It’s a road the premium cigar business has been down before, but yesterday a proposed House Agriculture Appropriations Bill has cleared a subcommittee with language that contains an exemption for premium cigars and for a change in the grandfather date for premium cigar products to be exempted from regulation. The central point of interest for cigar […]
Nomad Cigar Company is a company that has 14 blends and 51 SKUs, but at the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, the company is going back to the beginning and releasing a limited number of two sizes of its Nomad Classic Dominican cigars from the initial 2012 production. The project is dubbed “Nomad First Run 2012”. “To say […]
Erik Espinosa filmed a short video talking about one of his two cigars featuring Jamaican tobacco, the Espinosa Reggae DREAD. The Espinosa Reggae DREAD is described as a medium to full-bodied cigar featuring Nicaraguan, Honduran, and Jamaican Lengue de Vaca tobacco in an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper. The cigar is unique in that it is rolled with several pigtails […]
At the 2017 IPCPR Show in Las Vegas, Island Lifestyle Importers is introducing a new line of Tommy Bahama® branded cigar accessories known as the “Regatta Collection”. Island Lifestyle Importers is the official designer and manufacturer of Tommy Bahama® branded cigar accessories. The company also distributes a line of cigars known as Island Lifestyle […]
For Special Edition #5, we dedicate this episode to cigar rights, and we have Cigar Rights of America (CRA) Executive Director J. Glynn Loope as our Special Guest. We will go in depth with Glynn and discuss the industry’s battle against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and gain a better understanding for the […]
The Crux Limitada Show Exclusive, a limited edition cigar only available for retailers is returning for another run. At the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas, Crux Cigars will release the Crux Limitada Show Exclusive 2017. Like the 2016 edition, the 2017 one will only be available to retailers that attend the IPCPR Trade […]
De Los Reyes Cigars is telling the stories of its next three volumes of its Saga Short Tales series. The company announced that Saga Short Tales Tomo 3 L.I.V., Tomo 4 L.O.V. and Tomo 5 L.A.V. is now in widespread distribution and will be showcased at the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show. Saga Short Tales is a series of short […]
The Protocol Themis is the third regular production line to be produced by Cubariqueño Cigar Company. Themis has added a Connecticut Shade wrapper offering into Cubariqueño’s portfolio, joining the Habano-wrapped Protocol and the San Andres Maduro-wrapped Protocol Probable Cause. Like all of Cubariqueño’s cigars, the Themis is being produced at Erik Espinosa’s La Zona factory in EstelÍ, Nicaragua. Back in May […]
A seventh size is coming to the Java Maduro, Java Latte, and Java Mint brands. This summer, the company will introduce the new Java x-press size. This will add a 4 x 42 rounded offering to the Java portfolio. The new Java x-press line extensions will be packaged in 10-count tins. The new x-press size is […]
There is a new blend coming to Rocky Patel Premium Cigars’ Java by Drew Estate line. This summer, the Java Red is slated to become the fourth blend in the coffee-flavor infused cigar line. It is anticipated this cigar will be showcased at the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show. In a press release, the Java Red […]
For Special Edition #5, we dedicate this episode to cigar rights, and we have Cigar Rights of America (CRA) Executive Director J. Glynn Loope as our Special Guest. We will get the latest on the industry’s battle against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and gain a better understanding for the current strategy. We will break this […]
At the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas, Gurkha Cigars will re-launch its Blendmaster’s Cask line. This is a line that first showcased at the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show. Eddy Guerra, Marketing Manager for Gurkha, has said the Blendmaster’s Cask will undergo some packaging changes. The blend consists of an Ecuadorian wrapper over Nicaraguan and Dominican […]
