Perla Del Mar

Born in Germany and trotting the globe as an army brat, spending a couple of years in Turkey, Hawaii, the East coast, Mid-west, South, and Southwest USA, Paul has been exposed to literally a world full of experiences and cultures and has been instilled with a love for travel, food, drink, art, music and tobacco. He has worked in the retail tobacco and liquor business since 1983, which has allowed him to indulge in all of his passions. Paul brings to the table an extensive, yet ever growing, knowledge of cigars, beer, wine and spirits and looks forward to sharing his observations with you through the pages of Cigar Brief. You are likely to find his reviews sprinkled with philosophy yet peppered with cynicism, not without humor and sarcasm, but always with integrity and never unfair. Paul’s quote to live by is, ”I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy” (from a bathroom wall, quoted by Tom Waits, Aug. 1, 1977).