At this year’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Hendrik Kelner, Jr. of Kelner Boutique Factory (KBF Cigars) joined the club of cigar makers with a limited edition, a club that seems to grow on an almost daily basis. As you may recall, in the summer of 2013 Kelner released Smoking Jacket, his debut line of four cigars, each of which featured a unique blend while sharing a name, packaging and presentation. Two of the sizes, the Favoritos (6 x 46) and Short Robusto (4 1/2 x 56) use a Dominican Cotuí wrapper grown by his sister, Monika Kelner, while the Toro Magno (7 x 50) and Robusto Imperial (5 x 52) use a Cuban-seed Brazilian leaf. The binders and fillers of each cigar vary as well, drawing on a mix of tobaccos from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Pennsylvania broadleaf and Peru. While his own line was getting off the ground, Kelner was also producing a number of cigars for smaller brands, including El Cedro, Cabal, Bugatti Group and Global Marketing and Distribution (GMD). Having both his own line as well as a number of clients helped Kelner garner some attention in the market on his own, while having Davidoff of Geneva ...
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