Agile Cigar Reviews replace what we termed “Assessment Updates”. The concept is the same, but the name is different. Agile Cigar Reviews use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring […]
The E.P. Carrillo Dusk is a new line by Ernesto Perez-Carrillo that made its debut at the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show. Dusk was one component of what was a deeper strategy by the E.P. Carrillo – namely a full overhaul of the products in the E.P. Carrillo portfolio. This consisted of a combination of re-blends, re-packaging, […]
Ernesto’s Humidor No. 1 Edicion 2015 by E.P. Carrillo is a special limited edition collection introduced at the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show. The collection features three distinct blends – each described as being a personal blend of company founder Ernesto Perez-Carrillo. The blends include: Colorado (an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper blend); Connecticut (an Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapper blend); and Maduro […]
The E.P. Carrillo Short Run 2016 is the seventh installment of E.P. Carrillo’s annual Short Run Series. The Short Run series is an annual limited production run that has been released each year with a different blend. With the pending FDA regulations making it cost prohibitive to keep a limited edition cigar on the market, the […]
2016 has been a big year for change at E.P. Carrillo as the company underwent a major overhaul of its portfolio and hired a new Senior Vice President in Jose Blanco. Now there is some more change coming as the company plans on making the previously limited production E.P. Carrillo Short Run 2016 a regular […]
Jose Blanco is set to join E.P. Carrillo as its new Senior Vice President of Sales effective November 1st 2016. First news of this story was reported by Cigar Aficionado, and confirmed to Cigar Coop through Blanco’s wife Emma Viktorsson. Blanco’s responsibilities will focus around building E.P, Carrillo’s sales force. However, Blanco is known as one […]
Agile Cigar Reviews replace what we termed “Assessment Updates”. The concept is the same, but the name is different. Agile Cigar Reviews use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring […]
The E.P. Carrillo Inch Colorado is the latest installment in E.P. Carrillo’s Inch series. It was back in 2012 when the Inch series made its debut. The Inch is a line in the E.P. Carrillo portfolio that specializes in big ring gauge smokes. The Inch Colorado had its official launch at the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show. During […]
Many who know the E.P. Carrillo brand know of company owner Ernesto Perez-Carrillo’s Tabacalera La Alianza. Now Tabacalera La Alianza has a brand of its own. At this year’s 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, E.P. Carrillo introduced the new Tabacalera La Alianza brand. Tabacalera La Alianza consists of two blends and both are a part of […]
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 […]
