July 14, 2013

Oliva’s booth is back with a new look, the addition of Padilla. This is an ultra-quiet year for a company that doesn’t normally announce a…

Like most manufacturers at the show this year, SAG Imports looked much like it had in recent years, and a conversation with Terence Reilly revealed…

While it wasn’t stated outwardly, there seemed to be a bit of a hint that La Flor Dominicana is evolving, as some new cigars debuted…

After debuting last year in a two-space, side-by-side booth, Crowned Heads moved into E.P. Carrillo’s booth this year, though Jon Huber said that the move…

We’ve seen the Nat Sherman booth a few times over the past years, between previous years’ IPCPR trade shows and the 2013 TPE trade show….

Christian Eiroa needs a bigger booth. Not only is the company expanding, but the traffic was noticeably increased from last year and very difficult to…

Villiger’s big story this year is that they’re celebrating their 125 year anniversary. Not only have they expanded their booth this year, but they’ve expanded…

Gurkha’s Juan Lopez told me yesterday the company had 39 individual SKUs, which is a lot. Lopez was right, the booth tour around Kaizad Hansotia’s…

Drew Estate’s Kuba Kuba is getting a big brother. The 6 x 60 size might be the quitest of Drew Estate’s four new show products,…

The Ortega Cigar Co. booth was fairly relaxed when we stopped by, with a couple of couches and just a handful of products on display,…

Padrón rolled out the same booth that we’ve seen for the past couple of years, which just like the brand, has an almost understated class…