IPCPR 2015: Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Co.
In the Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Co booth there’s not much branding to define it as such. Island Jim seems to dominate the booth with…
IPCPR 2015: Graycliff Cigar Company
For the last few years, Graycliff’s trade show has been lackluster. There’s been a lack of new lines, a booth that has shrunk in size…
IPCPR 2015: 7-20-4
Kurt Kendall’s 7-20-4 booth was tucked away towards the back, but they had some nice branded flags sticking up making it quite a bit easier to…
IPCPR 2015: Arturo Fuente & J.C. Newman
The Arturo Fuente/J.C. Newman booth was as boisterous as ever, with cheerful music playing and plenty of beautiful cigars and accessories to look at. All…
IPCPR 2015: Ezra Zion
There’s a lot going on at Ezra Zion: new look, new technology, new product categories, etc. Most importantly, the company did have a new cigar, albeit…
IPCPR 2015: Hammer + Sickle
For a company that has a decidedly Russian symbol for its brand, their booth was very Scottish themed this year and quite hard to miss….
IPCPR 2015: Blue Mountain Cigars
While Blue Mountain Cigars booth was towards the back of the show, in a smaller booth, they certainly go big with their cigar line names. With…
IPCPR 2015: Nomad Cigar Co.
Nomad Cigar Co. had one new release at the show, but it was quite an extensive one. And while it wasn’t a dog, it did have…
IPCPR 2015: De Los Reyes
Last year, it was Royal Gold and Corporación Cigar Export, this year, if you wanted to find Saga cigars, you had to go to a booth…
IPCPR 2015: Guayacan
Once again, Guayacan was consistently busy, only finally allowing me some of Noel Rojas’ time first thing in the morning on Day 4. While all of…
IPCPR 2015: Cornelius & Anthony
The Cornelius & Anthony booth wasn’t just cigars, a fact national sales director Spence Drake readily admitted wasn’t ideal. Cornelius & Anthony is part of S&M…
