VirtualCons meets the Covid second by bringing the conference – or Con – expertise to leisure followers through digital programming that permits subscribers worldwide to collect through distant entry. Created by 3fams Productions, whose latest SopranosCon allowed greater than 15,000 followers from all over the world 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 observe alongside as VirtualCons CEO Michael Mota and award-winning actor and VirtualCons accomplice Armand Assante go to Nicaragua in pursuit of the proper cigar.
Broadcast reside on Instagram, after which later viewable at any time through the VirtualCons app, Mota and Assante invite members/viewers to journey alongside on their go to to Nicaragua’s Plasencia Cigars, one of many largest tobacco growers and cigar producers on the 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,” stated Mota. “When Armand, a real cigar aficionado, determined to change into a accomplice in VirtualCons, we introduced up the concept 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 will be a terrific match. Two legends coming collectively. The tip end result will probably be a customized Armand Assante Cigar that will probably be bought by VirtualCons.”
“A cigar permits me to pause, to retreat and take up, to distance myself from what I could or could not resolve upon,” stated Assante, who developed his personal OraVivo Cigar within the early 2000s with Victor Vitale of Legacy cigars. He went by way of about 60 blends of superior Nicaraguan Tobacco (Jalapa, Condejo, and Esteli, chosen by Eduardo Fernandez) earlier than discovering the stability that almost all suited him. He’ll do the identical with Plasencia, selecting a proprietary VirtualCons product that can bear his identify.
Assante says he sometimes smokes socially with buddies however admits to a choice for a solo smoke whereas alone in his studio as he writes or thinks. “Typically a cigar is a singular companionship,” stated Assante, an Emmy award-winning, four-time Golden Globe nominee. “I exploit a cigar in a method, particularly after 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} lady too will respect, one that enhances a terrific drink or espresso, one with which the smoker can linger. Such consideration and evaluation take years of acquired style. “Each side of our lives and the best way we specific ourselves is a matter of style,” stated Assante. “Suffice it to say I wouldn’t affiliate myself with a cigar that didn’t get pleasure from a ‘ranking’ 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 a terrific honor and a whole 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 all over the world to work together with their favourite celebrities in one-on-one meet and greet private shout-outs and university-style courses. For extra info, and to buy Armand Assante’s bespoke Plasencia cigar, go to www.virtualcons.com.