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 […]
For the sixth consecutive year, the Viaje Satori has made an appearance at the IPCPR Trade Show. The line was introduced in 2010 as a cigar available only to retailers who attend the trade show. This year, while there aren’t a lot of changes to the line, there is a big change in terms of […]
When Swisher International acquired Drew Estate Tobacco Company last Fall, one big question would be whether the culture of Drew Estate would change. The 2015 IPCPR Trade Show was the first major public expo for Drew Estate now as a subsidiary of Swisher. Many wondered if the vibe of the booth would be the same. After […]
At the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show, Jose Seijas’ Matilde Cigars officially launched its second line, the Matilde Oscura. This cigar is meant to introduce a fuller smoke into the company’s portfolio joining the Matilde Renacer that was launched 19 months ago. The Oscura derives its name from the dark Mexican San Andres wrapper that covers […]
At the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show, Illusione Cigars owner Dion Giolito focused mostly on new line extensions instead of launching new brands. This year, one of the extensions comes to his regular production Fume D’Amour line in the form of a 7 1/2 x 40 lancero known as the Illusione Fume D’Amout Juniperos. Juniperos becomes […]
Back at the Southern Cigar Festival, Arby Sosa of Sosa Cigars told us of a cigar that was being released as a part of the 50th anniversary of Sosa Cigars called Half Century. This cigar is significant because it uses a special Cameroon seed wrapper grown in Mexico. The Half Century was showcased at the […]
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. […]
1502 Cigars founder Enrique Sanchez Icaza has taken his time in building his four regular production lines in his portfolio. With his fourth line the 1502 Nicaragua receiving its first line extension this year, many did not expect Sanchez to have a new product at the show. However Sanchez threw many for a loop, by […]
A week before the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show came word that Hirochi Robaina forming a collaborative partnership with La Palina Cigars. At the same time, Robaina announced to the world he was ending his relationship with Cubanacan, with whom he collaborated with on the HR cigar. The situation was made more complicated when Robaina also announced the […]
If there was any doubt that last year’s split of Robert Wright’s Pura Soul Cigars from Christian Eire’s CLE Cigars was amicable, it was answered at the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show when Pura Soul Cigars was at the CLE Cigars booth. While Pura Soul is now handling its own distribution, CLE continues to make Pura […]
