At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Rocky Patel Premium Cigars launched a limited edition offshoot of its Rocky Patel Platinum line. The cigar is appropriately titled the Rocky Patel Platinum Limited Edition. The Rocky Patel Platinum Limited Edition features a Habano wrapper. This differs from the regular production Platinum line which uses a Habano Oscuro […]
Cigar News: Rocky Patel Edge Connecticut Howitzer Debuts at 2016 IPCPR
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Rocky Patel Premium Cigars introduced a new offering in The Edge Connecticut line. This one is a 7 x 70 size known as the Howitzer. It was back in 2014 when Rocky Patel Premium Cigars introduced the Howitzer size into The Edge lines. At the time the Howitzer was […]
Cigar News: Rocky Patel Dark Dominican Showcased at 2016 IPCPR Trade Show
Rocky Patel Premium Cigars is heading to the Dominican Republic. At this year’s 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, the company unveiled the Rocky Patel Dark Dominican – the first cigar by Rocky Patel Premium Cigars being made in the Dominican Republic. To make the Rocky Patel Dark Dominican, Rocky Patel Premium Cigars is partnering with General Cigar where […]
Cigar News: Rocky Patel Special Edition Makes Debut at 2016 IPCPR
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: Rocky Patel Tabaquero by Hamlet Paredes Bala Becomes Regular Production
The Tabaquero by Hamlet Parades Bala, previously an event-only cigar from Rocky Patel Premium Cigars is going regular production. The Bala was showcased at the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show and now becomes brings the total number of vitolas in the Tabaquero by Hamlet Parades line to six. The Bala is a bowling pin shaped vitola […]
Cigar News: Rocky Patel Prohibition Connecticut Debuts at 2016 IPCPR Trade Show
A third blend is coming to Rocky Patel Premium Cigars’ Prohibition line. At this year’s 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, the company unveiled the Rocky Patel Prohibition Connecticut – a Connecticut Shade wrapped cigar. Like the Prohibition Broadleaf and the Prohibition San Andres, the Prohibition Connecticut features the line’s signature bootlegger mason jar packaging containing 16 […]
Cigar News: Rocky Patel Fifty-Five Launched at 2016 IPCPR Trade Show
On February 26, 2016 Rocky Patel turned 55 years old and at this year’s IPCPR a special cigar was launched by Rocky Patel Premium Cigars to commemorate the occasion – the Rocky Patel Fifty-Five. The Rocky Patel Fifty-Five has two characteristics. First up, it’s a line where each of the four vitolas have a 55 […]
Cigar Review: Rocky Patel Gary Sheffield 500 Home Runs (HR500)
In 2012 Rocky Patel Premium Cigars launched the first of a series of releases partnering with various athletes to produce a cigar brand. The first athlete selected was baseball great Gary Sheffield and the cigar was called the Rocky Patel Gary Sheffield HR500. The limited release cigar commemorated Sheffield’s 500th home run in Major League […]
Cigar Review: Rocky Patel Ray Lewis Legends 52
As the name indicates, the Rocky Patel Ray Lewis Legends 52 is a cigar blended by Rocky Patel for NFL all-pro Ray Lewis. It is the latest cigar in a series of cigars made by Rocky Patel Premium Cigars for sports celebrities. In 2013, there were plans to launch the Ray Lewis Legends 52 at the IPCPR Trade […]
Cigar Review: Tabaquero by Hamlet Paredes Robusto
The Tabaquero by Hamlet Paredes is a new brand that was launched by Rocky Patel Premium Cigars at the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show. If you are familiar with the Cuban cigar market, the name Hamlet Paredes is one you are familiar with. An accomplished cigar roller, Paredes has served as a brand ambassador for Habanos […]