At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, La Palina Cigars unveiled the seventh installment of its annual Goldie series – and this one is in the classic Ciban 5 7/8 x 52 Cañonazo format. The Goldie line was created as a tribute to Goldie Drell Paley, the wife of Sam Paley – who founded the La […]
This past spring, Mike Bellody’s MLB Cigar Ventures and the Seijas family’s Matilde Cigars announced they were ending their distribution agreement with Quesada Cigars to form their own distribution company known as SeiBel Distribution. At this year’s IPCPR Trade Show, the two companies partnered together for booth space to showcase their offerings. While the companies […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, C.L.E. Cigar Company launched three ten-count samplers across its C.L.E., Eiroa, and Asylum brands. First up, is the C.L.E. brand sampler. It contains two cigars from each of the following brands: C.L.E. Connecticut, C.L.E. Habano, C.L.E. Corojo, C.L.E. Azabache, and C.L.E. Signature. Each cigar is a 50 x 5 Robusto. […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, the Surrogates brand unveiled a second size in its Satin Glove line, a 6 x 54 box-pressed Toro. Satin Glove made its debut in 2014 as the first San Andres wrapped offering in the Surrogates line. At the time it was released in a single size, a 7 x […]
This year, Oscar Valladares Tobacco and Company moved into its own booth. This was a booth that was filled with vibrant colors. At the same time, the newer products reflected a combination of Mayan culture and contemporary art. In previous years, Oscar Valladares Tobacco had shared a booth with Jim Robinson of Leaf cigars. The […]
Onyx is a brand that has been in the Altadis USA portfolio for quite some time, but it also has been one of the quieter ones. At this year’s IPCPR Trade Show, the Onyx Reserve gets a makeover. The cigars will now feature a new box and new band designs. There are no changes to […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Esteban Carreras introduced a natural habano offering under its Mr. Brownstone line – appropriately titled Mr. Brownstone Natural. The Mr. Brownstone Natural consists of a Nicaraguan Habano wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder from Jalapa and a combination of Nicaraguan fillers from Condega, Estelí, and Jalapa. It has been launched […]
One thing I learned over the past few years, you don’t need to have new product to have a successful IPCPR Trade Show. For years, companies like Arturo Fuente, Oliva, and Padrón have had very successful shows without the pressure of having a new product. As I learned over the past couple of years, […]
JRE Tobacco Company’s long-awaited official launch of the Aladino Maduro took place at the recent 2018 IPCPR Trade Show. The Aladino Maduro is available in four sizes: Elegante (Lancero), Cazador (Corona Gorda), Robusto, and Toro. All of the sizes are box-pressed with the exception of the Elegante. Very early limited releases of the Aladino Maduro featured […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, the Surrogates brand unveiled its eighth blend in the series, appropriately called the Surrogates Eight Baller. The Eight Baller consists of a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler. It is available in one size – a 5 3/4 x 56 box-pressed packaged in 20-count boxes. It […]
