At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Espinosa Premium Cigars launched the second installment of its Las 6 Provincias Series – the Las 6 Provincias MTZ. Las 6 Provincias is a line that is intended to pay homage to the pre-Castro era in Cuba. It was spearheaded by Erik Espinosa Jr., the son of company founder […]
For E.P. Carrillo coming into IPCPR, they were one company that had what no other company had – they were the current title holders of Cigar Aficionado’s Cigar of the Year award. At the same time, the company had something else exciting going on – celebrating ten years in business. To commemorate ten years, […]
As Viaje Cigars founder Andre Farkas told me, nobody seems to celebrate half-year anniversaries in the cigar industry, so why not start now? At this year’s IPCPR Trade Show, Farkas unveiled a series of cigars to commemorate the company’s 12 1/2 years known as Viaje Ten Plus Two And A Half Anniversary. There are three […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Bear Duplisea catches up with the one and only Ernesto Perez-Carrillo of E.P. Carrillo. In this interview, Ernesto discusses his accolades from 2018, and what the company launched at the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show. Photo/Video Credits: Cigar Coop/#ElOsoFumarTakes
Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Company came into the IPCPR with several new releases – and these releases continued to show company owner Oscar Valladares as a rising star in the cigar industry. One thing that Valladares has been expanding is his farming operation – which has grown considerably. With his own distribution warehouse, sales and […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Matt Booth re-introduced a brand from the past that he had in his Room101 Cigars’ portfolio – the Room101 Big Payback Maduro. The Big Payback was a value-priced brand originally introduced back in 2014 by Room101 Cigars. It quickly became a successful line and eventually, a Connecticut Shade version […]
This Halloween, there be two full-sized Monster Series releases. At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Tatuaje Cigars showcased two full-sized versions of the Tatuaje Chuck and Tiff. It’s the first time Tatuaje has released two full-sized Monsters as a part of the Halloween release. Tatuaje Chuck and Tiff made their debut as a part of […]
While it wasn’t on display at the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Viaje Cigars announced the return of the Viaje Satori Arya for a limited 2019 run. Viaje Satori is typically a release that coincides with the IPCPR Trade Show. From 2010 to 2015, the line was released each year. In 2018, after a three-year hiatus, […]
Imagine a world of professional football where the Super Bowl® has had declining attendance and an announcement was made that next year, the name of the game was being changed to “Professional Football League Championship.” Basically, that is what Day Four of the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show felt like. Based on the foot traffic I […]
There is no way to sugar coat this. The decision to hold IPCPR Trade Show a few days before July 4th was nothing short of a disaster. There was a time when I didn’t think it was worth discussing attendance numbers, but attendance has emerged as a huge story. Day Three of the IPCPR Trade […]
