http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008.html After having just visited the Dominican Republic in January, Doc made a quick return to attend the first of, hopefully, many ProCigar Festival’s to come. No matter how many more festivals are in store for the future, the first one is always special. http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008.html#0 178c51b4-6494-439d-b5f9-e6eec0e4bf24 http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04124/thumb.jpg http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04124/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Jos&#xE9; Blanco: Aurora Cigars</p></div></div> http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008.html#1 b96205c7-4dc8-48a6-a75e-4010e9775cff http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04118/thumb.jpg http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04118/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; 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padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Blending station</p></div></div> http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008.html#4 f0161e52-baab-483b-bd55-b44fff5d6482 http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04139/thumb.jpg http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04139/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Worker preparing cigar blends</p></div></div> http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008.html#5 4e62f31f-8d8d-4bff-82d7-c42f7e4ca15e http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04146/thumb.jpg http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04146/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; 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padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">MATASA humidor</p></div></div> http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008.html#10 13d2bd28-4283-4dcc-b49a-ab8e424d3929 http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04154/thumb.jpg http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04154/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Festival participants listening to...</p></div></div> http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008.html#11 b3be2239-a2a0-4f4c-87ab-cc05c944d3c8 http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04155/thumb.jpg http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04155/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; 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padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Food was excellent!</p></div></div> http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008.html#20 461560e0-7405-41c9-9079-43909c4a7763 http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04196/thumb.jpg http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04196/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Entertainment was awesome!</p></div></div> http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008.html#21 732b19e2-2500-4d85-aa4c-e7191b9332f5 http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04198/thumb.jpg http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04198/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; 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padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">General uses teams of three to bunch/roll cigars</p></div></div> http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008.html#34 188b9cd5-e25a-4ffb-89db-725b994d6ccf http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04233/thumb.jpg http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04233/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">A pot of vegetable-based glue used in rolling</p></div></div> http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008.html#35 2b60221a-d9a3-4098-ba83-5ab65e04a2a7 http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04234/thumb.jpg http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04234/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; 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padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Davidoff farms</p></div></div> http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008.html#38 8781885b-794e-469b-86fc-f1810bb60934 http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04241/thumb.jpg http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04241/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Davidoff tobacco farm</p></div></div> http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008.html#39 cce172aa-785b-4115-83a4-45a09d3ea974 http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04239/thumb.jpg http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04239/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Hendrik Kelner gets the tour under way</p></div></div> http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008.html#40 960170c8-c949-4e1b-bdc5-7b3809d328d7 http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04240/thumb.jpg http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04240/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Entering the tobacco farms</p></div></div> http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008.html#41 c27dd4bc-9ab2-4862-8dad-ae0a24606872 http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04242/thumb.jpg http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04242/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; 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padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Doc and Kelner share a moment</p></div></div> http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008.html#46 9eaa588f-a1dd-4471-a550-ca84e6c80883 http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04259/thumb.jpg http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04259/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Field workers priming leaves</p></div></div> http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008.html#47 dbbc071e-9051-4364-b881-7288e95e8676 http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04269/thumb.jpg http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04269/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">ProCigar Tour Guides</p></div></div> http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008.html#48 2663419e-b1f3-4767-9df8-1674ae699bad http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04271/thumb.jpg http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04271/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Inside the Davidoff factory</p></div></div> http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008.html#49 d4f98b36-2d64-4767-a348-c3cdf0d2f83c http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04289/thumb.jpg http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04289/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; 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padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Steve from &#x201C;Pipes and Tobacco&#x201D;</p></div></div> http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008.html#58 9f70505b-1905-4cad-a315-2f37bcba8499 http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04171/thumb.jpg http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DSC04171/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Manny from Iriarte Photography</p></div></div> http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008.html#59 4dab8ff5-9306-4d38-9b32-a6dbacca536f http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DR%20Day%201%20022/thumb.jpg http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar_Journal/ProCigar-2008_files/Media/DR%20Day%201%20022/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; 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