IPCPR 2016: Global Premium Cigars
With a smile and a firm handshake, Enrique Sánchez is always happy to welcome you into the Global Premium Cigars booth. Global Premium Cigars is the company behind the more familiar brand, 1502 Cigars....
View ArticleIPCPR 2016: Hammer + Sickle
Hammer + Sickle still had a very Scottish themed booth after launching the scotch aged tobacco Caleanoch cigar last year. This year however, the company’s new release is closer to its namesake’s...
View ArticleIPCPR 2016: Debonaire Tobacco Company
Newly signed this year with Drew Estate to distribute their cigars in the US, Debonaire was one of the handful of companies housed inside the DE booth. Last year this was one of the booths that was in...
View ArticleCarlos Fuente Sr. Dies
Carlos Arturo Fuente Sr. has passed away at 81. Fuente led the company for much of the last six decades. Born in Tampa, he was the younger son to company founder Arturo Fuente. In 1958, he was sold...
View ArticleAKA/ACME Cigar Company
For a booth that apparently was a last minute decision to even have – AKA/Acme Cigar Company’ space was setup nice and had a number of new things to show off. Located on an endcap right next to one of...
View ArticleIPCPR 2016: Patoro
Patoro, a European based company, is housed under the CLE distribution umbrella, and thus was located in the CLE booth with a number of other brands. Started in 2014, it almost immediately offered some...
View ArticleIPCPR 2016: Rabbit Air
One booth that I finally got the chance to visit was Rabbit Air, manufacturer of air purifiers. While Rabbit Air doesn’t just cater to the cigar community, they do specifically market to smokers–both...
View ArticleIPCPR 2016: El Primer Mundo
El Primer Mundo was in a prime spot to enjoy Nick Perdomo playing the drums – but also in a nice corner booth right on a main aisle. When I got to the booth, it was full of people enjoying the...
View ArticleIPCPR 2016: Selected Tobacco S.A.
Selected Tobacco S.A. isn’t the name you see while wandering around the trade show floor, but Atabey or Byron is, and just might ring a bell if you’re familiar with the company’s premium offerings. It...
View ArticleIPCPR 2016: Pospiech Cigars
My neighbors just around the corner back home, it took us both traveling to Las Vegas for IPCPR to finally meet. Pospiech Cigars is a cigar shop, distributor and brand owner. The shop is Cigar Hustler,...
View ArticleIPCPR 2016: Royal Agio
Royal Agio was inside the Drew Estate booth, as they are distributed by DE in the United States. Of course, with the Drew Estate booth space comes lots of traffic. And while there were plenty of other...
View ArticleIPCPR 2016: PDR Cigars
The 2016 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show saw PDR Cigars release not only a brand new line, but the company also added vitolas to two other releases as well as a new blend on another brand. In...
View ArticleNorth Providence, R.I. Unanimously Passes Parks Smoking Ban
The town of North Providence, R.I. has a new ban on smoking in parks and playgrounds after the town council unanimously approved the proposal at its most recent meeting. It’s an expansion of the town’s...
View ArticleFive Things: What the Aug. 8, 2016 FDA Date Means
Today, almost every cigar purchased in the U.S. will be sold in a manner much like they were sold on Sunday. And yet, today is Aug. 8, 2016, a monumental day in the cigar industry. Regulation of the...
View ArticleIPCPR 2016: Whiff Out Industries
A booth we came across last year–and specifically sought out this year–is Whiff Out Industries. The company’s first product on the market was a deodorizing powder meant to be put in your ashtray to...
View ArticleIPCPR 2016: Villiger Cigars North America
Villiger’s booth was just as big this year as in the past, however there was one very key difference: they had nothing new to show off. Rene Castaneda, president of Villiger Cigars North America, had...
View ArticleIPCPR 2016: Topper Cigar Company
Topper Cigar Company rolled out one of the smaller booths on the floor, but they were right up on the front row, just to the left of the entrance, which helped garner them a good bit of foot traffic...
View ArticleIPCPR 2016: Visol Products
Visol Products had many new products to debut at the 2016 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, including new lighters, cigar cases and even a few surprises that push the accessory company’s offerings...
View ArticleEspinosa’s 601 La Bomba Grows With Claro Version
The 601 La Bomba line from Espinosa Premium Cigars is getting a new sibling, as the company has announced the launch of the 601 La Bomba Claro. The new line uses a lighter, rosado color version of the...
View ArticleCigar Imports Met With New FDA Filing Requirement
Those in the business of getting cigars into the United States were met with a bit of a surprise on Monday as the usual process of claiming shipments now involved a filing with the U.S. Food and Drug...
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