At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Altadis USA unveiled a new limited edition under its Romeo y Julieta brand known as the Romeo y Julieta Reserve Rare 11 Years Old. The cigars are named for the fact that they were found in the Flor de Copan factory aging rooms where they had been resting for […]
Cigar News: Casa Fernandez Launches SABOR Aganorsa at 2016 IPCPR
William Cooper Cigar News No Comments 2016 Preview, Casa Fernandez, IPCPR 2016, News
Casa Fernandez has been known to produce its cigars out of its Esteli, Nicaragua Tabacos Valle de Jalapa S.A. (TABSA) and U.S. based Casa Fernandez Miami factories. It has also partnered with Fabrica de Tabacos Raices Cubanas S. de R.L. (Raices Cubanas) in Honduras. Now Casa Fernandez has another factory it is working with – Sabor Aganorsa S.A. (SABSA). SABSA is […]
Cigar News: Rocky Patel Special Edition Makes Debut at 2016 IPCPR
William Cooper Cigar News 1 Comment 2016 Preview, IPCPR 2016, News, Rocky Patel
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Rocky Patel Premium Cigars unveiled a new release aimed toward its key brick and mortar accounts – the Rocky Patel Special Edition. The Rocky Patel Special Edition is a three vitola box-pressed line: Robusto (5 1/2 x 50), Toro (6 1/2 x 52), and Sixty (6 x 60). Each […]
Cigar News: Maya Selva Cigars to Showcase Flor de Selva Colección Aniversario Nº20 at Inter-Tabac 2016
William Cooper Cigar News No Comments 2016 Preview, Flor de Selva, Inter-Tabac 2016, Maya Selva Cigars, News
Last year, Maya Selva Cigars celebrated 20 years in business. To commemorate the occasion, the company released a special limited edition cigar known as the Flor de Selva No. 20 Limited Edition Lancero. This past June, the company introduced a whole new line based on that cigar known as the Flor de Selva Coleccion Aniversario Nº20. This […]
Cigar News: Macanudo Mao Introduced at 2016 IPCPR Trade Show
William Cooper Cigar News 1 Comment 2016 Preview, General, IPCPR 2016, Macanudo, News
For the fourth year in a row, Macanudo has a special limited edition cigar. This year’s edition is dubbed the Macanudo Mao Limited Edition 2016. While the previous three installments have focused on unique and rare tobaccos (including the last two years on Jamaican tobacco), this year the Macanudo Mao focused on the seed. The Macanudo […]
Cigar News: PDR Cigars Introduces Flores y Rodriguez Connecticut Valley Reserve Jars
William Cooper Cigar News No Comments IPCPR 2016, News, PDR Cigars
At last year’s IPCPR Trade Show, PDR Cigars unveiled its most premium release to date, the Flores y Rodriguez Connecticut Valley Reserve Broadleaf Maduro. This year, the company unveiled a second packaging option for the product – ceramic jars. The ceramic jars do not replace the original elongated wooden boxes, but complement them as another […]
Cigar News: Nomad SA-17 Lancero Becomes Regular Release
William Cooper Cigar News No Comments 2016 Preview, Boutiques Unified, News, Nomad
Turns out there is a fifth size in Nomad Cigar Company’s SA-17 line. At the time Nomad Cigar Company released its four size Nomad SA-17 line, there was also a 7 x 38 lancero also released. The lancero was quietly released to a handful of retailers. Now the lancero is being offered as a regular […]
Cigar News: Montecristo Artisan Batch 1 Unveiled by Altadis USA at 2016 IPCPR
William Cooper Cigar News No Comments 2016 Preview, Altadis, IPCPR 2016, Montecristo, News
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Altadis USA launched new line called the Montecristo Artisan Series. The Montecristo Artisian Series is described as a limited edition series of cigars incorporating tobaccos from a private batch of some of Altadis’ best tobacco. The first cigar of this line made its debut, the Montecristo Artisan Batch 1. The […]
Cigar News: Casa Fernandez Adds JFR Lunatic Habano Line
William Cooper Cigar News No Comments 2016 Preview, Casa Fernandez, IPCPR 2016, News
Casa Fernandez has added a whole new blend to its successful JFR Lunatic line. At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, the company added the JFR Lunatic Habano, a Habano wrapper offering into the JFR Lunatic line. The JFR Lunatic line made its debut early in 2015 as a sub-brand to the JFR (Just for Retailers) […]
Cigar News: Las Cumbres Tabaco Releasing Señorial CT, Freyja 12, and Freyja Nocturnal
William Cooper Cigar News No Comments 2016 Preview, Freyja, Las Cumbres, News, Senorial
While Las Cumbres Tabaco unveiled a couple of box-pressed line extensions to its Senorial and Frejya lines, the company had some additional releases. On Episode 199 of Stogie Geeks, Emma Viktorsson discussed details around three additional blends coming into the Las Cumbres Tabaco portfolio. Both the Senorial and Frejya lines have received new blends. For Senorial, the brand spearheaded […]