For the eighth consecutive year, Alec Bradley has a release of its limited Fine & Rare series. The 2018 installment brings back the JRS 10=(86) blend for the first time in three years and it’s appropriately titled Alec Bradley Fine & Rare JRS 10=(86) Blend Second Issue. This was a cigar that was showcased at the […]
For many years, Global Premium Cigars and 1502 Cigars could be considered interchangeable, but all of that changed this year as Global Premium Cigars introduced its second brand called Cachitos. Cachitos introduces a value-priced bundle-packaged offering – filling a gap that existed in CEO Enrique Sanchez’s cigar portfolio. Cachitos utilizes a Nicaraguan wrapper over a Honduran […]
Once again, La Gloria Cubana goes to Central America. At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, the La Gloria Cubana Estelí had its debut. According to General Cigar, it’s a blend that represents the best of Central American tobaccos and deepens the profile of the brand’s original ‘white box’ blend. “We named this collection in honor of […]
Southern Draw Cigars waited until day two of the trade show, but they made it worth everyone’s time as they unveiled their new brand 300 Hands. On day one, Southern Draw Cigars did an unveiling for its Cedrus-The Hogan. At that time, the company presented the story behind that cigar and then for the […]
As in the past Miami Cigar and Company’s booth served as a hub for its own brands as well as the other brands it distributes a this year’s IPCPR Trade Show. In 2018, those brands include the La Aurora and Toscano brands. One big change from 2017 was the absence of Viva Republica from the […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Kevin Schweitzer‘s Vintage Rock-A-Feller Cigar Group introduced a classic 7 x 38 lancero line extension to its Vintage Red Label Maduro line. The Vintage Red Label Maduro line is produced in Nicaragua by American Caribbean Cigars. The blend consists of a San Andes Maduro wrapper over an Ecuadorian binder […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, RoMa Craft Tobac introduced a new line of half lanceros known as Weaselitos. It’s a cigar that pays homage to the name “weasels” – which RoMa Craft Tobac has (in humor) referred to someone often looking to find a way to pilfer a free cigar off someone. Weaselitos consists […]
While the Alec Bradley Blind Faith and Alec Bradley Magic Toast garnered most of the attention at the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, there was also a third line that was officially launched called the Alec Bradley Bespoke. The Alec Bradley Bespoke is Nicaraguan puro made at the Plasencia factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. It’s going to […]
Crowned Heads opted out of launching a new regular production line at this year’s IPCPR. Crowned Heads has a healthy portfolio of regular production lines and it’s always good when a company does not come out with a new line just for the sake of coming out with a new line. More impressive, Crowned Heads […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, General Cigar Company formally introduced the Partagás Legend. It’s a cigar that pays homage to the rich history of the brand, but at the same time, it takes the brand forward by introducing the first Connecticut Broadleaf box-pressed offering into the brand. In a press release, Andrés Maturén, […]
