Ten years ago, Dion Giolito and Illusione introduced a brand called Epernay, a cigar that was designed to pair with Champagne. Over the years, the cigar has grown to be one of the company’s most successful. This year Illusione Cigars commemorates ten years of the Epernay blend with a special release appropriately called the Illusione […]
2018 was both an impressive IPCPR Trade Show and year for Royal Agio Cigars. In 2017, Royal Agio Cigars had launched its U.S. distribution company with the intent on expanding its handmade premium cigar business. The 2018 Trade Show was quite impressive for Royal Agio Cigars. They came out with five excellent premium handmade blends, […]
IndianHead Cigars, the company owned by Jochy Blanco and makers of the La Galera brand of cigars, showcased their fourth cigar in 2019. For the past two years, the company has focused mostly on line extensions. This year, Blanco would bring his first major release in three years with the La Galera. La Galera is […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Rocky Patel Premium Cigars unveiled its Rocky Patel Number 6 line. Like the Rocky Patel LB1 that also made its debut at the Trade Show, Number 6 is a name that is derived from the code used while the blend was being developed. The cigar is described as a […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show Perdomo Cigars re-introduced one of its oldest brands, the Perdomo Estate Selección Vintage (ESV). The Perdomo Estate Selección Vintage is described as one of Perdomo’s most premium cigars to date. The cigar utilizes tobacco from Finca Natalie, a farm owned by the Perdomo family and named for company […]
While this was the 10th IPCPR Trade Show for Cigar Coop, it was also the 10th IPCPR Trade Show for Bill Paley and La Palina Cigars since he resurrected his family’s brand name. It’s been interesting to watch La Palina’s evolution over these past ten years. Last year I noted that when La Palina launched […]
NBA Hall of Famer Karl Malone returned to the IPCPR for the second year in a row. Malone had been at the 2018 IPCPR announcing his cigar and company, Barrel Aged by Karl Malone. However there were delays in delivering the cigar to market, and going into the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show it still had […]
2019 was the third IPCPR for Kevin Schweitzer and Vintage Rock-A-Feller Cigar Group. Last year the company was a part of American Caribbean Cigars booth, but this year Schweitzer was back in his own booth. Since Schweitzer acquired Vintage Rockefeller Cigar Group in 2017, he has focused on the company’s Nicaraguan blends. While the Nicaraguan blends were still […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Rocky Patel Premium Cigars unveiled its Rocky Patel LB1 line. It’s a line that is derived from the code (LB1) used while the blend was being developed. The cigar is described as a medium-bodied smoke consisting of an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper over a blend of Honduran and Nicaraguan tobaccos. […]
2019 marks the seventh anniversary of Asylum Cigars, the partnership between Christian Eiroa and Tom Lazuka. At the 2019 IPCPR, Asylum Cigars used the occasion to celebrate the milestone with the release of the Asylum Seven. The Asylum Seven is an ultra-premium offering that comes in two sizes, an 11/18 (the signature figurado size that […]
