La Palina Cigars unveiled a new line from El Titan de Bronze at this year’s IPCPR Trade Show called the La Palina Illumination. The La Palina Illumination is the third regular production cigar El Titan de Bronze is making for La Palina joining the La Palina Mr. Sam and the La Palina Family Series Miami. […]
Shop exclusives are something that often aren’t showcased at the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, but RoMa Craft Tobac used this year’s trade show to showcase three high profile shop exclusive releases. One of them was the latest vitola to be added to the RoMa Craft Neanderthal line, the Neanderthal OM H-Town – the latest installment […]
“There are so many beats in your chest and only so many words in your head”. That is what General Cigar’s Michael Giannini said to me this year at the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show when it came to this year’s theme for Foundry Tobacco Company’s releases. It was this theme that led him and Foundry […]
Connecticut Shade wrapper was a theme for Duran Cigars. One strategic advantage is that the company is able to source Ecuadorian grown Connecticut Shade wrapper from its plantation in Ecuador. Prior to IPCPR, the company announced the Azan Blue Connecticut – a premium release using its Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade cigar. At this year’s trade show, the company’s […]
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Caldwell Cigar Company officially unveiled a new line known as Anastasia. Anastasia is a project for which owner Robert Caldwell has collaborated with Ernesto Perez-Carrillo at Tabacalera La Alianza. While it’s a project that was known about prior to IPCPR, the trade show didn’t provide a whole lot more […]
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, PDR Cigars showed off a series fat perfecto line extensions to its Small Batch Reserve line. Dubbed “Wicked Pugs”, the perfectos each are a 60 ring gauge perfecto with a pig-tail cap. Both the Small Batch Reserve Cubra Rosado (Habano) and the Small Batch Reserve Cubra Maduro will each receive […]
Casa Fernandez has a new Nicaraguan puro – and it features the branding of two of its signature assets, the Aganorsa farms and TABSA factory. At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, the new Aganorsa Leaf TABSA line was introduced. TABSA refers to Tabacos Valle de Jalapa S.A. – Casa Fernandez’s factory that is located in […]
Altadis USA is once again teaming up with the Plasecnia family. At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Altadis USA showcased the Romeo 505 Nicaragua by Romeo y Julieta- a new Nicaraguan puro offering being made at the Placencia factory in Esteli, Nicaragua. While the Romeo 505 Nicaragua is a 100% Nicaraguan offering, it is not the […]
One thing that E.P. Carrillo’s portfolio overhaul has done well is address some gaps in the portfolio. One such gap was a value-priced cigar offering. At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, E.P. Carrillo launched an offering to address this gap called the Grand Prize. The Grand Prize, along with the new Tabacalaera Alianza Natural and […]
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, one of the big stories was around A.J. Fernandez, who collaborated with several leading manufacturers on projects. One manufacturer was General Cigar Company where he worked on two cigars. One of those cigars is a new addition to the Hoyo de Monterrey line known as the Hoyo La Amistad. […]
