flavor you taste is the result of years of planning, obsessive sorting, and a level of precision most people never see. We answer one of the biggest questions we get: how does a master cigar blender actually build flavor and keep it consistent across millions of cigars?We start in Miami with the mindset behind blending: it’s not just picking
Ep12 • Why Is Bourbon Barrel Aging So Important?
Send us Fan MailBourbon barrel aging gets talked about like a flavor trick, but we treat it like what it really is: an extension of tobacco fermentation and cigar aging that takes serious time, money, and discipline. From our studio in Miami Lakes, we kick things off with what we’re smoking, then take you on a virtual trip to Estelí, Nicaragua to get right next to the barrels and the leaf, where t
Ep11 • Why Is Tobacco Fermentation So Important?
Send us Fan MailFermentation is where great tobacco becomes exceptional, and it’s also the step most cigar fans rarely get to see up close. We’re Nick and Nicholas Perdomo, and we’re taking you on a virtual ride from our Perdomo Podcast studio in Miami to our pre-industry operation in Esteli, Nicaragua to show how premium cigar tobacco is transformed long before it ever reaches a rolling table.We
Ep10 • Take The Perdomo Challenge : 10th Anniversary VS Habano
Send us Fan MailTwo cigars can look similar, share the same factory pedigree, and still deliver completely different experiences once the flame hits the foot. That is the whole reason we created the Perdomo Challenge, a six count cigar sampler designed to help you taste with intention by comparing Perdomo 10th Anniversary and Perdomo Habano Bourbon Barrel-Aged across Connecticut, Sun Grown, and Ma
Ep9 • The David Garofalo Interview
Send us Fan MailA cigar shop can look busy and still be losing its future one customer at a time. We bring on our first-ever guest, Dave Garofalo, owner of Two Guys Cigars and host of The Cigar Authority, to break down what separates a “store with a humidor” from a true brick-and-mortar cigar business that lasts for decades.Dave takes us back to 1985 and walks us through how cigar retail has chang
Ep8 • Why Cigar Brands Fail, Why Brands Succeed
Send us Fan MailMost cigar brands don’t fail because the idea was bad. They fail because the fundamentals collapse under real pressure: inconsistent tobacco, unreliable supply, pricing that feels like a cash grab, or a brand that looks great once but can’t deliver the same premium cigar experience again. We get honest about what separates long-running cigar brands from short-lived launches, and wh
Ep7 • Cigar MythBusters : Part 1 The Right Way To Store Cigars For Flavor & Construction
Send us Fan MailThe cigar world loves rules of thumb, but some “truths” quietly ruin great cigars. We kick off our Cigar Mythbusters series by taking aim at the famous 70% humidity at 70°F guideline and explaining why it can be the wrong target for many modern blends, especially thick Nicaraguan tobacco. When tobacco acts like a sponge, too much moisture can choke the burn, dull the flavor, and tu
Ep6 • Small Vs Large Ring Gauge Cigars… Explained
Send us Fan Mail{Stereo Audio + Re-upload}Skinny cigars have a reputation for “purity,” and big ring gauges get labeled as a trend. We want to cut through the noise and talk about what actually happens when thick Nicaraguan tobacco meets a small circumference. From the factory floor to the farms, we’ve seen how leaf texture, airflow, and burn temperature can make the difference between a cool, fla
Ep5 • Do We Smoke With Our Eyes Or Our Palate?
Send us Fan MailYour next cigar might taste different the moment you stop judging it by the wrapper. We kick things off with a deceptively simple question: do we taste with our palate or do we taste with our eyes first? From there, we get honest about the biggest trap in cigar smoking and cigar buying: assuming a Connecticut wrapper must be mild, a Sun Grown must be medium, and a Maduro must be st
Ep4 • From Father to Son: Building the Future of Perdomo Cigars
Send us Fan MailPCA 2026 in New Orleans hit us like a wave. Our booth stayed slammed, orders kept rolling, and for the first time in a long time the energy felt like a true turning point for Perdomo Cigars. Nicholas and I sit down right after the show to explain why Perdomo Legacy became the headline, why retailers showed up ready to expand their selections, and what it means when you see that kin
Ep3 • First of It’s Kind: Perdomo Reserve Champagne
Send us Fan MailA Connecticut-wrapped cigar that actually tastes creamy, rich, and complex sounds obvious now, but it wasn’t in the late 90s. We’re Nicholas Perdomo and Nick Perdomo, and we’re finally telling the real Perdomo Reserve Champagne story: how one phone call about aging Connecticut seed wrapper inventory turned into a blend that changed what people expected from a “light wrapper” premiu
Ep2 • Why Patience Is The Best Cigar Tool
Send us Fan MailThe fastest way to ruin a great cigar is to rush the first 60 seconds. Nicholas Perdomo sits down with his dad, Nick Perdomo, to break down the hands-on cigar basics that most people never learn: how to cut a cigar cleanly, how to light a cigar without scorching flavor, and how to avoid the common mistakes that lead to harsh smoke and constant relights.We get specific about cigar c
Ep1 • Father & Son Handcraft a PERDOMO LEGACY
Send us Fan MailA new cigar blend is one thing. Building a cigar with your dad, then pulling back the curtain on every decision, is something else entirely.We’re Nicholas Perdomo and Nick Perdomo, and we’re kicking off the Perdomo Podcast Show with the story people keep asking for: Perdomo Legacy Father and Son. We talk through why we finally chose to make a limited edition cigar, how small lots f
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