At this year’s 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Aganorsa Leaf will formally showcase new packaging for its Buena Cosecha line. Buena Cosecha is a brand that was introduced at the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show. The name “Buena Cosecha” translates to “Good Harvest.” It’s a Nicaraguan puro featuring a blend of Aganorsa farm Corojo ’99 and Criollo […]
Cigar News: Drew Estate Releases New Batch of Five Flying Pigs
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Drew Estate has announced it is releasing five of its signature Flying Pig releases to its Drew Diplomat retailers. The release is intended to coincide with the Father’s Day celebration in the U.S. The Flying Pigs being shipped include the Liga Privada No. 9, Liga Privada T52, Undercrown (Maduro), Undercrown Shade, and Undercrown Sun […]
Cigar News: National Labor Strike Called for Thursday in Nicaragua
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Leaders from Nicaragua’s business community have called for a national strike in the country for Thursday, June 14th, 2018. It’s the latest development in the protest movement against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega that has resulted in serious political unrest in Nicaragua. The purpose of the strike is to force Ortega back to the negotiations with the […]
Cigar News: New Packaging for Rocky Patel Fifteenth Anniversary to be Introduced at 2018 IPCPR
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At the upcoming 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, the Rocky Patel Fifteenth Anniversary is getting a facelift. Today the Rocky Patel Premium Cigars announced new packaging and banding for the line. It’s the first packaging upgrade since the line made its debut in 2010. “For years, the Fifteenth Anniversary has succeeded because of its character, strength […]
Cigar News: Unrest in Nicaragua Intensifies
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The civil unrest in Nicaragua has intensified, and the cigar industry has been seeing greater effects on its business. Since our last report, a series of events has many in the cigar industry quite concerned on what the next few weeks will hold. As we reported a couple of weeks ago, blockades along the Pan […]
Cigar News: Altadis U.S.A. Adds H. Upmann Nicaragua by AJ Fernandez Box Pressed Belicoso
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Altadis U.S.A. has announced it has added a fourth size to its H. Upmann Nicaragua by AJ Fernandez. This one adds a 6 1/8 x 52 box-pressed belicoso. It is not only the first figurado to be added to the H. Upmann by AJ Fernandez line, but also the first box-pressed offering in the line. […]
Cigar News: Drew Estate ACID Amigos Makes Return to Two Guys Smoke Shop
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Drew Estate and New Hampshire-based Two Guys Smoke Shop have announced the return of the Acid Amigos. It’s a shop-exclusive release that was first released in 2002 to Two Guys, and the cigar returns for the first time in 16 years where it will once again be an exclusive for the New Hampshire retailer.. The […]
Cigar News: Hammer + Sickle Founder Eric Hanson Passes Away
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Eric Hanson, best known to the cigar industry as the founder of Hammer + Sickle Cigars, passed away suddenly on Friday, June 8th. He was 45 years old. Hanson, who spent a decade in the beer distribution business, founded Klin Groupe LLC in 2008. He launched the Hammer + Sickle lifestyle brand. This began with […]
Cigar News: Cigar Industry Asks for Injunction or Delay Against Warning Labels Pending Appeal
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The cigar industry is not backing off the fight against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s warning labels. This past Friday, the three trade associations (Cigar Association of America, Cigar Rights of America, and the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers) have asked the court for an injunction against the enforcement of the FDA’s warning […]
Cigar News: AJ Fernandez Bellas Artes Maduro Launching at 2018 IPCPR
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Next month at the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show and Convention, AJ Fernandez Cigars will introduce a maduro counterpart to its Bellas Artes line. The Bellas Artes brand from AJ Fernandez is going dark. Cloaked in an inky, Brazilian Mata Fina wrapper, Bellas Artes Maduro will be released at the upcoming IPCPR trade show this summer, […]