VirtualCons meets the Covid second by bringing the conference – or Con – expertise to leisure followers by way of digital programming that permits subscribers worldwide to collect by way of distant entry. Created by 3fams Productions, whose latest SopranosCon allowed greater than 15,000 followers from world wide to work together with greater than 50 stars from the hit present, VirtualCons is a free downloadable app that permits the con group to just about attend conventions and particular occasions all year long. The most recent providing invitations subscribers to comply with alongside as VirtualCons CEO Michael Mota and award-winning actor and VirtualCons companion Armand Assante go to Nicaragua in pursuit of the right cigar.
Broadcast stay on Instagram, after which later viewable at any time by way of the VirtualCons app, Mota and Assante invite members/viewers to journey alongside on their go to to Nicaragua’s Plasencia Cigars, one of many greatest tobacco growers and cigar producers on this planet. Their quest? To search out the optimum cigar tobacco mixture to be used in a proprietary, Assante-approved cigar. “Our President, Brandon Siemion, has been very near the Plasencia Household,” mentioned Mota. “When Armand, a real cigar aficionado, determined to turn out to be a companion in VirtualCons, we introduced up the thought of crafting his personal cigar. Armand has all the time had a ardour for cigars, so it was an ideal marriage. We flew all the way down to Miami and met with the Plasencia Household, and after assembly Armand – they knew it might be an awesome match. Two legends coming collectively. The tip outcome might be a customized Armand Assante Cigar that might be offered by VirtualCons.”
“A cigar permits me to pause, to retreat and take up, to distance myself from what I could or could not determine upon,” mentioned Assante, who developed his personal OraVivo Cigar within the early 2000s with Victor Vitale of Legacy cigars. He went by means of about 60 blends of superior Nicaraguan Tobacco (Jalapa, Condejo, and Esteli, chosen by Eduardo Fernandez) earlier than discovering the steadiness that the majority suited him. He’ll do the identical with Plasencia, selecting a proprietary VirtualCons product that may bear his identify.
Assante says he sometimes smokes socially with pals however admits to a desire for a solo smoke whereas alone in his studio as he writes or thinks. “Generally a cigar is a singular companionship,” mentioned Assante, an Emmy award-winning, four-time Golden Globe nominee. “I exploit a cigar in a approach, particularly once I’m working, to tempo my pondering. l don’t allow myself to hurry into something anymore or be influenced right into a conclusion. I treasure quiet, silence, or nearly a type of meditation. It’s my lifestyle.”
Along with his Plasencia effort, Assante hopes to develop a cigar {that a} girl too will admire, one that enhances an awesome drink or espresso, one with which the smoker can linger. Such consideration and evaluation take years of acquired style. “Each aspect of our lives and the way in which we specific ourselves is a matter of style,” mentioned Assante. “Suffice it to say I wouldn’t affiliate myself with a cigar that didn’t get pleasure from a ‘score’ in at the least the ‘90’s’ and the Alma Fuerte and the Alma Fuego by Plasencia are merely two of the best cigars ever created.
“To be partnered now with Plasencia is each an awesome honor and an entire shock, and I’ve to precise my illimitable gratitude to my main companions, particularly Brandon Seimion and Michael Mota at VirtualCons for initiating this.”
The VirtualCons app and accompanying Instagram web page function a digital passport, offering distant entry for followers world wide to work together with their favourite celebrities in one-on-one meet and greet private shout-outs and university-style lessons. For extra data, and to buy Armand Assante’s bespoke Plasencia cigar, go to www.virtualcons.com.