1502 Cigars founder Enrique Sanchez Icaza has taken his time in building his four regular production lines in his portfolio. With his fourth line the 1502 Nicaragua receiving its first line extension this year, many did not expect Sanchez to have a new product at the show. However Sanchez threw many for a loop, by […]
A week before the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show came word that Hirochi Robaina forming a collaborative partnership with La Palina Cigars. At the same time, Robaina announced to the world he was ending his relationship with Cubanacan, with whom he collaborated with on the HR cigar. The situation was made more complicated when Robaina also announced the […]
If there was any doubt that last year’s split of Robert Wright’s Pura Soul Cigars from Christian Eire’s CLE Cigars was amicable, it was answered at the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show when Pura Soul Cigars was at the CLE Cigars booth. While Pura Soul is now handling its own distribution, CLE continues to make Pura […]
We expected it to be a big hit at the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show. Now Altadis has reported that the allocation of the Henry Clay Tattoo, the collaboration done between Altadis’ Grupo de Maestros and Tatuaje’s Pete Johnson officially sold out at the trade show. There was a 50,000 cigar allocation for the Henry Clay […]
2015 will see another edition of the E.P. Carrillo Edicion Limitada series. At the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show, E.P. Carrillo showcased the E.P. Carrillo Edicion Limitada 2015. This year’s edition marks a return to a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper on the Edicion Limitada – the first time since 2012. It was in 2010 when E.P. Carrillo launched […]
While it was expected that Esteban Carreras would be bringing the newly launched Black Cross to the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show, the company had one more surprise. The company showcased its new Bronze Cross release. The Bronze Cross is expected to hit retailers later this summer. The Bronze Cross is a project the company had […]
At the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show, Illusione Cigars owner Dion Giolito focused mostly on new line extensions instead of launching new brands. This year, one of the extensions comes to his regular production “Original Documents” line – introducing a 6 1/2 x 32 Ninfa offering into the line called the ~33~. The ~33~ becomes the […]
At the 2015 IPCPR Trade show in New Orleans, E.P. Carrillo unveiled a limited edition package that will contain three different blends that are company founder Ernesto Perez-Carrillo’s private smokes. The package is called Ernesto’s Humidor No. 1 and will make its way to stores this October. The blends are are three distinct ones, and not […]
For the fourth consecutive year, Davidoff Cigar hosted its annual the Golden Band Awards Show at the IPCPR Trade Show. This year the awards were held at the Sugar Mill in New Orleans. The awards program is meant to honor and the company’s best Appointed Merchants that according to Davidoff “truly embody the Davidoff Standard of […]
On July 17th, the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association (IPCPR) official kicked off their Annual Convention and International Trade Show in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Ernest Morial Convention Center. While the first day focused on educational seminars, it is the second day when the trade show kicks into high gear. Prior to […]
