With day 2 finally underway we made our way over the Davidoff booth where the focus was on the Davidoff 50th Anniversary Diadema Finas. It was first introduced in 2006 in limited quantities. To commemorate Davidoff’s 50th Anniversary the cigar is being released again using unique art designs created by French artist Mariane Léger. Also was on hand was the previously unannounced Camacho Hard Charger which is part of the brotherhood series. The start of the […]
With IPCPR experiencing an electrical fire early Sunday morning the start of Day 2 for the 2018 IPCPR was delayed 3 hours. It’s now 12:30 in Las Vegas at the time of writing this and a bit of an oddity for the cigar industry has occurred. The doors have been opened for manufacturers on time. We reached out to Trevor Merrill of United Cigar about the trade show and if there was any lingering remnants […]
At 5am the IPCPR trade show experienced an electrical fire which created more chaos then actual damage. As the trade show gets things in order to begin today at 1pm some companies such as Davidoff had to scramble to reschedule events for Sunday evening. This evening’s Golden Band Awards has be moved to 7pm with the award ceremony beginning at 8pm. The ceremony is being held at the Davidoff of Geneva Cigar Bar located at […]
If there is one company that has increased its visibility in 2018 it is Royal Agio Cigars. As 2017 came to a close, the company took back its distribution from Drew Estate and opened there own US Headquarters in Bradenton, Florida. In 2018, they would hire former Drew Estate employee Zev Kaminetsky to serve as their National Sales Director. As we inched closed to IPCPR the company released details on a series of releases for national […]
It feels like a few years ago everyone was trying to come out with a cigar in the sweet spot of $6 to $8. This at the 2018 IPCPR it seems like there are more $20 cigars then ever before. Hell, another company actually had the audacity to release a $90 to smoke. In comparison, the new La Aurora Hors d’Age is a bargain at $19. Here we catch up with La Aurora master blender, […]
Toscano Cigars which is distributed in the United States by Miami Cigar Company is the oldest brand in Italy. The company was founded in 1815 and today they make in excess of 90 million cigars. While the cigar is not what the American consumer thinks of when it thinks Premium Cigar, this hand-made cigar is definitely worthy of being called Premium. The company is introducing the Originale to the US Market this summer after a […]
La Flor Dominicana has played it close to the vest this year with what their new releases would be, if any. Last year the company released La Volcada which started out with a supply issue before becoming somewhat readily available. Also, fans of the brand as of late have had a hard time tracking down some of their favorite Maduro smokes and the company still hasn’t met the demands of Andalusian Bull. This year it […]
Kristoff was established in 2004 by Glen Case. They use only the highest quality double and triple fermented premium tobaccos from around the world; they are then artfully blended so as to satisfy the palate of the most discriminating cigar passionado. Following the release of Pistoff Kristoff the company is following things up with another stronger cigar. The Kristoff Vengeance will feature a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper over Indonesian binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic and […]
It’s 5’oclock somewhere is one of the most iconic phrases when it comes to drinking and it comes to us via Jimmy Buffet. Released at TAA earlier this year Vertigo partnered up with Jimmy Buffet to create a really cool line of lighters and ashtrays that you don’t need to be a parakeet to enjoy. Vertigo makes our favorite lighters in the industry with a big ass tank that might be rebranded to fat ass tank, […]
Sharing booth space with Serino Cigars was a company called Bespoke Cigars. For us its a company we didnt really know a lot about, which shows the importance of IPCPR. The company was founded in 1827 and according to the website the company has 5 lines of cigars, with at least one blended by Hendrik Kelner. While another comes to us from Don Olman Guzman in Costa Rica. The cigar blended by Hendrik Kelner at the […]