While the Gurkha Pan American was announced prior to the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, the trade show unveiled what the packaging of the cigar would look like. The packaging is in the form of a steel travel box.T he cigar and the packaging were inspired while Gurkha CEO Kaizad Hansotia’s was traveling on Nicaragua’s Pan American Highway. The […]
For the second year in a row, we provide a full “Post Game Report” assessing the IPCPR Convention and Trade Show. In this report, we talk more about the show itself and give our thoughts and impacts to the cigar industry. This won’t put a close to the 2016 IPCPR coverage. There is plenty more […]
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Casa Fernandez unveiled two new sizes to its JFR Lunatic Maduro line – the JFR Lunatic Short Titan, a 4 1/4 x 60 vitola and the Short Robusto 4 1/4 x 52. This brings the total number of offerings in the JFR Maduro line to five. The JFR Lunatic made its […]
While the Gurkha Jubilee was announced prior to the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, it was at the Trade show where the packaging was unveiled. The Jubilee consists of ten 6 x 58 Toro sized cigars with a cedar sleeve. The packaging is a humidor complete with a built in hygrometer. Each cigar consists of an aged […]
With Boutique Blends’ Aging Room Pelo de Oro, there are a lot of things that are unique about this release. For starters, it is a collaboration that was done with A.J. Fernandez. It is also the first Aging Room branded cigar to be made in Nicaragua. The cigar itself is also the first Aging Room branded Nicaraguan […]
When L’Atelier Imports first unveiled its La Mission de L’Atelier line in 2015, the plan was to have seven vitolas. The series has now been rounded out as three new sizes were added: the 1982, 1999, and 2003. At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, the new 1982 6 1/8 x 52 box-pressed torpedo was introduced. […]
E.P. Carrillo had one of the busiest shows at this year’s 2016 IPCPR as the company unveiled a major revamping of its portfolio. As a part of this effort, a new maduro offering calling E.P. Carrillo Dusk made its debut. The Dusk has a U.S. grown wrapper over a binder from Ecuador and an all […]
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, General Cigar Company launched a new installment into the Torano Cigars’ Exodus line. This one is simply called the Torano Exodus. Exodus is a line that commemorates the Exodus of cigar families from Cuba and their impact on the cigar industry after the nationalization of all tobacco farms and cigar factories by […]
Get ready for more Monsters -Tatuaje Monsters that is. At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Tatuaje Cigars showcased two new samplers that are offshoots from the recently released Tatuaje Skinny Monsters collection – the Tatuaje Skinny Monsters Cazadores Edition and the Tatuaje Skinny Monsters Lancero Edition. These samplers include cigars from the first ten Tatuaje […]
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, the Cohiba brand of General cigar introduced the Cohiba Macassar. The Macassar derives its name from Indonesian Ebony Macassar – the high end wood that is considered one of the most difficult to procure. With the release of the Cohiba Macassar, Cohiba has discontinued the Cohiba Comador – the […]
