The 2016 IPCPR Trade Show saw Ventura Cigar Company, the premium cigar division of Phillips and King launch its new Archetype brand. While the company opted to partner with Drew Estate for its Archetype Series B line, the company is partnering with another tobacco giant for its Archetype Series A line – Davidoff. The Archetype […]
Back on Episode 192 of Stogie Geeks, Viaje Cigars’ President Andre Farkas broke news on the Viaje Birthday Blend – a cigar designed to be Farkas’ own birthday celebratory cigar. The cigar made its debut at the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show. The cigar features a 6 x 52 belicoso with a San Andres wrapper over […]
While Boveda’s 2-way humidification packs are a staple of many personal humidors, Boveda now has a new option in the form of a larger 330 320 (*) gram humidification pack it is calling the BFB. This product was showcased at the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show. The company says the new BFB is the equivalent of the […]
Over the past three years, Dunhill has become a more active brand in terms of releases. At this year’s 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Dunhill introduced the Dunhill Aged Maduro, the first maduro release by the brand. The Dunhill Aged Maduro is a blend that starts with the Dunhill Aged blend and adds a sun grown Maduro […]
For Tatuaje, at this year’s IPCPR Trade Show, somewhat overshadowed by expanded presence of its Monsters Series was the long-awaited return of the La Verite Series. This marked the first La Verite release by Tatuaje in nearly five years. La Verite is a limited edition project started by Tatuaje owner Pete Johnson where the blend features tobacco […]
Gaaja, the second brand launched by Mel Shah’s Bombay Toback got some new extensions to the brand. First up, the company will add a maduro blend featuring a Brazilian Mata Fina wrapper over the core Gaaja brand. In addition, a new box-pressed torpedo will be introduced into both the maduro and existing natural blends. The […]
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Tatuaje Cigars added an old favorite back to its Verocou line. The Tatuaje Verocu No. 6 adds a 6 1/8 x 52 offering. This size was previously offered back in 2009 when Verocu was a limited production offering. Back then the 6 1/8 x 52 was packaged in red […]
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Perdomo Cigars brought back a blast from the past as it showcased the return of the La Tradicion Perdomo Reserve Series. The four blends feature the Perdomo signature wrappers found in many offerings in the portfolio – Nicaraguan Sun Grown, Nicaraguan Maduro, Connecticut Shade, and Cameroon. The cigars return pretty […]
One of the highlights that Tatuaje brought to the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show was a huge sampler offering known as the Tatuaje Reserva Broadleaf Collection. The Tatuaje Reserva Broadleaf Collection features ten different Broadleaf releases. Six them are “Reserva” or Broadleaf versions of the original six Seleccion de Cazador line. In addition, the Reserva J21, Reserva […]
When Pete Johnson announced the Tatuaje Skinny Monsters, he also mentioned that 25 count boxes for each of the individual ten blends were coming. At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, these boxes made their debut. Each of the Skinny Monsters is a 6 x 38 petite lancero vitola. The style of the boxes is reminiscent […]
