Kristoff Cigars’ President Glen Case was a guest on the 7/28/12 Kiss My Ash Radio and discussed some of his plans for IPCPR and beyond. Case said that he will not launch any new lines/blends at the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show in Orlando Florida. He did menton he has a small batch project in the […]
Press Release: PDR Cigars Announces Release of the A. Flores Serie Privada
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(Miami, FL) – July 28th, 2012: PDR Cigars USA, one of the industry’s premier boutique cigar makers are excited to announce the release of the A. Flores Serie Privada, which will debut at this year’s IPCPR trade show in Orlando, FL on August 2nd. The year 1975 signifies the year that brand owner and master blender Abraham Flores […]
Cigar Preview: Rocky Patel Edge Habano (Nicaraguan Edge)
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Rocky Patel Edge Habano Rocky Patel Premium Cigars has formally announced its Nicaraguan extension to its “Edge” line. The cigar will official be called “Edge Habano”. The cigar is one of six Rocky Patel Premium Cigars lines expected to be launched at the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show. Back in May, we discussed a Cigar Insider […]
Press Release: Toraño Family Cigar Company “Makes Time to Launch” 3 New Releases at the 2012 IPCPR in Orlando
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(Miami, FL) July 26th, 2012: Torano Family Cigar Company is excited to introduce three new releases at the 2012 IPCPR in Orlando. The three new cigars are in addition to, and come on the heels of, the recent successful launch of the Master Maduro. The first new release is called Salutem. Salutem is packaged in […]
News: Erik Espinosa Confirms Dissolution of EO Brands; Discusses new Espinosa Cigar
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Erik Espinosa, President of Espinosa Cigars appeared on the 7/21/12 edition of Kiss My Ash Radio and confirmed a story first reported by Halfwheel that EO Brands has been dissolved and the brands have been divided. Espinosa was a partner with Eddie Ortega with EO Brands. Earlier this year, Ortega announced he was leaving EO […]
Cigar Preview: Quesada España Jalapa
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Quesada Cigars has posted information on a follow-up to its Quesada Seleccion Espana. This cigar is a variation of the original Seleccion Espana and is called the Quesada Espana Jalapa. The big difference is a change in wrapper. The cigar is expected to be launched at the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show. The new Quesada Espana […]
News: Merlion by La Sirena National Launch in Chattanooga, Tennessee
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The Merlion by La Sirena, the latest blend to join Miami Cigar and Company’s La Sirena brand will have a national launch at Burns Tobacconist in Chattanooga, Tennessee on July 27 and July 28th. Back in May, Miami Cigar and Company issued a press release documenting details around the Merlion release. This release […]
Cigar Preview: L’Atelier Imports
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Back in May, the folks at Cigar Brief had an exclusive story on a new company being started by Tatuaje’s Pete Johnson called L’Atelier Imports. There are some more particulars in that story, but the important facts are: 1) This is a separate entity from Tatuaje Cigars; 2) The day to day operations […]
Cigar Preview: Ortega Serie “D” Natural
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Earlier this year, Eddie Ortega made some big new when he announced the launch of his own cigar company, Ortega Cigars. This was followed by the release of his first cigar, the Ortega Serie “D” Maduro. Recently, the Ortega Cigars web-site has been updated with release of a second blend in the Serie “D” collection […]
News: Christian Eiroa Forms CLE Cigar Company
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In a move that is not a surprise to many cigar insiders, Christian Eiroa, the president and long-time face of Camacho Cigars is launching his own company. This information was released in a report from Cigar Aficionado. The new company is called CLE cigars and gets its name from Eiroa’s initials (Christian Luis Eiroa). There […]