It was the worst-kept secret heading into IPCPR 2019. Through a series of leaks, IPCPR’s plans to rebrand as the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) and launch a consumer component to the annual Convention and Trade Show known as CigarCon were made public. On Friday, June 28th, IPCPR Executive Director Scott Pearce formally announced these plans. […]
While A.C.E. Prime garnered considerable attention for its M.X.S. collaboration with NBA stars Dominique Wilkens and Tiago Splitter, the company launched several other lines at its debut IPCPR in 2019. One of the lines is Luciano The Traveler. It’s a cigar blended by company co-founder Luciano Meirelles that showcases Pelo de Oro tobacco. Luciano The […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, General Cigar Company introduced its fifth blend under its Macanudo Inspirado line, the Macanudo Inspirado Palladium. While Macanudo’s Inspirado line puts a contemporary spin on the Macanudo brand, the Inspirado Palladium uses an old Cuban technique involving using tercios to age the tobacco. With tercios, the tobaccos are aged […]
One of AVO Cigars’ new launches was a series called AVO Unexpected, and in a way that set the tone for the 2019 IPCPR for AVO. AVO Cigars isn’t normally known for a lot of new IPCPR Trade Show offerings, but at this year’s trade show, the brand came forward with six blends – leading […]
Bear and Coop are back from covering IPCPR 2019 and tonight on Special Edition #56, we give your our annual Post Game Show. Bead and Coop will cover all the booths they visited at IPCPR and provide commentary on what they saw. Plus weigh in on all of the happenings that surrounded this year’s […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, a new company came on to the scene by the name of A.C.E. Prime, which launched several lines. One of the lines that had the most visibility was the M.X.S. – a pair of blends done in collaboration with two NBA players – Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkens […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Hiram & Solomon Cigars introduced a new line called Grand Architect. The Grand Architect is highlighted by the use of Paraguayan tobacco in the filler. The Paraguayan tobacco is blended with Nicaraguan tobaccos from Estelí and Jalapa covered with a Nicaraguan Jalapa binder and finished with a Nicaraguan Corojo […]
JRE Tobacco Company is the venture between Julio R. Eiroa and his son Justo. From observing and talking to Justo, he has taken a very patient and pragmatic approach to the growth of the company. He has not tried to do too much too soon, and from visiting them at this year’s trade show, you […]
Last year, Davidoff launched a new brand known as Back2Back. It’s a brand that had a contemporary feel featuring artwork from Fernando Romero and Mike Baca, two graffiti artists known as the UR New York team. The duo has worked with Davidoff in the past on the Zino brand providing both artwork and serving as […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Matt Booth and Robert Caldwell launched “The T Habano”. It’s the third installment under their collaborative brand “The T” which is produced at Tabacalera AJ Fernandez in Estelí, Nicaragua. The T Habano consists of a Habano Sun Grown wrapper over Nicaragua binder and filler. The cigar is available in […]
Since we have started the IPCPR Spotlight Series, we’ve always tried to put the products center stage in the report and try to attach a theme. Normally these don’t discuss the booth design. In the case of Espinosa Cigars, while certainly, they brought a strong lineup to the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, much of the […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Bear Duplisea catches up with Francisco Batista, the Master Blender from Royal Agio Cigars. Royal Agio is a company that has been making some noise in the U.S., and we’ll learn from Francisco what he is doing to develop the products out of Royal Agio.
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, General Cigar introduced its second flavored cigar under the Macanudo label, the M Bourbon by Macanudo. The M Bourbon by Macanudo follows up 2018’s M by Macanudo. While the M by Macanudo featured coffee flavors, the M Bourbon by Macanudo is meant to showcase the flavors found in an […]
