Prometheus Celebrates 20 Years of OpusX
While your calendar and memory might tell you last year was the 20th anniversary of the Fuente Fuente OpusX, expect plenty more items honoring the accomplishment from Prometheus. The company has...
View ArticleMBombay Gaaja
Mel Shah of Bombay Tobak has embraced his heritage in all of his cigars, naming lines and vitolas for Sanskrit terms. For his latest cigar, which he has said is its own stand alone line, he once again...
View ArticleCaldwell & Drew Estate Formally Unveil All Out Kings
Two of the more popular names for cigar geeks have formally unveiled their collaboration. Caldwell Cigar Co. and Drew Estate have announced details for their release, All Out Kings. The brand, which is...
View ArticleRecluse Cigar Company Announces OTG Connecticut
The march toward 126 new SKUs continues for Recluse Cigar Company, as today it announced the fourth of its nine new lines, the OTG Connecticut. The Recluse OTG Connecticut is an expansion of Recluse...
View ArticleJoya de Nicaragua Updates Cabinetta Serie Packaging
In addition to introducing new cigars in recent years, Joya de Nicaragua has also been rolling out new branding. In 2014, the company released Joya Red, not only a new cigar but a new look for the...
View ArticleRecluse Cigar Co. Announces OTG Dominican Puro
Five down, four to go, as Recluse Cigar Co. has announced the release of Recluse OTG Dominican Puro, the fifth of nine new lines coming from the company at the 2016 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show....
View ArticleDrew Estate Releasing Liga Privada Flying Pigs, Velvet Rats & Tubos
Ahead of the 2016 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Drew Estate has announced that two of its dos sought after cigars will return to select accounts. The Flying Pig will return in both No. 9 and T52...
View ArticleIPCPR 2016: Blanco Cigar Co.
While Blanco Cigar Co. owner David Blanco is not rushing anything to the market, the company was showing off a small addition to an already released line that will be shipping this fall. BLANCO NINE...
View ArticleIPCPR 2016: RoMa Craft Tobac
The RoMa Craft booth was a great looking booth again, as always, and even though it was the first booth I visited when the doors opened, they were almost immediately busy. With plenty going on at the...
View ArticleIPCPR 2016: Oliva
While the Oliva booth looks physically much the same as it has for the last few years, things have changed quite a bit inside. As José Oliva explains below, the company has been acquired by J. Cortès....
View ArticleIPCPR 2016: Viaje Cigars
Not only is Viaje releasing a new Collaboration with Quesada — the series has been renamed Juntos — but there is also a new WLP blend as well as a new Zombie. Viaje Juntos The Collaboration series has...
View ArticleIPCPR 2016: What’s In My Bag – Brooks Whittington
And now, a look at all the stuff I am carrying around every day of the trade show: Cell phone — Obviously necessary, and thankfully we get fairly good coverage on the floor. Also, the IPCPR has a...
View ArticleIPCPR 2016: Garo Cigars
A few weeks ago, Dr. Garo Bouldoukian started sharing images of the cigar he’d be releasing for his namesake company’s 20th anniversary, but details were being withheld until the IPCPR Convention &...
View ArticleIPCPR 2016: J. Fuego CIgar Co.
Jesus Fuego brought back his booth that is patterned after a fishing outpost, a fitting theme for the avid angler, but didn’t have any new cigars to debut. Instead, he focused on the 777 Maduro Silver...
View ArticleIPCPR 2016: FDG Cigars
Last year, FDG Cigars celebrated its 20th anniversary with a pair of cigars, one wrapped in a Connecticut natural leaf and the other in a Connecticut broadleaf. For its 21st year, the company is giving...
View ArticleIPCPR 2016: Mombacho Cigars
Mombacho’s plans for the trade show were pretty much on the table before the show started; the headlining cigar was announced in Dec. 2015, while a packaging update was announced in the weeks prior to...
View ArticleNomad Cigar Co.
Since Nomad Cigar Co. is distributed by Boutiques Unified, you’ll find the booth located inside the BU booth along with the other brands they distribute. Jumping in and catching Fred Rewey in between...
View ArticleIPCPR 2016: Chinnock Cellars
Brian Chinnock’s booth was right at the front of the trade show, literally right in front of Drew Estate’s massive booth and one of the first booths retailers come across when they enter the show...
View ArticleIPCPR 2016: Boveda
For the first time in a while there was something new at the Boveda booth, and that oddly might have not even been the most talked about new Boveda product at the trade show. It seems very much...
View ArticleIPCPR 2016: Day 3 Recap
Its 2:52 a.m., I am sort of packed, my alarm inevitably goes off in five hours and I once again wonder why I decided to leave the night of day four versus getting a legitimate amount of time to pack...
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