2019 was the third IPCPR for Kevin Schweitzer and Vintage Rock-A-Feller Cigar Group. Last year the company was a part of American Caribbean Cigars booth, but this year Schweitzer was back in his own booth. Since Schweitzer acquired Vintage Rockefeller Cigar Group in 2017, he has focused on the company’s Nicaraguan blends. While the Nicaraguan blends were still […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Rocky Patel Premium Cigars unveiled its Rocky Patel LB1 line. It’s a line that is derived from the code (LB1) used while the blend was being developed. The cigar is described as a medium-bodied smoke consisting of an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper over a blend of Honduran and Nicaraguan tobaccos. […]
2019 marks the seventh anniversary of Asylum Cigars, the partnership between Christian Eiroa and Tom Lazuka. At the 2019 IPCPR, Asylum Cigars used the occasion to celebrate the milestone with the release of the Asylum Seven. The Asylum Seven is an ultra-premium offering that comes in two sizes, an 11/18 (the signature figurado size that […]
The year 2019 is a big one for La Flor Dominicana. It marks 25 years since Litto and Ines Gomez first entered the cigar business. When Litto and Ines entered the industry, they originally founded a company called Los Libertadores. That company would eventually become La Flor Dominicana. As a result, this year the theme […]
The year 2019 marked the fourth IPCPR Trade Show for Bryan Mussard and Cattle Baron Cigars. Mussard is a well-known figure in the cattle industry who served as the President of the Montana Stockgrowers Association. Back in 2016, he decided to venture into the cigar business with his own line of cigars. To produce his […]
2019 would mark the return to the IPCPR Trade Show for Sebastien Decoppet and Cavalier Genève Cigars. After exhibiting at the IPCPR Trade Show the previous two years, Cavalier Genève took 2018 off. At the time, Decoppet was reorganizing his U.S. distribution forming a new company Cavalier Premium Cigars USA LLC. It’s known in the […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Selected Tobacco launched two new sizes under its Byron Serie Siglo XX line, the Byron Serie Siglo XX Venecianos and the Byron Serie Siglo XX Mesolongis .This brings the total number of vitolas offered in the Byron Serie XX line to four. The Venecianos is a 6 1/2 x […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, La Flor Dominicana introduced a line extension to its La Volcada line in the form of a 4 1/4 x 32 Petite. The La Flor Dominicana Petite will be packaged in six-count tins. The blend joins the Churchill size and features a San Andres Mexican wrapper over an Ecuadorian […]
For the fifth year in a row, we are providing a full “Post-Game Report” assessing the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR) Convention and Trade Show. In this report, we talk more about the show itself and give our thoughts on the impacts to the cigar industry. This year we once again did four daily […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Selected Tobacco launched two new sizes under its Atabey line, the Atabey Idolos and Atabey Sabios. This brings the total number of vitolas offered in the Atabey line to eleven. Atabey Idolos introduces a 4 x 55 vitola into the Atabey line while Sabios introduces a Robusto-sized 5 […]
