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News: Toraño Salutem & LFC Headed to IPCPR 2012

Toraño will have a new line at the IPCPR trade show, Salutem. The new blend features an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper, Nicaraguan Jalapa binder, and a mix of Cameroon, Dominican Corojo and Estelí fillers. Sales representative Miguel Schoedel tweeted earlier this morning four sizes would be made: a Robusto Extra, Piramide, Toro Major and BFC (6 [...]

News: La Palina to Unveil KBII at IPCPR

Sources have confirmed that La Palina will be unveiling the new El Diario KBII, known as the ‘Kill Bill 2,’ at the upcoming IPCPR convention and trade show in Orlando next month. The new KBII will be a 6 x 40 and will come in 30-count cabinet boxes. MSRP for the new cigar has not [...]

News: Espinosa & Ortega Split Up EO Brands

Erik Espinosa and Eddie Ortega are back in control of the 601, Cubao, Murcielago and more—but EO Brands is officially done. Two weeks after Rocky Patel informed retailers the company would no longer be handling distribution of the EO marks, United Tobacco/EO Brands has been bought back by the duo, divided and dissolved. Espinosa and [...]

News: Viaje Adds Collector’s Edition & Changes to Oro/Platino to IPCPR Plans

Viaje’s IPCPR plans have already been well-documneted. Honey & Hand Grenades, a release that has been discussed since 2011, was hinted at in the shipment of the Super Shot 10 Gauge, when stickers reading “VIAJE HHG THE SHIV THE SHANK THE RAPIER IPCPR 2012″ were sent to retailers. Then, in mid-May, Andre Farkas showed off the [...]

News: Oliva Puts New Master Blends 3, Serie G & Serie V Sizes in Event Sampler

Oliva will be offering a new event sampler at select events later this year—all made up of specific cigars that have never been offered for sale previously. While the details are still being worked out, the sampler will debut sometime after the IPCPR show in August at certain, presumably larger, events. Like the Studio Tobac [...]

News: Ortsac 1962 Line Expands to Habano & Maduro

The Cigar Agency’s Ortsac brand is set for another expansion, this time two new lines for its Ortsac 1962 line, both debuting at IPCPR 2012. A Habano and Maduro version are both coming to the Ortasc 1962 line. According to Victor Vitale, both are being made in Honduras at Tabacalera Aguilar and both will receive [...]

News: Hammer + Sickle to Debut Hermeritage at IPCPR

Victor Vitale, who represents and owns a multitude of brands, outlined his plans for the IPCPR show across his array of labels, which include Hammer + Sickle, Ortsac and Tortuga. The Russian influence Hammer + Sickle is set for another year with an IPCPR release. Hammer + Sickle will debut Hermeritage, a new box-pressed line set [...]

News: Three New Sizes of Tortuga 215 Slated for IPCPR

Victor Vitale’s Legacy Brands Company’s Tortuga line will receive three extensions to its popular Tortuga Edición Limitada 2011 215 blend. The sizes are 6 x 48, 5 1/2 x 56 and a 6 x 60 — all of which Vitale says will be shown at IPCPR 2012. The 215 line debuted last year with three [...]

News: Drew Estate Releases Small Batch of Liga Privada Único Serie Ratzilla

Less than three weeks after offering the Ratzilla for sale for the first time at a Casa de Montecristo event, Jonathan Drew of Drew Estate confirmed a small quantity of cigars from a 2011 batch will be shipped out to various retailers across the country, including over 100 bundles for an event at Jeff Borysiewicz’s [...]

News: Republica Cigars’ Debut Rapture Set for IPCPR

As was mentioned yesterday, Republica Cigars will be launching its first line, Rapture, at IPCPR 2012. The cigars are made at La Aurora’s E. León Jimenes Tabacalera factory in the Dominican Republic for Jason Holly, who also owns El Humidor in Northern Pennsylvania. Rapture uses a Cuban-seed Ecuadorian wrapper over a blend comprised of tobaccos from [...]