Three years ago, at the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show, Enrique Sanchez Icaza and Global Premium Cigars introduced a limited production line known as the 1502 XO. The blend is special because it utilizes 18-year-old tobacco that Sanchez had been able to secure it. The first release of the 1502 XO featured a Toro size with other sizes […]
The 1502 Blue Sapphire is the sixth line under Global Premium Cigars’ 1502 brand. The cigar was officially announced just prior to the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show and would subsequently have a formal launch at the trade show. The cigar is billed as a Nicaraguan puro. Back in 2014, 1502 Cigars had released its first […]
The 1502 Serious Cigars Edition is a limited edition project that comes from Enrique Sanchez Icaza of 1502 Cigars. It is a shop exclusive cigar that is being launched on May 14, 2018, at Serious Cigars, a chain of retailers under the Casa de Montecristo umbrella. 1502 Cigars gets its name from the year that […]
At the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show, Global Premium Cigars introduced its first limited production line known as the 1502 XO. This was an ambitious project by company CEO Enrique Sanchez Icaza in that he built a blend around 18-year-old tobacco that he was able to secure. The cigar was first launched in a Toro size, […]
1502 Cigars has released a fourth size in its limited edition 1502 XO line, the 1502 XO Lancero. The 1502 XO line was first showcased in 2015. The distinguishing characteristic of this blend is that it incorporates 18-year-old tobacco into the blend. The cigar first hit the market in March 2016 in a box-pressed Toro. Plans […]
1502 Cigars has announced that the 1502 XO Salomon is now available. The 1502 XO line was first showcased in 2015. The distinguishing characteristic of this blend is that it incorporates 18-year-old tobacco into the blend. The cigar first hit the market in March 2016 in a box-pressed Toro. Plans were to unveil a different limited-production […]
Global Premium Cigars, the maker of 1502 Cigars, has announced the next step of its growth in the international market. The company has announced that Peter Gaudenzi will be its new Director of European Development. “Peter’s leadership and enthusiasm in bringing 1502 Cigars to the European market continues an extremely successful and busy year for […]
At the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, Global Premium Cigars, makers of the 1502 brand, officially announced the 1502 XO Churchill – the second vitola of the 1502 XO line. The 1502 XO line was first showcased in 2015. The distinguishing characteristic of this blend is that it incorporates 18-year-old tobacco into the blend. The cigar first hit […]
For Episode 7 of the Prime Time Show. we welcome our special guest, the one and only Enrique Sanchez Icaza, the founder and CEO of Global Premium Cigars – makers of the 1502 brand! It will be fun show to relax and enjoy. We will catch up on what’s been happening with 1502. In our […]
Global Premium Cigars, the makers of the 1502 Brand is ending its distribution agreement with Boutiques Unified. The company will switch its distribution to 3R Cigars, the operation run by Jim Robinson. The change will be effective as of Monday April 24, 2017. In a press release announcing the change, Boutiques Unified Owner Scott Zucca commented, “Enrique Sanchez owner […]
