The Cohiba brand has been a staple of the General Cigar Company portfolio for many years. For the most part, Cohiba has been positioned as the luxury brand in General’s portfolio. The past two years has seen General give the Cohiba brand some considerable attention. This included a major packaging refresh for the brand in […]
In 2019, ACE Prime made one of the more impressive debuts in recent years at the annual IPCPR Trade Show. ACE Prime came on the scene launching three brands and a total of seven blends. ACE Prime is a company where the principal owners are Luciano Meirelles, Master Blender Don Eradio Pichardo, and former NBA […]
Over the years, Rocky Patel Premium Cigars has been known to introduce a wide variety of brands into the market. I remember once asking company founder Rocky Patel why he introduced so many brands and he told me there are so many great blends and blend derivations that they have come up with and that […]
The past couple of years, the H. Upmann brand has been one of the busier ones in the Altadis U.S.A. portfolio. 2019 marked a very significant milestone as the brand celebrated its 175th anniversary. While the H. Upmann 175th Anniversary limited release was one of the more significant ones, there have been several other regular production […]
In 2020, J.C. Newman Cigar Company is celebrating its 125th anniversary in business, but today we look at a cigar from a brand that was created for the company’s 110th anniversary, the Diamond Crown Maximus. It was back in 1996 when J.C. Newman launched the Diamond Crown brand for its 100th anniversary. Ten years later, […]
In 2013, Espinosa Cigars launched an extension of its 601 La Bomba line known as the Warhead. The Warhead took the 601 La Bomba concept and was a blend based on the original 601 La Bomba, replacing the Nicaraguan wrapper with a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper and box pressing the cigar. The 601 La Bomba Warhead […]
Perdomo Cigars is not a company that is known to do new releases every year. However at the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Perdomo Cigars put a new spin on an older favorite. It was at that trade show where the Perdomo Estate Selección Vintage (ESV) was showcased, but for the first time the ESV was […]
Back in 2017, Rafael Nodal joined the Tabacalera USA team as a part of strategic alliance with his company Boutique Blends. In his role at Tabacalera USA, Nodal would take on the role of Director of Product Capability and would oversee the development of many brands seen in the Tabacalera USA portfolio. Nodal would also […]
Litto and Ines Gomez entered the cigar industry and founded a company called Los Libertadores – which would eventually be rebranded La Flor Dominicana. 2019 marks the 25th anniversary of that milestone, and this year La Flor Dominicana has a special release, the La Flor Dominicana 25th Anniversary. It’s not the first time La Flor […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, AJ Fernandez showcased his Días de Gloria line. Días de Gloria is a line that had a soft-launch in 2016. At the time regulations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration were set to hit on August 8th, 2016 that would require any products introduced after the deadline […]
