Glen Case and Kristoff Cigars have been mainstays at the IPCPR Trade Show for well over a decade. Each year, the company delivers an excellent presentation of their brand and products. 2019 would prove to be no exception. Kristoff would launch a new line known as the Kristoff Shade Grown. The cigar features a Connecticut […]
Each year Southern Draw Cigars goes beyond setting up a booth for order taking. The company goes above and beyond to create the total experience fo their brands. This includes personal and direct connection with each visitor to the booth, and giving the IPCPR experience at Southern Draw more of a true event feel to […]
Two years ago, a new company that made a big splash at the IPCPR Trade Show was Jeremy Jack Cigars. Jeremy Jack Cigars is a brand founded by retailer Brady Hayek. Hayek named the company as a tribute to his father who was named Jeremy Jack Hayek. To handle production, Hayek works with Aganorsa Leaf’s […]
The 2019 IPCPR saw Cuevas Cigar Group make their debut as an exhibitor, but there is nothing newcomer about this company. The Cuevas family has been making cigars for many leading brands for quite a while out of their Las Lavas factory in the Dominican Republic. In 2016, the Cuevas family opted to create their […]
Three years ago at the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Recluse Cigar Company unveiled nine blends. This was done at the eve of the pending Deeming Regulations coming from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The plan was to introduce these cigars to market in a limited fashion and showcase the releases at future trade shows. […]
This year Matt Booth and Room101 Cigars are celebrating ten years in the cigar business. For the past decade, Booth and Room101 Cigars have been a fixture at the IPCPR Trade Show. However, when it came to IPCPR 2019, it was without a doubt his most significant IPCPR to date. Not only did Booth come […]
2018 saw a very busy year for My Father Cigars as the company celebrated its tenth anniversary and it also celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Don Pepin Garcia brand. This year, I expected it to be somewhat dialed back. In general, My Father Cigars isn’t known to put out a lot of releases and […]
One of AVO Cigars’ new launches was a series called AVO Unexpected, and in a way that set the tone for the 2019 IPCPR for AVO. AVO Cigars isn’t normally known for a lot of new IPCPR Trade Show offerings, but at this year’s trade show, the brand came forward with six blends – leading […]
JRE Tobacco Company is the venture between Julio R. Eiroa and his son Justo. From observing and talking to Justo, he has taken a very patient and pragmatic approach to the growth of the company. He has not tried to do too much too soon, and from visiting them at this year’s trade show, you […]
Since we have started the IPCPR Spotlight Series, we’ve always tried to put the products center stage in the report and try to attach a theme. Normally these don’t discuss the booth design. In the case of Espinosa Cigars, while certainly, they brought a strong lineup to the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, much of the […]