Last year, Aganorsa Leaf was the Cigar Coop choice for “The Company” going into the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show. Much of the story last year was around Aganorsa Leaf’s proprietary Shade-grown Corojo Maduro leaf with the launch of three new lines. This year most of the focus was on line extensions – including one revamped […]
A dark wrapper version of its Byron 20th Century Londinenses to Casa de Montecristo in Countryside, Illinois. It’s a cigar that has was rolled in 2010 and has been aging for ten years. The Byron line is produced by Nelson Alfonso of Selected Tobacco, which is distributed by United Cigars in the U.S. “The Byron […]
We mentioned last year how HVC Cigars was one of the best kept secrets in the cigar industry. Now a year later, its safe to say that Reinier Lorenzo‘s company is no longer a secret. HVC had two significant releases over the past two years with the HVC First Selection Broadleaf and the HVC 500 Years Anniversary. […]
At the end of 2019 came news that My Father Cigars had acquired the Fonseca brand from Quesada Cigars. This past week, My Father Cigars released details of its first release under the brand, Fonseca by My Father Cigars, to Cigar Aficionado. Plans are for shipping to begin the end of August. The Fonseca […]
Each year the IPCPR/PCA Trade Show features companies that are exhibiting for the first time. This year a company called Stallone Cigars was going to make its debut at the 2020 PCA Trade Show. Stallone Cigars is a company founded by Tony Barrios, a cutting horse competitor. For several years, Stallone Cigars has been sold […]
Padilla Cigar Company hasn’t been at the past couple of IPCPR Trade Shows, but 2020 has seen the company turn its attention back to its brick and mortar side of the business. Over the years, Padilla Cigar Company has undergone many changes – and 2020 is no exception. At the same time, Padilla has […]
For the past few years, Pospiech Cigars, the distribution company run by the owners of Cigar Hustler, Mike and Greg Szczepankiewicz, have been a part of RoMa Craft Tobac’s booth at the then-IPCPR Trade Show. Pospiech distributes several brands that are produced out the Nica Sueno factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. This includes Fable Cigars, FQ […]
2020 marks the five year anniversary of Nicholas Melillo‘s Foundation Cigar Company. To mark the occasion, Melillo and Foundation have announced a special release with the limited edition El Güegüense – 5yr Aniversario Collector’s Chest. El Güegüense was Foundation Cigar’s first release back in 2015. Translating to “The Wise Man”, El Güegüense is the […]
In previous years, the “Big Board” has served as a guide to what releases companies have planned for the IPCPR/PCA Trade Show. It was meant to be a written walk of the trade show floor to find out what the companies would be showcasing. This year, we have taken the “Big Board” live for our […]
A few years ago, Rocky Patel Premium Cigars was putting out a slew of new releases at the IPCPR Trade Show. In recent years, that number has decreased. The 2019 Trade Show saw two new lines and new line extensions. 2020 saw two new lines, a re-blending of a former line, and a European release […]
