Oregon Beaches Headed for Smoke-Free Status
The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department appears to be ready to make the state’s beaches completely smoke-free in an attempt to reduce litter and reduce the harm to marine life. The ban would be an...
View ArticleIPCPR 2014: Gran Habano
This year the Gran Habano booth was nestled away in the corner of the show that seemed to always be dead – however when we visited the booth there were actually a good number of people meeting with the...
View ArticleIPCPR 2014: Gurkha
Walking through the trade show floor it’s hard to miss a few booths no matter their placement, and Gurkha’s is definitely one of them. The bright red booth looked almost the same as last year, save for...
View ArticleIPCPR 2014: Perdomo
The Perdomo booth looked much the same as it has in recent years, but inside the long space the company introduced a new line as well as a number of new sizes and packaging options to its existing...
View ArticleLa Barba Announces Purple as Second Line
La Barba Cigars, the company run by Tony Bellatto and Craig Rossi, has announced its latest creation that is due for a September release, a line the duo are calling La Barba Purple. The cigar uses an...
View ArticleIPCPR 2014: Daniel Marshall
While the music was not the loudest—that honor once again went to Drew Estate—Daniel Marshall was the only company with a live rapper in its booth at the 2014 IPCPR convention and trade show—we think....
View ArticleIPCPR 2014: HVC
This was the second trade show for Reinier Lorenzo’s HVC and the place where the company’s first non-AGANORSA produced line debuted. More importantly, the company has quadrupled its accounts in the...
View ArticleIPCPR 2014: Ashton
If you were hoping to find a new inexpensive Ashton product at this year’s IPCPR convention and trade show, you should keep looking. The company added two new lines, including one under the Ashton...
View ArticleHerrera Esteli Norteño Robusto Grande (Prerelease)
For well over a year now, there have been photos of the Herrera Esteli Norteño floating around online, as well as the cigars themselves at events featuring Willy Herrera, master blender of Drew Estate....
View ArticleIPCPR 2014: Arturo Fuente & J.C. Newman
After a few years of a lot of new product from Arturo Fuente and J.C. Newman, the two family-owned companies seemed focused on things other than the new cigar products. For Fuente, the 100th...
View ArticleIPCPR 2014: Las Cumbres Tabaco
It’s hard to consider José Blanco “new” when it comes to anything regarding the cigar business. When one looks up “cigar industry veteran”—it seems almost impossible that José Blanco’s grin would not...
View ArticleIPCPR 2014: Rocky Patel
After covering Rocky Patel for the last five years, there are two things that have been hallmarks of the company’s trade shows each year. One, it announces shipping dates and actually sticks to them....
View ArticleIPCPR 2014: Dante
While there may have not been an abundance of new product on display at the IPCPR trade show, Mo Fakhro and Michael Huff have plenty in the works. The duo behind Dante is planning a lot as it expands...
View ArticleIPCPR 2014: Oettinger Davidoff AG
There was no big Davidoff Nicaragua launch. No reintroduction of Camacho. No Avo Uvezian. In many ways, the Davidoff booth felt less spectacular than in year’s past. In reality, it’s an indication of...
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Cigar News CLE & Gentili Announce U.S. Distribution Deal CLE & Patoro Announce U.S. Distribution Deal CLE Warehouse Burglarized La Barba Purple Announced RoMa Craft Tobac’s El Catador de las...
View ArticleRoom101 Daruma Mutante
In 2012, Room101 released a new limited edition blend called Daruma at the IPCPR trade show. It used an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper, a Brazilian Mata Fina binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic...
View ArticleNate McIntyre Leaves House of Emilio
House of Emilio’s longest tenured employee is leaving the company, Nate McIntyre has resigned as national director of sales effective Aug. 1. McIntyre worked for the company part-time, before being...
View ArticleEspinosa Ships Warhead II
The latest version of the 601 La Bomba Warhead is headed to stores. On Monday, the company began shipping the Warhead II, a cigar that debuted last week at the 2014 IPCPR convention and trade show. It...
View ArticleTatuaje Jason
Today we’re looking at our next to last Tatuaje Pudgy Monster review, the Tatuaje Jason. Originally released for the Monster Series as The JV13, Jason is the first smaller iteration that this blend has...
View ArticleIPCPR 2014: Black Label Trading Company
Black Label Trading Company had a pretty good booth placement – right around the corner from the lunch area and right across from one of the bistro sandwich areas, which ensured them lots of foot...
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