American Caribbean Cigars is a company has operated a factory in Estelí, Nicaragua for quite some time. They have produced cigars for companies such as Gurkha, Toraño, and Leccia Tobacco. In 2015, American Caribbean released its very own brand called La Rosa de Sandiego. Since then this has been a brand on the rise while continuing […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, General Cigar Company introduced a tubo frontmark to be available in both its Macanudo Inspirado White and Macanudo Inspirado. Both tubo offerings are in the same robusto size as the standard parejo offerings. The Macanudo Inspirado White Tubo Robusto is a classic 5 x 50 size. Meanwhile, the Macanudo […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, My Father Cigars launched its sixth blend under the My Father brand name as well as its second Habano Rosado cigar under the brand, the My Father La Gran Oferta. La Gran Oferta translates to “The Great Offering”. It is also the name of an old cigar brand that […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, General Cigar Company introduced a third blend to its value-priced Odyssey line. This one is a maduro version appropriately called Odyssey Maduro. The Odyssey Maduro consists of a dark Nicaraguan Habano wrapper over a Honduran binder and Nicaraguan filler. The cigars are available in five sizes (Corona, Robusto, […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, My Father Cigars introduced a new installment to its My Father Limited Edition line. This one commemorates ten years of My Father Cigars and is appropriately titled My Father 10th Anniversary Limited Edition 2018. The My Father 10th Anniversary Limited Edition 2018 features an Ecuadorian Habano Rosado wrapper over […]
For Special Edition #36, Bear and Coop are back from covering the IPCPR, and they will share their thoughts on covering it as a team. It was Bear’s first IPCPR, and for Coop it was the first time he had a co-pilot for the coverage. We will talk about how things went for the duo. […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Debonaire House co-founder Phil Zanghi was floating between the Drew Estate and De Los Reyes booth. Much of the reason is he is getting ready to transition his distribution away from Drew Estate by the end of the year. In 2019, Debonaire House will resume self-distribution, this time leveraging the […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, C.L.E. Cigar Company introduced three thick four-inch line extensions across four of its C.L.E. Collection lines. The lines receiving the extensions include the C.L.E. Connecticut, C.L.E. Habano, C.L.E. Corojo, and C.L.E. Azabache lines. The three new sizes include a 54 x 4, 60 x 4, and a 69 x […]
For the fourth year in a row, we are providing a full “Post-Game Report” assessing the IPCPR Convention and Trade Show. This year we added four daily “post-game” recaps from the show floor. At the same time, I felt the need to continue to have the detailed post-game analysis of the trade show. In this […]
2018 would be a big year for Mel Shah and Bombay Tobak as the company would launch a new brand known as MQBA. In a time when innovation is on the decline in the cigar industry, Shah and his company brought something a little different to the IPCPR Trade Show with MQBA. MQBA is made up […]
