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July 14, 2013

IPCPR 2013: Oliva & Padilla

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…

IPCPR 2013: SAG Imports

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…

IPCPR 2013: La Flor Dominicana

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…

IPCPR 2013: Crowned Heads

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…

IPCPR 2013: Nat Sherman

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….

IPCPR 2013: Fabricas Unidas

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…

IPCPR 2013: Villiger

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…

IPCPR 2013: Gurkha

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 Adds 6 x 60 Kuba Grande

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,…

IPCPR 2013: Ortega Cigar Company

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,…

IPCPR 2013: Padrón

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…