While Rocky Patel Premium Cigars made several product announcements prior to the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, the company saved some product to unveil at the show. One was a cigar that pays homage to the tenth anniversary of the company’s boutique factory in Estelí, Nicaragua – The Rocky Patel Tavicusa. According to Rocky Patel Premium […]
In 2017, General Cigar’s Cohiba brand introduced the Cohiba Blue – a cigar meant to be an affordable Cohiba offering. Now General goes to the other end of the spectrum introducing the Cohiba Spectre, a cigar that is the most expensive Cohiba branded cigar by General to date. According to General Cigar, the Cohiba Spectre […]
Oettinger Davidoff AG has announced it is realigning its sponsorship activities. As a part of this strategy, it has announced it is bringing the Davidoff Art Initiative to a close. The Davidoff Art Initiative was a program to foster the development and production of contemporary art and artists. A core part of the program included the […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Davidoff of Geneva launched a new brand called Back2Back. While the brand may be new, the blends are ones that might be familiar to cigar enthusiasts. Back2Back is the reincarnation of the Room 101 Big Payback line. When Matt Booth departed, he took the Room 101 brand names with […]
Last year, Camacho Cigars re-introduced the original blend of the Camacho Diploma as an annual limited release known as the Camacho Diploma Special Selection. The 2017 release featured a 5 x 54 Robusto format. This year, Camacho is once again releasing the original blend of the Camacho Diploma, but this time in the […]
With 2018 being the 50th anniversary of Macanudo, many wondered what General Cigar would have in store at this year’s IPCPR. Needless to say, the company threw a bit of a curve ball when it announced M by Macanudo, a coffee flavored cigar. It was a bold move by General Cigar that shows it is […]
For the eighth consecutive year, Alec Bradley has a release of its limited Fine & Rare series. The 2018 installment brings back the JRS 10=(86) blend for the first time in three years and it’s appropriately titled Alec Bradley Fine & Rare JRS 10=(86) Blend Second Issue. This was a cigar that was showcased at the […]
Once again, La Gloria Cubana goes to Central America. At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, the La Gloria Cubana Estelí had its debut. According to General Cigar, it’s a blend that represents the best of Central American tobaccos and deepens the profile of the brand’s original ‘white box’ blend. “We named this collection in honor of […]
Southern Draw Cigars waited until day two of the trade show, but they made it worth everyone’s time as they unveiled their new brand 300 Hands. On day one, Southern Draw Cigars did an unveiling for its Cedrus-The Hogan. At that time, the company presented the story behind that cigar and then for the […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Kevin Schweitzer‘s Vintage Rock-A-Feller Cigar Group introduced a classic 7 x 38 lancero line extension to its Vintage Red Label Maduro line. The Vintage Red Label Maduro line is produced in Nicaragua by American Caribbean Cigars. The blend consists of a San Andes Maduro wrapper over an Ecuadorian binder […]
