At the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, Mombacho Cigars S.A. will officially launch the “Cosecha 2012”. This is the first installment of the company’s limited edition, single vintage project. The name “cosecha” is Spanish for “harvest”. Each release will feature what the company considers to be the best Nicaraguan tobaccos from a harvest year. In particular, Cosecha […]
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Announcement: Prime Time Show Episode 12: 6/29/17 10pm Eastern, 7pm Pacific
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The boys of Cubariqueño Cigar Company are heading to “Prime Time”! Tune into Episode 12 of the welcome Juan Cancel and Bill Ives, co-founders of Cubariqueño Cigar Company – the makers of Protocol Cigars. We will catch up how these two passionate cigar enthusiasts turned brand owners are doing in their third year in business. In our Debonaire Ideal segment, […]
News: Foundation Cigar Company Teams with Layne Coffee to Launch Coffee Line
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Foundation Cigar Company has become the latest cigar company to team up with Layne Coffee. The cigar company announced Foundation Coffee, a line of coffees designed to be paired with Foundation Cigars. Foundation Coffee will launch at the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show. According to Nick Melillo, founder of Foundation Cigar Company, “not only is the […]
Cigar Review: E.P. Carrillo Capa de Sol Sultan
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The E.P. Carrillo Capa de Sol is a new line by Ernesto Perez-Carrillo that made its debut at the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show. The name “Capa de Sol” translates to “wrapper of the sun” and is named for the Ecuadorian Sun Grown wrapper of this cigar. Capa de Sol was one component of what was a deeper […]
Cigar News: Proposed Premium Cigar Exemption and Grandfather Date Change Clears House Appropriations Subcommittee
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It’s a road the premium cigar business has been down before, but yesterday a proposed House Agriculture Appropriations Bill has cleared a subcommittee with language that contains an exemption for premium cigars and for a change in the grandfather date for premium cigar products to be exempted from regulation. The central point of interest for cigar […]
Cigar News: Nomad Classic Dominican First Run 2012 Coming to IPCPR 2017
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Nomad Cigar Company is a company that has 14 blends and 51 SKUs, but at the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, the company is going back to the beginning and releasing a limited number of two sizes of its Nomad Classic Dominican cigars from the initial 2012 production. The project is dubbed “Nomad First Run 2012”. “To say […]
Feature Story: Erik Espinosa Talks About The Reggae DREAD
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Erik Espinosa filmed a short video talking about one of his two cigars featuring Jamaican tobacco, the Espinosa Reggae DREAD. The Espinosa Reggae DREAD is described as a medium to full-bodied cigar featuring Nicaraguan, Honduran, and Jamaican Lengue de Vaca tobacco in an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper. The cigar is unique in that it is rolled with several pigtails […]
Cigar News: Island Lifesyle Importers Announces Tommy Bahama Regatta Collection
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At the 2017 IPCPR Show in Las Vegas, Island Lifestyle Importers is introducing a new line of Tommy Bahama® branded cigar accessories known as the “Regatta Collection”. Island Lifestyle Importers is the official designer and manufacturer of Tommy Bahama® branded cigar accessories. The company also distributes a line of cigars known as Island Lifestyle […]
Prime Time Special Edition #5: Cigar Rights with Glynn Loope
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For Special Edition #5, we dedicate this episode to cigar rights, and we have Cigar Rights of America (CRA) Executive Director J. Glynn Loope as our Special Guest. We will go in depth with Glynn and discuss the industry’s battle against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and gain a better understanding for the […]
Cigar News: Crux Limitada Show Exclusive 2017 Coming to IPCPR Trade Show
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The Crux Limitada Show Exclusive, a limited edition cigar only available for retailers is returning for another run. At the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas, Crux Cigars will release the Crux Limitada Show Exclusive 2017. Like the 2016 edition, the 2017 one will only be available to retailers that attend the IPCPR Trade […]