At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas, Foundation Cigar Company and Nicholas Melillo will bring their American-grown Habano seed offering known as the Tabernacle Havana Seed CT No. 142. The cigar is the second blend under Foundation’s Tabernacle brand. The Tabernacle Havana Seed No. 142 features a unique a hybrid wrapper grown in Connecticut. In […]
Rene Castañeda (left) and Hector Pires (right) Villiger Cigars North America has announced it has promoted Hector J. Pires to its National Sales Manager. Pires had previously been serving as the company’s South Eastern Territory Manager. The move was announced early this week and is effective immediately. Pires is originally from Caracas, Venezuela. He earned […]
The illness outbreak at the Westgate Hotel has begun to have an effect on next week’s IPCPR Trade Show. Today the company announced it is moving its pre-show events from the Westgate to the adjacent Las Vegas Convention Center. The events being moved are the pre-show seminars, the opening night gala, and the opening breakfast. […]
Joya de Nicaragua has announced its signature 50th Anniversary cigar. It’s called Cinco Décadas and it will be showcased at the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show. According to Joya de Nicaragua the Cinco Décadas is a cigar that is “an exclusive collection of tobaccos but also with fifty years of accumulated knowledge, experience and resilience […]
Gurkha Cigars is returning to the flavored cigar space. At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Gurkha will reintroduce three flavored cigars from 12 years ago. According to Gurkha Cigars, the company has decided to re-enter the flavored space due to increased requests for the product. The three lines returning are: Red Head, a cigar […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Crowned Heads will unveil Crowned Heads Court Reserve XVIII. It’s described as a one time release that pays tribute to the loyal supporters of the brands of Crowned Heads cigars. In announcing the product, the company stated: “The genesis and inspiration of the company name ‘Crowned Heads’ was […]
Cigar Rights of America Executive Director Glynn Loope issued a statement on the ruling by Judge Amit P. Mehta granting a Motion for an Injunction Pending Appeal delaying the enforcement of the implementation of warning label requirements by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The injunction stopped the FDA’s plans to enforce warning label […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Fratello Cigars will launch its fifth line, the Fratello Inverso. The name translated from Italian “inverse shuttle” and that is because it is an offshoot of the Fratello Navetta, but with the tobaccos literally inverse in the blend. Last year, brand owner Omar de Frias created the Fratello Navetta […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Joya de Nicaragua will launch the fourth installment of its Joya line with Joya Silver. Joya Silver brings an all box-pressed multi-national blend into the Joya de Nicaragua portfolio. The cigar is the latest that coincides with the company’s 50th anniversary. Joya Silver consists of an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper, […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show scheduled to open on July 14th, Southern Draw Cigars will introduce a new value-priced line called 300 Hands. 300 Hands will consist of two blends – a Habano and a Maduro. It’s a line that pays tribute to the people of Nicaragua – particularly those involved in the […]
On Episode 59, we continue our IPCPR Pre-Game as we have an All Start Media Panel! Join Aaron and Coop as they welcome Ben Lee of Stogie Review, John McTavish of Developing Palates, and Tripp Waldrop of Cigar Federation. These are some very experienced IPCPR veterans and we will get some great insights into the show. […]
Today the cigar industry got a big win. Judge Amit P. Mehta has granted a Motion for an Injunction Pending Appeal delaying the enforcement of the implementation of warning label requirements by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Warning label requirements were scheduled to go into effect on August 10th. Under Judge Mehta’s order, any […]
