Newbie Sampler is the way to go.

follow the guidelines on the first page and when a participant is up and willing to do a sampler let them know the situation and your location right up front.
they will either work with you or pass, it cant hurt to ask.

I'm in the middle of doing a sampler right now and i can tell you right now the people doing this know what they are doing.

if you hang around in this forum for very long you'll see that they re very knowledgeable and want to help new cigar smoker out.