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For the past few weeks, we have been following a story of a cigar being launched by L’Atelier Imports at the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show called “Extension de la Racine”. This is a cigar that is going to offered to only those retailers that place an order in person at the trade show being […]
This past weekend, Boutique Blends cigars announced that the Aging Room Maduro would be launching at the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show. Since then we have acquired additional information about this cigar. First up, the Aging Room Maduro will be a core offering by Boutique Blends. This cigar joins the Aging Room Havao as a core […]
As we reported back on 6/13/13, Room 101 is launching its Room 101 Serie HN. The HN is short for “Honduras” – which represent sthe country of origin of Criollo wrapper of this cigar. The cigars are now getting ready to ship to retailers nationwide. This will be a cigar that will be showcased by […]
Ezra Zion Tantrum The Ezra Zion Tantrum is the third blend to be released by the Ezra Zion Cigar Company. The Tantrum marks the company’s first limited edition series. The plan is for the Tantrum to have a run of 1500 boxes. In a promotional video, it was also mentioned that this would be […]
La Sirena Cigars will be launching a fourth vitola to their La Sirena Merlion line. This size will add a perfecto vitola into the line called the La Sirena Merlion Sea Lion. As a twist, an additional cigar will be packaged that is a maduro version of the Sea Lion. This cigar is expected […]
Padron Cigars will be unveiling a new four cigar sampler pack of their 1926 Serie. The sampler pack is expected to be available toward the end of July. First details of this were reported in a June 21 story by Cigar Aficionado. The Sampler Packs will be both available in the maduro and natural wrapper […]
Welcome to our 2013 IPCPR Trade Show Preview. We are providing a preview into the cigar industry’s biggest event – the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show that begins on July 14th. Over the next few weeks, we’ll have a weekly preview from an industry standpoint. In between, expect lots of announcements and previews from the manufacturers. Today […]
Royal Gold Cigars, the division of Swisher International that will focus on premium hand-made cigars will launch a Cameroon wrapper offering called Nirvana Cameroon Selection. This cigar will be manufactured by Drew Estate and is being targeted for an October launch. Information of this release was first announced on the 6/22/13 Cigar Dave Show. According […]
Aging Room Cigars has announced that the Aging Room Maduro will be launched at the 2013 IPCPR. Boutique Blends president Rafael Nodal announced the cigar on his Facebook page. Nodal has been providing several teasers of photos of this upcoming cigar for several weeks right now. In making the announcement, Nodal said on his Facebook […]
Davidoff North America president Jim Young was a guest on Kiss My Ash Radio and confirmed a couple of projects the company is working on. First up, the company will be releasing another cigar to commemorate the Chinese New Year and this one will be called “Year of the Horse”. Young also mentioned […]