Tatuaje Ships TAA 2017 Nationally
A month after shipping the TAA 2017 to California retailers, Tatuaje is shipping the cigars to stores nationwide. The company sent this year’s exclusive for…
IPCPR 2017: S.T.Dupont
The S.T.Dupont booth is the epitome of my IPCPR Convention & Trade Show: beauty, chaos, excitement and frustration. I love the art behind so much…
IPCPR 2017: A.J. Fernandez
As I noted before the show, this was an interesting year for A.J. Fernández as a company. I wondered how retailers would react to the…
IPCPR 2017: De Los Reyes
Far and away, the most impressive display of merchandising I saw was at the De Los Reyes booth. The company added three cigars to its…
IPCPR 2017: Elie Bleu
I love going to the Elie Bleu booth, I hate covering it. There’s a lot of fun fawning over the new products from the iconic…
IPCPR 2017: Gurkha
The coordinated outfits at the trade show seem to have largely fallen by the wayside, but the day I stopped by the Gurkha booth was…
IPCPR 2017: White Hat Distribution
Nothing new from White Hat Distribution, the distribution company behind Hirochi Robaina’s HR line of cigars. That being said, I give them credit for its…
New Jersey Becomes Third State to Raise Tobacco Purchasing Age to 21
A year and a half after refusing to sign a tobacco purchasing age increase, Gov. Chris Christie did just that. Earlier today, Christie signed into…
IPCPR 2017: HVC Cigars
In the back left corner of the trade show floor was HVC Cigars. Reinier Lorenzo was showing off extensions to three of his existing brands, all…
Baracoa Cigar Co. Shuts Down, Cites FDA
Danny Vazquez has announced that he is shutting down Baracoa Cigar Co. In a letter, he cited uncertainty with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA)…
Rubio & Manchin Testify Against FDA Cigar Regulation
Today, at a hearing in the Senate Appropriations Committee, premium cigars received some bipartisan support. Sen. Marco Rubo, R-Fla, and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., both testified…
