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Press Release: Rocky Patel Announces Nording 50th Anniversary Toro Grande

July 25, 2012 — Nording 50th Anniversary is a special edition cigar blended to celebrate world renowned pipe maker Erik Nording’s 50th year in the tobacco business. This is a very special blend that is medium- to full-bodied that has great balance & flavor. The medium- to full-bodied blend is balanced by an Ecuadorian Habano [...]

News: La Resolución Coming from Jameson at IPCPR

Brad Mayo’s Jameson Cigar Co. is planning another new addition for IPCPR, a single 5 x 50 Robusto for a new line—La Resolución. The line uses a Dominican wrapper and Dominican habano binder over American, Dominican and Nicaraguan fillers. The line will once again be made Luis Sanchez’s La Tradicion Cubana factory in the Dominican [...]

News: Eddie Ortega to Release “Dirty Dozen” Project in 2013

While he isn’t expected to be releasing any new projects at the upcoming IPCPR convention and trade show, Eddie Ortega is already working on a project that he says will launch in 2013. Named the “Dirty Dozen,” Ortega didn’t reveal much about the specifics other than that it’s a project that will have a new [...]

News: La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor Reserva Coming to IPCPR

Last week, select accounts were informed by Ashton of the new La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor Reserva. The line, which will debut at IPCPR, features a Mexican oscuro wrapper, as opposed to the San Andrés maduro on the regular Mi Amor. According to the printed sheet received by retailers there will be four box-pressed [...]

News: Arsen Cigars Confirms New Line to be Released at IPCPR

Arsen Cigars has confirmed that they will be debuting a new line, the Arsen Pink for Men, at the upcoming IPCPR convention and trade show in Orlando, FL. The new line uses tobacco from the Dominican Republic, with the wrapper a Habano HVA varietal, a Cuban seed from Pinar del Rio that has been grown [...]

News: The Sentinel Little Havana Series to Debut at the 2012 IPCPR

A limited release cigar that will honor and benefit the Sentinels of Freedom will debut at the IPCPR convention and trade show in Orlando, FL in August. The Sentinel – Little Havana Series – Ryan Job is a 6 x 52 Toro that is being manufactured at El Titan de Bronze in Miami, FL. The [...]

News: Litto Gomez Confirms Limitado V, Oro & More From LFD at IPCPR 2012

In an interview with David Jones of Tiki Bar Online, Litto Gomez spoke about three of his IPCPR plans: Limitado V, Oro and an extension to Ligero Cabinet Oscuro. A few months ago, Gomez told George Brightman Limitado V was coming—although the timeline wasn’t set entirely. The cigar will  in fact debut at IPCPR. For [...]

News: CAO Concert Headed to IPCPR

In a blog post on the official CAO website, a post confirming CAO’s next cigar, Concert, appeared earlier this morning. It confirmed the somewhat already-known: it’s the second entirely new blend since General Cigar Co. took over operations of CAO and it will debut at IPCPR 2012. The blog post reads: I can’t believe that [...]

Press Release: Gurkha Cigar Group to Release 125th Anniversary Cigar

July 23, 2012 (Miami, FL) — Gurkha Cigar Group, Inc, makers of the super premium cigar brand Gurkha, are proud to announce the momentous launch of the Gurkha 125th Anniversary Edition cigar, which will be unveiled at this year’s IPCPR trade show at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL on August 2-6, 2012. [...]

Press Release: XIKAR Introduces the New HC Habano² Cigar

July 22, 2012 (Kansas City, MO) – XIKAR, Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of cigar accessories and distributor of HC Series premium cigars is proud to announce the arrival of the new HC Habano2 (Habano-Squared),an addition to their HC Series line of cigars. Following the success of HC Series line, XIKAR introduces a new blend that [...]