For the past few years, Reiner Lorenzo and HVC Cigars had been one of the best-kept secrets in the cigar industry. However, following the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, the secret seemed to get out and HVC began to make much more of a national presence. Coming into the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Lorenzo and HVC […]
Hiram & Solomon is a brand that is themed around the Freemasons with the idea the Mason brothers can get together and enjoy a premium cigar. The brand was founded by Brother George Dakrat and WB Fouad Kashouty. After originating production in the Dominican Republic, a couple of years ago the company moved production over […]
2019 marked the eighth IPCPR Trade Show for the Nashville, Tennessee-based cigar company Crowned Heads. Keeping to their Nashville roots, the Crowned Heads booth had a Nashville-roadhouse music studio flair to it. While a theme around Nashville and music has been a constant for Crowned Heads over the years, 2019 reflected some changes seen by […]
2019 was the fourth IPCPR Trade Show for Tim Wong and Pier 28 Premium Cigars. Each year, Pier 28 has been able to use the IPCPR Trade Show to launch a new release. Along the way, the company is building a very nice portfolio of high-quality cigars. As it has for the past three […]
As it has been for the ten years I have covered the IPCPR Trade Show, La Aurora Cigars was a part of the Miami Cigar and Company booth. Miami Cigar and Company is the exclusive U.S. distributor of La Aurora and the two companies have forged one of the closest partnerships in the cigar industry. […]
Two years ago, Plasencia Cigars made its debut at the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show. While Plasencia Cigars is well-known for its massive farming and factory operations in Nicaragua and Honduras, distributing a brand with the Plasencia name on it was something new. Now three years as exhibitors at the Trade Show, Plasencia continues to take […]
Glen Case and Kristoff Cigars have been mainstays at the IPCPR Trade Show for well over a decade. Each year, the company delivers an excellent presentation of their brand and products. 2019 would prove to be no exception. Kristoff would launch a new line known as the Kristoff Shade Grown. The cigar features a Connecticut […]
Each year Southern Draw Cigars goes beyond setting up a booth for order taking. The company goes above and beyond to create the total experience fo their brands. This includes personal and direct connection with each visitor to the booth, and giving the IPCPR experience at Southern Draw more of a true event feel to […]
Two years ago, a new company that made a big splash at the IPCPR Trade Show was Jeremy Jack Cigars. Jeremy Jack Cigars is a brand founded by retailer Brady Hayek. Hayek named the company as a tribute to his father who was named Jeremy Jack Hayek. To handle production, Hayek works with Aganorsa Leaf’s […]
The 2019 IPCPR saw Cuevas Cigar Group make their debut as an exhibitor, but there is nothing newcomer about this company. The Cuevas family has been making cigars for many leading brands for quite a while out of their Las Lavas factory in the Dominican Republic. In 2016, the Cuevas family opted to create their […]
