When Steve Saka and Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust did their first IPCPR in 2015, the company showed up with no samples of their inaugural cigar, Sobremesa. That didn’t prove to be a problem as the company sold out of the cigar, and it became the hottest cigar that nobody had tried. Since then, it’s […]
For the first time in nearly a decade, the El Triunfador Original line is getting a line extension. At this year’s 2018 IPCPR Trade Show came word that a Robusto size vitola is being added to El Triunfador Original, the broadleaf wrapper edition of El Triunfador. El Triunfador was originally released in a classic […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, La Palina Cigars unveiled the seventh installment of its annual Goldie series – and this one is in the classic Ciban 5 7/8 x 52 Cañonazo format. The Goldie line was created as a tribute to Goldie Drell Paley, the wife of Sam Paley – who founded the La […]
This past spring, Mike Bellody’s MLB Cigar Ventures and the Seijas family’s Matilde Cigars announced they were ending their distribution agreement with Quesada Cigars to form their own distribution company known as SeiBel Distribution. At this year’s IPCPR Trade Show, the two companies partnered together for booth space to showcase their offerings. While the companies […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, C.L.E. Cigar Company launched three ten-count samplers across its C.L.E., Eiroa, and Asylum brands. First up, is the C.L.E. brand sampler. It contains two cigars from each of the following brands: C.L.E. Connecticut, C.L.E. Habano, C.L.E. Corojo, C.L.E. Azabache, and C.L.E. Signature. Each cigar is a 50 x 5 Robusto. […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, the Surrogates brand unveiled a second size in its Satin Glove line, a 6 x 54 box-pressed Toro. Satin Glove made its debut in 2014 as the first San Andres wrapped offering in the Surrogates line. At the time it was released in a single size, a 7 x […]
This year, Oscar Valladares Tobacco and Company moved into its own booth. This was a booth that was filled with vibrant colors. At the same time, the newer products reflected a combination of Mayan culture and contemporary art. In previous years, Oscar Valladares Tobacco had shared a booth with Jim Robinson of Leaf cigars. The […]
Onyx is a brand that has been in the Altadis USA portfolio for quite some time, but it also has been one of the quieter ones. At this year’s IPCPR Trade Show, the Onyx Reserve gets a makeover. The cigars will now feature a new box and new band designs. There are no changes to […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Esteban Carreras introduced a natural habano offering under its Mr. Brownstone line – appropriately titled Mr. Brownstone Natural. The Mr. Brownstone Natural consists of a Nicaraguan Habano wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder from Jalapa and a combination of Nicaraguan fillers from Condega, Estelí, and Jalapa. It has been launched […]
One thing I learned over the past few years, you don’t need to have new product to have a successful IPCPR Trade Show. For years, companies like Arturo Fuente, Oliva, and Padrón have had very successful shows without the pressure of having a new product. As I learned over the past couple of years, […]
