José Blanco Evening

is delighted to invite you to an exclusive event that has been eagerly awaited for many years.

The coming of the tobacco legend, José Blanco. 

José Blanco is an industry veteran with over 40 years' experience. He worked for La Aurora, the oldest cigar company in the Dominican Republic, for 30 years as sales manager and master blender.

After initially retiring in 2011, he quickly jumped back into cigar-World and joined Joya de Nicaragua as Senior Vice President. Later, in 2016, he worked with Ernesto Perez Carrillo at EPC Cigars as Senior Vice President. Finally, since the beginning of 2020, José has been Sales Director at Arturo Fuente International.

Nevertheless, José has been involved with tobacco in one way or another since the age of 16. He's blended some of the highest-rated cigars in the business, he's been one of the world's top cigar educators, he's conducted over 2,000 blending and tasting seminars in 30 different countries, and he continues to do it all with a deep passion.

We invite you to this unique learning experience - José Blanco will talk about drying, fermentation, all the processes involved in making a cigar, etc., and address misconceptions that consumers have around the world, and more, José Blanco will be happy to take part in a Q&A session.