At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Gurkha Cigars will add two traditional vitola sizes to its 12 Year Cellar Reserve and 15 Years Cellar Reserve in the form of a Robusto and Toro. For both lines, the Robusto measures 5 x 52 and the Toro measures 6 x 54. The Gurkha 12 Year Cellar […]
Cigar News: Gurkha Marquesa Magnum to be Introduced at 2019 IPCPR
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At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Gurkha Cigars will introduce a fourth size to its Gurkha Marquesa in the form of a 6 x 60 offering. The Gurkha Marquesa was first introduced at the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show. It features a Sumatra wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder. The fillers are Nicaraguan tobaccos from the […]
Cigar News: Gurkha Nicaragua Series to Debut at the 2019 IPCPR
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At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Gurkhas will introduce a Nicaraguan puro targeted for its top retail accounts known as the Gurkha Nicaragua Series. According to Gurkha, the Gurkha Nicaraguan Series is a special edition cigar available by invitation only to Gurkha’s top retailers. Retailers will be limited to five boxes per size per […]
Cigar News: Gurkha Real to Debut at 2019 IPCPR
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At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Gurkha Cigars will launch a new offering intended to satisfy those cigar enthusiasts looking for a mild to medium known as the Gurkha Real. The Gurkha Real is made at Tabacalera Las Lavas in the Dominican Republic. It consists of an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper over a Dominican Olor binder […]
Cigar Review: Gurkha Heritage Rosado Toro (TAA Exclusive)
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2018 marked the 50th anniversary of the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA). Over the years, the organization has put together a series of limited edition and ongoing release cigars that would be sold exclusively through its retail members and it has become known as the TAA Exclusive Series. The past few years has seen that […]
Cigar News: Gurkha Sales Force to Sell Sindicato and Names Jim Colucci President & COO
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Gurkha Cigars will be taking over the sales of Sindicato Cigars. As a part of the announcement, Sindicato Cigars President and CEO Jim Colucci will be taking on a dual role as he will become Gurkha’s new President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Colucci made the announcement on the January 26th, 2019 edition of The […]
Cigar News: Gurkha Opens Its First European Lounge in Berlin
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Gurkha Cigars now has a branded cigar lounge in Europe. On September 12th, Miguel Private Cigars of Berlin Cigars joined the family of 20 Gurkhas lounges worldwide with a private ribbon-cutting event attended by over 50 VIP Clients. It’s the first Gurkha branded lounge in Europe. “It fills me with pride that we have opened […]
Cigar News: Gurkha Cigars Names Christine Martinez de Castro as Director of Marketing and Public Relations
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Gurkha Cigars has a new Director of Marketing and Public Relations, and it’s Christine Martinez de Castro. In her new role, Christine joins the Gurkha executive team reporting directly to company CEO Kaizad Haisota. In her new role, Christine will have overall responsibility for Gurkha’s branding, advertising, public relations, social media, and marketing campaigns. […]
Feature Story: Spotlight on Gurkha Cigars at the 2018 IPCPR
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Each year one thing you can count on Gurkha to deliver a nice array of products at IPCPR for its retail customers – and 2018 was no exception. Gurkha is a company that is sitting on a large number of predicate blends, and last year the company tapped into that vault. The end result was […]
Cigar News: Gurkha To Re-Launch Three Flavored Cigar Lines
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Gurkha Cigars is returning to the flavored cigar space. At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Gurkha will reintroduce three flavored cigars from 12 years ago. According to Gurkha Cigars, the company has decided to re-enter the flavored space due to increased requests for the product. The three lines returning are: Red Head, a cigar […]