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It all began in 2018 with a group of friends who frequent Tobacco Republic, a cigar lounge and store in Loomis, California. The group had plans to attend the Cigar Aficionado Big Smoke in Las Vegas, and they decided they wanted a group shirt to wear to the event. That’s when Larry Marlatte, fellow cigar smoker and owner of Paradise Signs in Newcastle, CA, went to work. The shirts were a hit at the event, and on an Uber ride to the cigar shop Scott Robinson and Louis Star started talking about forming a club based on the collective shirts. After an afternoon of brainstorming and back and forth texts to Greg Perry, the group was officially formed. The Loomis Cigar Cartel: Cigars, Fine Spirits and Camaraderie, a group that celebrates all things cigar and the cigar lifestyle.

As we bounced ideas on how the group could work, we started checking out podcasts and started thinking about what we could add to the conversation. We threw our hat in the ring with our podcast, “Beyond the Humidor”. Joined by our friends and fellow cigar smokers Bob Bylsma and Sarah Belt, as well as our resident tobacconist, Craig Perry, we recorded our first show in the Fall of 2019. Since then, the show has grown and has been heard in over 600 cities and 38 countries around the world.

Today your host, Scott Robinson, is joined by Greg Perry and Larry Marlatte as they continue to inform and entertain on the Beyond the Humidor podcast. Catch a new episode every other Sunday at 9:00 AM (PST) everywhere you listen to podcasts.


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