At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, PDR Cigars launched a coffee flavored offshoot of its PDR 1878 line known as PDR 1878 Roast Cafe. The cigars come in three blends: Natural Roast, Medium Roast, and Dark Roast. Each of the PDR 1878 Roast Cafe blends are coffee flavored offshoots of existing PDR 1878 blends. […]
Cigar News: Looking Back at Altria’s Recent Position on Premium Cigar Regulation
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When it comes to the cigar industry, there is a line from a John Lennon song that sticks in my head “Nobody told me there would be days like these”. That’s what happened last week when a controversy erupted following a Cigar Aficionado article on Altria’s position on FDA regulation submitted as a part of […]
Cigar News: La Palina Bronze Label Bullet Launched at 2018 IPCPR
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At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, La Palina Cigars introduced a short chunky Robusto line extension to its La Palina Bronze Label line known as the Bullet. The La Palina Bronze Label features a Habano wrapper over a Honduran binder and a combination of Honduran and Nicaraguan filler. The cigars are packaged in 20-count boxes. […]
Cigar News: HVC First Selection Limited Edition Broadleaf Launched at 2018 IPCPR
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At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, HVC Cigars introduced a Connecticut Broadleaf cigar. It’s a cigar coming out of Aganorsa Leaf’s Tabacos de Valle Jalapa S.A. (TABSA) factory, HVC’s manufacturing partner. Significantly, the Broadleaf wrapper is not something commonly seen out of TABSA. In addition to the Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper, it features Nicaraguan binder and […]
Cigar News: El Triunfador Original Robusto Showcased at 2018 IPCPR
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For the first time in nearly a decade, the El Triunfador Original line is getting a line extension. At this year’s 2018 IPCPR Trade Show came word that a Robusto size vitola is being added to El Triunfador Original, the broadleaf wrapper edition of El Triunfador. El Triunfador was originally released in a classic […]
Cigar News: La Palina Goldie Cañonazo Launched at 2018 IPCPR
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At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, La Palina Cigars unveiled the seventh installment of its annual Goldie series – and this one is in the classic Ciban 5 7/8 x 52 Cañonazo format. The Goldie line was created as a tribute to Goldie Drell Paley, the wife of Sam Paley – who founded the La […]
Cigar News: C.L.E. Cigar Company Introduces Samplers for Three Brands
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At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, C.L.E. Cigar Company launched three ten-count samplers across its C.L.E., Eiroa, and Asylum brands. First up, is the C.L.E. brand sampler. It contains two cigars from each of the following brands: C.L.E. Connecticut, C.L.E. Habano, C.L.E. Corojo, C.L.E. Azabache, and C.L.E. Signature. Each cigar is a 50 x 5 Robusto. […]
Cigar News: Surrogates Satin Glove 654 Launched at 2018 IPCPR
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At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, the Surrogates brand unveiled a second size in its Satin Glove line, a 6 x 54 box-pressed Toro. Satin Glove made its debut in 2014 as the first San Andres wrapped offering in the Surrogates line. At the time it was released in a single size, a 7 x […]
Cigar News: Altadis USA Introduces Revamped Packaging for Onyx Reserve
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Onyx is a brand that has been in the Altadis USA portfolio for quite some time, but it also has been one of the quieter ones. At this year’s IPCPR Trade Show, the Onyx Reserve gets a makeover. The cigars will now feature a new box and new band designs. There are no changes to […]
Cigar News: Esteban Carreras Mr Brownstone Natural Launched at 2018 IPCPR
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At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Esteban Carreras introduced a natural habano offering under its Mr. Brownstone line – appropriately titled Mr. Brownstone Natural. The Mr. Brownstone Natural consists of a Nicaraguan Habano wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder from Jalapa and a combination of Nicaraguan fillers from Condega, Estelí, and Jalapa. It has been launched […]