At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Ian Reith’s Dapper Cigar Company made available its Cubo Sumatra line. This is a cigar that joins the Cubo Maduro and Cubo Claro offerings by Dapper. According to Reith, the Cubo Sumatra was technically released five years ago as the first offering under the Cubo brand. Now Reith […]
One pre-announced release, one mystery release, one audible, one annual release, and the return of a popular industry personality all made the Alec Bradley booth one of the more interesting ones at the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show. One of the company’s featured releases was Blind Faith. This is a project spearheaded by Alec Rubin and […]
While Rocky Patel Premium Cigars made several product announcements prior to the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, the company saved some product to unveil at the show. One was a cigar that pays homage to the tenth anniversary of the company’s boutique factory in Estelí, Nicaragua – The Rocky Patel Tavicusa. According to Rocky Patel Premium […]
In 2017, General Cigar’s Cohiba brand introduced the Cohiba Blue – a cigar meant to be an affordable Cohiba offering. Now General goes to the other end of the spectrum introducing the Cohiba Spectre, a cigar that is the most expensive Cohiba branded cigar by General to date. According to General Cigar, the Cohiba Spectre […]
It was the third IPCPR Trade Show for Bryan Mussard and Cattle Baron Cigars and while this year he didn’t show any new products, the booth certainly had the feel of a company on the rise. Two years ago, Cattle Baron Cigars had a small area as a part of the De Los Reyes booth. […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Davidoff of Geneva launched a new brand called Back2Back. While the brand may be new, the blends are ones that might be familiar to cigar enthusiasts. Back2Back is the reincarnation of the Room 101 Big Payback line. When Matt Booth departed, he took the Room 101 brand names with […]
It was the fifth IPCPR Trade Show for Crux Cigars. The company came out of the gate like gangbusters in 2014, launching with six brands. Since then Crux has taken healthy steps to round out its portfolio – especially during the past two to three years. The company had a new face in the booth […]
Last year, Camacho Cigars re-introduced the original blend of the Camacho Diploma as an annual limited release known as the Camacho Diploma Special Selection. The 2017 release featured a 5 x 54 Robusto format. This year, Camacho is once again releasing the original blend of the Camacho Diploma, but this time in the […]
With 2018 being the 50th anniversary of Macanudo, many wondered what General Cigar would have in store at this year’s IPCPR. Needless to say, the company threw a bit of a curve ball when it announced M by Macanudo, a coffee flavored cigar. It was a bold move by General Cigar that shows it is […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Mombacho Cigars S.A. unveiled new packaging for its Liga Maestro line. The new boxes feature a matte black finish with a gold embossed Mombacho logo and have already begun shipping to retailers. It appears to also be designed to accommodate warning labels. The company also says the Tierra Volcán […]
