General Cigar is one of the booths that takes us a long time to cover. There always are plenty of products that are being showcased, but 2019 was particularly challenging. In the past we have had a central marketing contact in Victoria McKee Jaworski. Victoria is no longer with General and this marked our first […]
Tony Bellatto is an accomplished sommelier and cigar enthusiast who seven years ago launched a brand called La Barba Cigars. This June, La Barba Cigars was at its fourth IPCPR Trade Show, and for the second year in a row, Bellatto’s company had its own booth. While La Barba works with Caldwell Cigar Company for […]
Toscano Cigars is a brand of cigars produced by Italy’s Manifatture Sigaro Toscano. Distribution is handled in the U.S. by Miami Cigar and Company. Once again, Toscano was a part of the Miami Cigar and Company exhibit at the IPCPR Trade Show. Last year, Toscano had celebrated its 200th anniversary in the cigar business. However, […]
Ten years ago, Dion Giolito and Illusione introduced a brand called Epernay, a cigar that was designed to pair with Champagne. Over the years, the cigar has grown to be one of the company’s most successful. This year Illusione Cigars commemorates ten years of the Epernay blend with a special release appropriately called the Illusione […]
2018 was both an impressive IPCPR Trade Show and year for Royal Agio Cigars. In 2017, Royal Agio Cigars had launched its U.S. distribution company with the intent on expanding its handmade premium cigar business. The 2018 Trade Show was quite impressive for Royal Agio Cigars. They came out with five excellent premium handmade blends, […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Rocky Patel Premium Cigars unveiled its Rocky Patel Number 6 line. Like the Rocky Patel LB1 that also made its debut at the Trade Show, Number 6 is a name that is derived from the code used while the blend was being developed. The cigar is described as a […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show Perdomo Cigars re-introduced one of its oldest brands, the Perdomo Estate Selección Vintage (ESV). The Perdomo Estate Selección Vintage is described as one of Perdomo’s most premium cigars to date. The cigar utilizes tobacco from Finca Natalie, a farm owned by the Perdomo family and named for company […]
While this was the 10th IPCPR Trade Show for Cigar Coop, it was also the 10th IPCPR Trade Show for Bill Paley and La Palina Cigars since he resurrected his family’s brand name. It’s been interesting to watch La Palina’s evolution over these past ten years. Last year I noted that when La Palina launched […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Esteban Carreras unveiled the newest release, the Esteban Carreras Unforgiven. Unforgiven is a cigar that features an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and fillers. What is unique for Esteban Carreras is that the cigar features tobaccos aged for two years in rum barrels. The finished cigars are then […]
NBA Hall of Famer Karl Malone returned to the IPCPR for the second year in a row. Malone had been at the 2018 IPCPR announcing his cigar and company, Barrel Aged by Karl Malone. However there were delays in delivering the cigar to market, and going into the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show it still had […]
