Before there was Boutique Blends, there was Oliveros. And it was Oliveros that launched the successful Aging Room and Swag brands. While Oliveros never completely disappeared, the brand name did subside to the background. Now this year, Boutique Blends has brought the Oliveros name back front and center. At this past week’s IPCPR Trade Show, […]
While much of E.P. Carrillo’s revamping of the company portfolio has focused on new blends and new packaging, it also has focused on filling gaps in the portfolio. One such gap was with short, thinner smokes. At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, the Interlude by E.P. Carrillo was introduced as an offering to specifically fill that […]
It turns out there will be two additional line extensions coming to Espinosa’s Murcielago line. The company has announced it is getting ready to ship the new Murcielago Bête BP and the new Murcielago Bête Rond. Both cigars will be a 7 x 52 Double Corona, but one will be in a box-pressed format (Bête BP […]
For the second year in a row, La Flor Dominicana is bringing back a pre-predicate date product. Last year, the Coronado by La Flor made a comeback. This year it’s the Reserva Especial’s return. A new revamped La Flor Dominicana Reserva Especial was showcased at the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show – complete with new packaging […]
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas, Bombay Tobak unveiled a new installment to its MBombay Vintage Reserve Series. This one is in the form of a lancero containing some very old vintage filler and its called the MBombay Vintage Reserve Lancero 1973. The blend consists of an Ecuadorian DesFlorado wrapper, a Dominican […]
The Davidoff Grand Cru line is getting two new line extensions – and these distinctly have a look and feel for the U.S. market. At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Davidoff of Geneva showcased a new Robusto and Toro-sized offering of its staple Grand Cru line The Grand Cru is a line known for its […]
Black Label Trading Company (BLTC) has announced a new limited release called Santa Muerte. The cigar introduces a medium-bodied smoke to complement much of the brand’s fuller bodied maduro. Santa Muerte is currently shipping in now with a larger release planned on November 1st, 2016. The blend features an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper and binder over […]
El Primer Mundo’s Sean Williams has another collaboration with an industry all-star. This time Williams will be teaming up with Ernesto Padilla on a small batch cigar release called Doctrine. Plans are for the cigar to begin shipping this week. Doctrine will feature a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler. The cigar is […]
La Flor Dominicana is adding a second size for its popular La Nox blend. At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, the company showcased the new La Flor Dominicana La Nox Petite. The La Nox Petite is a 5 x 40 offering based on the original La Nox blend which consists of a Brazilian Cubra Maduro wrapper, […]
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas, Nevada Perdomo Cigars showcased a new blend in its Perdomo 20th Anniversary line, the Perdomo 20th Anniversary Connecticut. Back in 2012, Perdomo introduced the 20th Anniversary to commemorate 20 years in the cigar business. At that time, line had been released in a Maduro and a Sun […]
