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Press Release: Gurkha Cellar Reserve Limitada to Unveil at IPCPR

May 17, 2013 (Tamarac, Fla.) — After much anticipation, the Gurkha Cigar Group is proud to announce that a special edition Cellar Reserve Limitada will unveil at this year’s IPCPR trade show in Las Vegas, NV! The Cellar Reserve brand has become one of the most successful cigar launches in the company’s history and has [...]

News: Oliva Delays Melanio Maduro Until IPCPR 2013

The Oliva Serie V Melanio Maduro, a follow-up to last year’s Serie V Melanio, has been delayed until July. A representative from the company told halfwheel the cigar is now set to debut at IPCPR 2013 in Las Vegas, Nev. Originally, the cigar was slated as a Father’s Day 2013 release. While no further details [...]

News: Toraño To Ship New Salutem Size This Week

Toraño will begin shipping the fifth size in their Salutem line this week, a 5 1/2 x 55 box pressed vitola called the Salutem Box Press. Miguel Schoedel, a sales representative for the company, posted this Tweet on Sunday evening: It’s official Salutem by Torano Family Cigar is releasing the 5.5×55 Box Press this week- [...]

Review: Ezra Zion Tantrum (Prerelease)

In July of 2012, the team behind cigar social networking site Cigar Federation launched a brand of their own, Ezra Zion. The brand’s two releases—Honor Series Reagan and Inception, now known as Jamais Vu—were received with general praise, including finishing 22nd on the halfwheel Consensus 2012. Now it’s time for the company’s new release, Tantrum. [...]

Review: Reinado Grand Empire Reserve Corona Gorda (Prerelease)

Of all of the 2012 releases from smaller manufacturers, the Reinado Grand Empire Reserve arguably received the most fanfare. For the past few month’s Antonio Lam has made it clear the line was likely to expand from the single 5 x 55 vitola it debuted in. Last week, Lam made the extensions official in an [...]

News: Nat Sherman Expanding Timeless Nicaragua with Three New Vitolas

Nat Sherman’s Nicaraguan Timeless Collection line will be adding three sizes in the weeks coming up to the 2013 IPCPR trade show, according to Michael Herklots, the company’s executive director of retail and brand development. The three new sizes, a 7 x 49 Churchill, 5 x 46 Corona and 6 x 52 Torpedo are “in aging” and will [...]

News: Reinado to Expand Grand Empire Line at IPCPR 2013

Reinado will be adding four more sizes to its popular Grand Empire line at this year’s IPCPR trade show and convention. Founder Antonio Lam told halfwheel the company will add a Corona Gorda (5 5/8 x 46), Toro (6 x 52), Gordo (6 x 60) and a limited edition Petit Lancero (6 x 38). Last [...]

News: Davidoff to Release Nicaraguan Puro

Davidoff is doing something that most in the cigar world thought they would never do: release a Nicaraguan puro. News of the new cigar, appropriately called the Davidoff Nicaragua, was released in the April 9, 2013 issue of Cigar Insider. It is scheduled to be released at the upcoming IPCPR Convention and Trade Show being held in [...]

News: Casa Fernandez Planning 35th Anniversary Limited Edition, Box Pressed Reserva Maduro

Casa Fernandez is finalizing plans on a limited edition cigar that will debut at the upcoming IPCPR trade show and celebrate the 35th anniversary of the company. Paul Palmer, president of Casa Fernandez/Tabacalera Tropical,  said that the cigar, which will be known as the Casa Fernandez 35th Anniversary, will be a 6 1/2 x 54 [...]

News: RoMa Craft Tobac Announces Limited Edition CRAFT Series for IPCPR 2013

Earlier today, Skip Martin of RoMa Craft Tobac announced the company’s newest project, CRAFT 2013 La Campaña de Panamá Soberana. The announcement was made on halfwheel’s forum. Martin described CRAFT as a new line of annual limited releases, the first of which will debut at IPCPR. La Campaña de Panamá Soberana is the first of [...]