Espinosa Ships Warhead II
The latest version of the 601 La Bomba Warhead is headed to stores. On Monday, the company began shipping the Warhead II, a cigar that debuted…
Weekly News (July 28, 2014)
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IPCPR 2014: Oettinger Davidoff AG
There was no big Davidoff Nicaragua launch. No reintroduction of Camacho. No Avo Uvezian. In many ways, the Davidoff booth felt less spectacular than in…
IPCPR 2014: Dante
While there may have not been an abundance of new product on display at the IPCPR trade show, Mo Fakhro and Michael Huff have plenty in…
IPCPR 2014: Rocky Patel
After covering Rocky Patel for the last five years, there are two things that have been hallmarks of the company’s trade shows each year. One,…
IPCPR 2014: Las Cumbres Tabaco
It’s hard to consider José Blanco “new” when it comes to anything regarding the cigar business. When one looks up “cigar industry veteran”—it seems almost…
IPCPR 2014: Arturo Fuente & J.C. Newman
After a few years of a lot of new product from Arturo Fuente and J.C. Newman, the two family-owned companies seemed focused on things other…
IPCPR 2014: Ashton
If you were hoping to find a new inexpensive Ashton product at this year’s IPCPR convention and trade show, you should keep looking. The company…
IPCPR 2014: HVC
This was the second trade show for Reinier Lorenzo’s HVC and the place where the company’s first non-AGANORSA produced line debuted. More importantly, the company has…
IPCPR 2014: Daniel Marshall
While the music was not the loudest—that honor once again went to Drew Estate—Daniel Marshall was the only company with a live rapper in its…
IPCPR 2014: Cubanacan
For Cubanacan, there was one name being talked about at the 2014 IPCPR convention and trade show, Hirochi Robaina. The grandson of the legendary Cuban…
