First and foremost, these are two guys who know and love all things cigar! Paul Medenwaldt and Joe Holub have been smoking pals for years and throughout the course of touring the Upper Midwest cigar shops looking for new places to hang out and puff on a good stick, they have seen and heard first hand the positives and negatives of the current cigar buying business. We're in a very new era of the cigar business...one where shop owners have to deal with heavy taxes and oppressive smoking bans. More than ever these owners need cigar reps to offer flexible and empathetic buying options and
creative marketing solutions that drum up quick and long lasting returns on their investment.

Paul and Joe know the days of forcing a shop to carry 30 facings and committing tens of thousands of dollars on one line of cigars is a thing of the past. Midwest Cigar Connection will only work with cigar makers who also understand this, but also whose quality of product can go head-to-head with the best of them!  Plus, they know from years of enjoying cigars how excited customers can get when a new stick comes into their favorite shops...they can't wait to try 'em!