At the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show, Avo Cigars its latest version of the Avo Quartet. The new Avo Quartet 2015 is a sampler of four robusto-sized Avo Cigars. Like the previous installment, this sampler is priced at “four for the price of three”. It also includes a “Mystery Cigar” to provide input into a new […]
Cigar Review: Avo Syncro Nicaragua Robusto
William Cooper Reviews 6 Comments 3.0 - The Fiver, 88-90, AVO, Davidoff, Review
The Avo Syncro Nicaragua is a new regular production cigar by Avo Cigars that was announced prior to the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show. It was at the trade show where the cigar had its first official launch. The Avo Syncro Nicaragua is the first new line introduced to Avo since the brand was revamped earlier this […]
Cigar Review: Avo 75th Anniversary (Avo Limited Edition 2001) (Part of Avo’s Greatest Hits Sampler)
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 4.0 - Box Worthy, 91-93, AVO, Avo's Greatest Hits, Davidoff, Review
Fourteen years ago, Avo Cigars released a special limited edition cigar for brand ambassador Avo Uvezian’s 75th birthday on March 22, 2001 appropriately titled the Avo 75th Anniversary. Since then, a limited edition cigar would follow each subsequent year for Uvezian’s birthday (until this year when the Avo Limited Edition 2015 moved away from being a birthday cigar). […]
Cigar News: Room 101 Johnny Tobacconaut
William Cooper Cigar News 3 Comments 2015 Preview, Camacho, Davidoff, IPCPR 2015, News, Room 101
At the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show, Matt Booth’s Room 101 Cigars unveiled a new cigar called “Johnny Tobacconault”. The cigar carries a theme of “intergalatic funk”, but from a tobacco standpoint it marks the second Nicaraguan puro being released in the Room 101 portfolio. The cigar is a limited production cigar with a total of […]
Cigar News: Camacho Ecuador Robusto Tubo Introduced at IPCPR
William Cooper Cigar News No Comments 2015 Preview, Camacho, Davidoff, IPCPR 2015, News
Tubo offerings have pretty much been a staple of the Camacho line. At the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show in New Orleans, Camacho showed off its first tubo offering to its Camacho Ecuador line. The Camacho Ecuador Robusto Tubo will house a 5 x 50 Camacho Ecuador cigar. The new Robusto Tubo is expected to ship […]
Cigar News: Camacho American Barrel Aged Tubo Introduced at 2015 IPCPR
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Last month, Camacho introduced its new American Barrel Aged line – a line of cigars featuring mostly American tobaccos along with a leaf of tobacco aged in a bourbon barrel. The Camacho American Barrel Aged was front and center and the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show. For those who visited the Davidoff booth, there was one […]
Feature Story: Cigar Conversation with Davidoff CEO Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard at IPCPR 2015
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In 2011, Davidoff of Geneva named Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard its Chief Executive Officer. Under his leadership, Davidoff has grown and this past year the company saw record revenue and production levels. There have been two key strategic initiatives we have seen from Davidoff: innovation and the “crop to shop strategy” – both of which have been […]
Cigar News: Room 101 Big Payback Jaquemate Introduces 8 x 80 under Davidoff Portfolio
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While we didn’t expect many 80 ring gauge cigars to be introduced at the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show, leave it to Matt Booth to throw a curveball. Booth is introducing a line extension to his value-priced Big Payback line skewed toward big ring gauges. The Big Payback Jaquemate will be an 8 x 80 bellicose. […]
Cigar News: 2015 Davidoff Golden Band Award Winners Announced
William Cooper Cigar News, Events No Comments Davidoff, Events, IPCPR 2015
For the fourth consecutive year, Davidoff Cigar hosted its annual the Golden Band Awards Show at the IPCPR Trade Show. This year the awards were held at the Sugar Mill in New Orleans. The awards program is meant to honor and the company’s best Appointed Merchants that according to Davidoff “truly embody the Davidoff Standard of […]
Cigar News: Avo Classic Covers Volume 2 (Part of the Improvisation Series)
William Cooper Cigar News No Comments 2015 Preview, AVO, Davidoff, IPCPR 2015, News
At the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show, Avo Cigars showcased its new rebranding look. Earlier this year, as an extension of the rebranding of Avo, the Improvisation Series was launched as a new limited edition Series. The trade show marked the opportunity to showcase not only the regular production rebranding, but the second installment of the […]