PDR Cigars continues to expand its in-house sales team. Today the company has announced it has named Christopher Fernandez its Mid-Atlantic territory manager. Termed a “Brand Builder”, Fernandez will have responsibilities for New York City, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia. Fernandez comes to PDR Cigars with many years as a territorial sales […]
Cigar News: Brad Sargant Named PDR Cigars Florida Sales Manager
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PDR Cigars has named Brad Sargant as its new Florida Sales Manager. Sargent previously served as the company’s Midwest Sales Manager where he had increased sales in the territory by almost 18% in a seven month time period. Sargent fills a position that was previously handled by an independent sales broker. The company refers to […]
Cigar News: PDR Nicaraguan Reserve Becomes Shop Exclusive for Best Cigar Prices
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Online retailer Best Cigar Prices has received another shop exclusive. This one comes from PDR Cigars and is called the PDR Nicaraguan Reserve. Given the name PDR Nicaraguan Reserve, it’s no surprise this cigar contains Nicaraguan tobacco, however for this cigar its an all-Nicaraguan puro coming from the PDR Cigars factory in the Dominican Republic. […]
Cigar News: PDR Cigars Introducing A. Flores 1975 Gran Reserva Deflorado at 2016 IPCPR
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At this year’s 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, PDR Cigars will introduce a new blend into its A. Flores Gran Reserva line. The A. Flores 1975 Gran Reserva Deflorado will become the third blend into the Gran Reserva line. The cigar will incorporate a special Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapper known as Deflorado. Information on this release was […]
Agile Cigar Review: AFR-75 Edmundo by PDR Cigars
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews, Reviews No Comments 4.0 - Box Worthy, 91-93, Agile Cigar Review, Assessment Update, PDR Cigars
Agile Cigar Reviews replace what we termed “Assessment Updates”. The concept is the same, but the name is different. Agile Cigar Reviews use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring […]
Cigar News: PDR Cigars Rebrands Flores y Rodriguez Cabinet Selección, Adds 7 x 70
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PDR Cigars has announced it is rebranding the two blends in its Flores y Rodriguez Cabinet Seleccion line. The two blends will now be known as the Flores y Rodriguez Seleccion Habano and Flores y Rodriguez Seleccion Maduro. In addition, the company has announced it is adding a new size, a 7 x 70 Setenta […]
Cigar Review: Viaje Collaboration 2015
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Back in March, 2015, Viaje Cigars announced that its Viaje Collaboration 2015 edition would be done in conjunction with PDR Cigars. As the name indicates, the Viaje Collaboration Series is a project where Viaje collaborates with another member of the cigar industry to produce a cigar. Along with announcement of the Viaje Collaboration 2015, Viaje announced […]
Cigar Review: A. Flores 1975 Serie Privada Capa Maduro SP52 by PDR Cigars
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At the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show in Orlando, Florida, PDR Cigars launched a new line of cigars known as the A. Flores 1975 Serie Privada. The line gets its name from PDR Cigars owner Abraham Flores with 1975 representing the year he was born. The A. Flores 1975 Serie Privada is an all-box-pressed offered that […]
Cigar Review: Flores y Rodriguez Connecticut Valley Reserve Gran Toro by PDR Cigars
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At the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show, PDR Cigars showed off a new limited production ultra-premium line called the Flores y Rodriguez Connecticut Valley Reserve. As the name indicates, the cigar is highlighted by a Connecticut Broadleaf maduro wrapper. PDR Cigars has done a lot with maduro wrappers, but it’s been a while since the company […]
Cigar Review: Flores y Rodriguez 10th Anniversary Reserva Limitada Robusto by PDR Cigars
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In 2014, PDR Cigars launched a line to commemorate ten years in the cigar business called the Flores y Rodriguez 10th Anniversary Reserva Limitada. It was back in 2004 when when Abe Flores joined forces with the Rodriguez brothers (Juan, Ysidro, and Luis) to form the Pinar del Rio brand, the brand that started it […]