MORE NEW CIGARS

I’m just coming down off the high of the IPCPR Cigar Trade Show in Orlando Florida. This week long parade of new cigars and accessories literally had my head spinning. As a buyer for one of, if not the largest selling shops in the world, can you just imagine what I go through? Everyone is excited about their new brands and new items and so am I, but when you take thousands of new products and put them all together and are force fed them by some of the best salesman in the country one after one, day after day, something gets lost. Ten cigars in by noon on day one will make what seems to be paradise into brutally obnoxious. And some great new cigars are wasted on me…

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Cigar Secrets!

We light up the Recluse by Iconic Leaf Cigar Company, and maybe the BEST cigars Dave’s ever smoked…Plus lots of Secrets are told from deep within the industry…

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Cigar Journal Magazine presented its annual Cigar Trophies during the IPCPR trade show.

The event which featured Ruta 6, the latin music sensation was attended by over 200 of the premium cigar industry’s biggest names and most prolific cigar makers. The ceremony was presented by Chief Editors Colin Ganley and Reinhold Widmayer.

Guests enjoyed Champagne and a selection of the cigars that won Cigar Trophies in 2012.

The winners included:…

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Is it day three already?

I personally hold a few roles here at the cigar trade show and thought I could easily wrap up the day here on the blog.  As a retailer and The Cigar Authority I have been putting in 20 hour days.  There is no time to prepare for this blog and do it proper justice today.Yesterday was a not stop world-win as it has been since arriving.  20 hour days of fun and work…or has it […]

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Day One of IPCPR

First off, the day started with a Cigar Breakfast at 8am. Industry updates were followed by recogition to the lobbing efforts of some great retailers including

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