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News: La Sirena (Updated)

One of many announcements out of the IPCPR show from Miami Cigar & Co. was the La Sirena. A revival of an older brand, but a completely new blend. I smoked one shortly after the show and did a Twitter mini-review, but Twitter has lost that. Anyways, after the jump, pics and details of the [...]

News: La Aurora 107 Lancero Confirmed

First off, I apologize for the lack of updates, the hotel WiFi is awful. Straight from Mr. Jason Wood’s Twitter account, it’s confirmed – the La Aurora 107 Lancero is happening. Unfortunately, we’ll have to wait a bit, but it’s coming. I spoke to Mike from Buckhead Cigar and he confirmed that the first sampling, even [...]

Press Release: Drew Estate Releases the Liga Privada Único Serie “Dirty Rat”

Miami, FL – Drew Estate officially announced its intent to release into the market the much-heralded “Dirty Rat” during the IPCPR 2010 trade show as the first cigar within its new Liga Privada Único Serie. Único, which translates to “unique”, will be a new line of special cigars that fit in neither the existing No. 9 nor [...]

Press Release: Berger & Argenti Entubar QUAD Maduro

I had the chance to sit down with Mike Argenti of the Berger & Argenti company and we talked about the new releases. There were a couple including the Entubar QUAD MADURO. ENTUBAR® QUAD MADURO LIGHTS UP IPCPR NEW ORLEANS MIAMI – Berger & Argenti Premium Cigars announced the debut of ENTUBAR® QUAD MADURO at [...]

Editorial: The Future of the IPCPR Show & A Lot of Other People

A couple of disclaimers: This was my first IPCPR. I’ve been immersed in the “industry” for only a couple of months, but it’s been a heavy immersion. My background is a decent amount of time in the tech world and so my views come primarily from there although trying to adapt them to a vastly [...]

Weekly News (August 16, 2010)

As was expected, New York’s new tobacco tax isn’t working out as well as planned. Just because Habanos lost one lawsuit, doesn’t mean they can’t start another. As if that’s not enough, your IPCPR releases (and a special surprise) after the jump:

IPCPR 2010: Davidoff

No disrespect toward anyone else, but the folks at Davidoff were some of the nicest at the show. Danielle and Michael made themselves and their product accessible, perhaps like no other, and Danielle’s tour through the booth was extensive to say the least. There are a lot brands in the Davidoff family and there were [...]

IPCPR 2010: La Flor Dominicana

I don’t really have a clue what was new, but Litto Gomez brought out plenty of cool stuff for the show…

IPCPR 2010: J.C. Newman

I had the chance to sit down and talk to Eric Newman, grandson of Julius Newman, and discuss the new releases, history of the company and the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation. J.C. Newman had two new releases: the Mighty Mighty (an extension of the Brickhouse line) and the Julius Caeser (yes, that is spelled correctly) [...]

IPCPR 2010: Viaje

Stopping by Mr. Farkas’ booth revealed quite a few new products, which isn’t shocking given that the company’s core line accounts for so little of their overall production. I’m not complaining. Viaje showed off the Satori, a new line billed as a “no corner cut” cigar, even to the extent that the boxes were produced [...]