IPCPR 2011: Gurkha
Things seem to be changing at Gurkha, and the IPCPR show was a sign of that. The glitz that one comes to expect, just wasn’t…
IPCPR 2011: P.G. Cigars
Over the past few months Paul Garmirian Cigars has become a fairly covered branded on TheCigarFeed, so it should come as no surprise that they…
IPCPR 2011: EloGio
One of the busiest booths of the show? EloGio. The boutique’s tiny booth was jammed pack with retailers making it near impossible to get the…
IPCPR 2011: Rocky Patel
And the most buzzed about cigar on the trade show floor…? The Rocky Patel 50th. It’s a bit shocking even to me given what else…
IPCPR 2011: E.P. Carrillo
Top to bottom, there’s no competition, it’s E.P. Carrillo. Simply put, there is not a cigar brand that puts out a better portfolio than E.P….
IPCPR 2011: La Aurora and Miami Cigar & Co.
Too much. In a year were many manufacturers made it very clear they were aware of the amount of new releases collectively, Miami Cigar &…
IPCPR 2011: Toraño & Graycliff
I suspect there shall be a lot more grouping of these two companies together in the future, and as far as the trade show was…
IPCPR 2011: La Flor Dominicana
No surprises, I mean… literally no surprises. All of LFD’s newest releases were known a few weeks before, which isn’t exactly the style that Litto…
IPCPR 2011: Cigar Family
Where was Casa Cuba? I apologize to all of the Fuente/Newman employees that had to answer that question. There was more in the Cigar Family…
IPCPR 2011: Quesada
I saw Terence Reilly pretty early into my stay into Vegas. I had a good conversation with one of the key players at Quesada/MATASA/SAG Imports,…
IPCPR 2011: Oliva Cigar Co.
Publicly, the biggest news regarding Oliva and the 2011 IPCPR was the court order that prevented former employee Sam Leccia from attending the trade show….
