At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, J.C. Newman Cigar Company showcased a project known as Yagua which coincides with the 125th anniversary of J.C. Newman Cigar Company. What makes this cigar unique is that it is rolled without a cigar mold, but rather with the frond of a Yagua tree. The project was spearheaded by […]
The Cohiba brand has been a staple of the General Cigar Company portfolio for many years. For the most part, Cohiba has been positioned as the luxury brand in General’s portfolio. The past two years has seen General give the Cohiba brand some considerable attention. This included a major packaging refresh for the brand in […]
Over the years, Rocky Patel Premium Cigars has been known to introduce a wide variety of brands into the market. I remember once asking company founder Rocky Patel why he introduced so many brands and he told me there are so many great blends and blend derivations that they have come up with and that […]
The past couple of years, the H. Upmann brand has been one of the busier ones in the Altadis U.S.A. portfolio. 2019 marked a very significant milestone as the brand celebrated its 175th anniversary. While the H. Upmann 175th Anniversary limited release was one of the more significant ones, there have been several other regular production […]
In 2020, J.C. Newman Cigar Company is celebrating its 125th anniversary in business, but today we look at a cigar from a brand that was created for the company’s 110th anniversary, the Diamond Crown Maximus. It was back in 1996 when J.C. Newman launched the Diamond Crown brand for its 100th anniversary. Ten years later, […]
Back in 2017, Rafael Nodal joined the Tabacalera USA team as a part of strategic alliance with his company Boutique Blends. In his role at Tabacalera USA, Nodal would take on the role of Director of Product Capability and would oversee the development of many brands seen in the Tabacalera USA portfolio. Nodal would also […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, AJ Fernandez showcased his Días de Gloria line. Días de Gloria is a line that had a soft-launch in 2016. At the time regulations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration were set to hit on August 8th, 2016 that would require any products introduced after the deadline […]
Back in 2018, Alec and Bradley Rubin, the sons of Alec Bradley founder Alan Rubin launched their own label as a part of the Alec Bradley portfolio appropriately titled Alec & Bradley. When the Rubin brothers informed Alan they wanted to take the next step in developing a brand, Alan agreed to do it. There […]
2019 was a big year for Altadis USA. The company had two brands celebrating major milestones as H. Upmann was celebrating its 175th Anniversary, and Trinidad was celebrating its 50th anniversary. Both milestones saw signature releases with the H. Upmann 175th Anniversary and the Trinidad Espiritu Series No. 1. There was another milestone Altadis USA was celebrating and […]
When 2017 kicked off, it was a big year of change for Matt Booth and Room101 Cigars. At the time, Booth had split his production and distribution from Davidoff and was planning on taking a hiatus from the premium cigar industry. A few months later, as the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show came around, Matt Booth […]
