LUJ Luxury Cigars Presents Le Couturier by Vance Taylor
While the list of new brands debuting at the upcoming IPCPR Convention & Trade Show is much smaller than it has been in recent years, another name has been added to the list, Le Couturier by Vance...
View ArticleHVC La Rosa 520 Reyes Coming to IPCPR 2016
The HVC La Rosa 520 will be getting another a size at this month’s trade show. HVC Cigars will offer the La Rosa 520 Reyes, a 6 1/4 x 48 toro size with a pigtail, as an exclusive for those who place...
View ArticlePortraits: Kyle Gellis
In 2014, a blast from the past returned to the cigar industry. It wasn’t that long since Kyle Gellis had been selling cigars under the Anubis and Osiris names. Gellis started in 2008 with lines from El...
View ArticleViaje Zombie Biohazard Green
Less than two months after releasing four new cigars in its Zombie lineup, Viaje Cigars shipped two additional releases that had never been seen before: the Zombie Biohazard Red and Zombie Biohazard...
View ArticleCanandaigua, N.Y. Parks to Become Tobacco-Free in August
City parks in Canandaigua, New York will be going tobacco-free in early August as the city council passed a comprehensive ban during its meeting on Thursday night. The proposal passed by a 6-3 vote,...
View ArticleQuesada Reserva Privada Oscuro Double Corona
Last year, Quesada introduced one of its most ambitious products to date, the Reserva Privada. The cigar was marketed as a more premium offering from Quesada containing one very special leaf of tobacco...
View ArticleL’Atelier MAD52 Coming to IPCPR 2016 (Update)
Moe ElAraby is back for round two. The northeastern sales representative for Tatuaje and L’Atelier Imports has announced another new product from the latter, an extension to the company’s L’Atelier...
View ArticleL’Atelier Adding Surrogates Crystal Baller Corona Gorda at IPCPR 2016 (Update)
In July, L’Atelier Imports will expand its Surrogates line with a new version of the Crystal Baller blend in a 6 1/2 x 46 size. No filter Tatuaje Tuesday with something new. Baller 646 coming soon...
View ArticleLa Mission 1982 Scheduled for IPCPR 2016 (Update)
There’s another La Mission de L’Atelier size coming, this time in torpedo form. The La Mission de L’Atelier 1982 will be a 6 1/8 x 52 box-pressed torpedo. It joins the three sizes that debuted last...
View ArticleRauchvergnügen #42
When you think of cigars, two words that likely don’t immediately come to mind are German and engineering. Cigars are blended, crafted, rolled and so on, but they generally aren’t engineered, and...
View ArticleKuuts Adds Roadking, Updates Portfolio for IPCPR 2016
It’s not a revamp, but it’s a pretty big change. Kuuts, LLC will show off a much different version of its offerings of cigars for the U.S. market when the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show kicks off in...
View ArticleRauchvergnügen Announces New Sizes, Distribution with APS Distributors
Rauchvergnügen, the Hamburg, Germany company that is seeking to bring German engineering to premium cigars, has announced plans for four new sizes of its debut line, as well as a distribution agreement...
View ArticleEsteban Disla’s Guáimaro Debuting at IPCPR 2016
Esteban Disla, the tobacco guru behind RoMa Craft Tobac, is finally getting his own cigar. At the 2016 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Guáimaro will be shown to the public. The three-size line uses...
View ArticleSobremesa Cervantes Fino
If you had to rank the collective cigar community’s most anticipated cigar of 2015, it was Sobremesa. The debut line from Steve Saka, the former Drew Estate executive, wasn’t exactly shrouded in...
View ArticleXIKAR Announces XO Cutter (Update)
As part of its 20th anniversary celebration, XIKAR is planning a follow-up to its iconic Xi cutter, the XO. The circular design uses a gear system to ensure the double guillotine blades open and close...
View ArticleOliva Launching Facundo at IPCPR 2016
First it was Melanio, now Oliva will pay tribute to another one of the family’s ancestors, Facundo Oliva. Facundo is the son of Melanio, father of Gilberto Oliva Sr., the family’s current patriarch....
View ArticleCrux Brings Limitada Show Exclusive 2016 to IPCPR
For retail attendees of the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Crux Cigars will have an exclusive cigar. The Crux Limitada Show Exclusive 2016 is a follow-up to the PB5 the company showed off last...
View ArticleNew Montecristo Pilotico Pepe Mendez Coming to IPCPR
Altadis U.S.A. has announced the latest addition to the Montecristo brand, a new regular production line called the Montecristo Pilotico Pepe Mendez. The new cigar is based around Pilotico, a type of...
View ArticleFoundation Bringing The Tabernacle to IPCPR 2016
Nicholas Melillo will have a pair of new cigar lines to show off to the cigar industry this summer, the previously announced The Upsetters and a recently announced line called The Tabernacle. Melillo...
View ArticleFratello Cigars Announces Oro as Third Blend
Fratello Cigars is growing its regular production portfolio with a new blend called Oro that will be released at the upcoming 2016 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show. The new line marks the first time...
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