Coinciding with the 20th anniversary of Drew Estate’s ACID brand, the company announced the launch of the ACID brand in Germany. The launch begins with the introduction of ACID Blondie and ACID Mega and a series of supporting events. ACID Mega is actually ACID Cuba Kuba with a new name for specific international markets. The […]
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Cigar News: Arturo Fuente Releases “A Father and His Son” Sampler
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Arturo Fuente has recently announced a ten-count sampler including ten cigars and two Fuente Fuente OpusX branded rocks glasses. The “A Father and His Son” sampler is being released to coincide with Father’s Day. The five cigars include: Don Carlos Personal Reserve Double Robusto Casa Cuba Divine Inspiration Fuente Fuente OpusX Oro Oscuro Perfection X: Fuente […]
Cigar News: Bryan Bird Named Director of Sales for National Accounts
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Drew Estate has announced that Bryan Bird is its new Director of Sales for National Accounts. Prior to joining Drew Estate, Bird worked for nineteen years at Thompson Cigar. He most recently served as its Director of Merchandising, a role he had since 2015. Bryan began his journey in Thompson’s call center, quickly progressed to […]
Cigar News: Foundation Cigar Company Revises Packaging of The Upsetters
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At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Foundation Cigar Company will showcase updated packaging of The Upsetters. The changes include new Inside art work and a series of secondary bands on most of the line (the exception being the Upsetters Ska) The artwork is meant to pay homage to the artistry of legendary Jamaican musicians. The […]
Cigar News: Warped La Colmena Unico Especial to Return for Limited Run
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For the first time in five years, Warped Cigars is releasing its La Colmena Unico Especial, a special 5 x 48 size of the company’s La Colmena line packaged in ten-count tins. Produced at El Titan de Bronze, the La Colmena Unico Especial features an Ecuadorian DeFlorada wrapper, Ecuadorian binder, and fillers from Nicaraguan and […]
Cigar News: La Galera Anemoi to Debut at 2019 IPCPR Trade Show
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For the first time in three years, IndianHead Cigars will add a new blend under its La Galera brand. It’s called La Galera Anemoi (pronounced: A-nem-oy) and it pays homage to the winds that play a key role in growing tobacco. The cigars will make their debut at the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show scheduled to […]
Cigar News: Gurkha Adds Corona Size to Three Infused Lines
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At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Gurkha Cigars will add a 5 x 42 Corona line extension to its Grand Reserve, Bourbon Collection, and Private Select lines. The Gurkha Grand Reserve line is a Cognac infused cigar. It features a Connecticut Shade wrapper over Dominican binder and filler. The 5 x 42 Corona will be […]
Cigar News: Dissident Home to Debut at 2019 IPCPR
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Earlier this year, it was announced that Dissident Cigars was purchased by Benjamin Holt and the brand would be returning to market. Today, the company made its first formal product announcement with the limited production Dissident Home. Dissident Home will make its debut at the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show. Back in 2015, Dissident Cigars […]
Announcement: Prime Time Episode 98: IPCPR 2019 Pre-Game – All-Star Media Panel #6
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This week the Prime Time Show begins the first of three weeks of “Pre-Game” coverage leading up to the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show with a Media Panel Show. It’s our sixth Media Panel Show and we will have the whole Prime Time Team onboard plus Seth Geise, Jiunn Liu, and John McTavish of Developing Palates. […]
Cigar News: White Hat Cigars Changes Name to La Familia Robaina
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White Hat Cigars has announced it is changing the name of its company to La Familia Robaina. The name transition will occur over the next month and the company will attend the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show under its new name. “After fielding questions for the past 3 1/2 years about the relationship between the Robaina’s […]