IPCPR 2017

After missing an appointment, I made a third trip to the J.C. Newman booth to finally cover the company’s new products just before the company…

Nestled at a table in the Davidoff of Geneva USA booth lies Hendrik Kelner Jr. The son of the famous Davidoff production head, Kelner Jr. runs his…

In a year that is notably quiet on the anniversary front, Viaje celebrated its 10th anniversary, but you’d likely only know that if you were…

This was the third year for Nicholas Melillo’s Foundation Cigar Co. at the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, and the company had a couple of new…

A big company such as Altadis U.S.A. is bound to have a big booth and a fair number of new products, both of which are…

Another new company at this year’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Jeremy Jack Cigars is a project from Wyoming-based retailer Brady Hayek. The brand is debuting five different lines, all…

It’s somewhat challenging to imagine that Tatuaje once occupied one half of the space of the My Father Cigars, Inc. booth. Up until last year,…

After introducing 10 new lines and discontinuing four others at last year’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, E.P. Carrillo is keeping it a bit more low key…

I am pretty sure Brian Burt spent about 25x the amount of time I spent in the booth, but here’s my thoughts on Royal Agio….

Asylum Cigars was nestled right in the heart of the new CLE booth, with the display towering high above our heads with their logo easily…

While companies like Alec Bradley and Drew Estate somewhat publicly shipped product a year ago with the intent of releasing it in larger and formal…