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July 15, 2013

Oliva Serie V Melanio Maduro Torpedo (Prerelease)

Building upon the success of the Oliva Serie V Melanio, last December Oliva announced that they were working on an Oliva Serie V Melanio Maduro…

IPCPR 2013: Vato Cigars

We’ve been handed a lot of cigars, but only one booth has given us chocolate-covered bacon. Vato Cigars is based out of Binion’s in downtown…

IPCPR 2013: Nomad Cigar Co.

One of the seven House of Emilio brands, Nomad’s IPCPR 2013 was largely about going to Nicaragua. Brand owner Fred Rewey told halfwheel that he…

IPCPR 2013: Reinado

We’ve been asked quite a bit about “hidden gems” of the trade show, Reinado is the easiest thing to come up with even if it’s…

IPCPR 2013: Sindicato

Going into IPCPR, Sindicato was one of the big storylines: a group of retailers coming together to launch their own cigar company with former Altadis…

IPCPR 2013: Casa Fernandez

Casa Fernandez continues to grow its Miami-made portfolio, as they showed off a new regular production cigar and a limited edition stick. The Casa Fernandez…

IPCPR 2013: J. Fuego Cigars

The J. Fuego booth was fairly minimal, with four display cabinets containing the company’s trimmed, refreshed and rebranded offerings. Fuego recently trimmed some sizes and…

IPCPR 2013: Curivari

While they’ve been available in Europe since 2005, the U.S. presence of Curivari is fairly recent and still fairly limited. The booth seemed to be…

IPCPR 2013: La Cosecha Cigars Inc.

One of the new companies at the show is La Cosecha Cigars. Their initial release four months ago consists of the brand El Cuje with…

IPCPR 2013: Boveda

Boveda’s redesigned packaging from last year’s trade show is in full effect as the company’s new booth lines up with the light blue and browns…

Nica Rustica (Prerelease)

In case you missed it at the end of last week, we posted a news story for Drew Estate’s only entirely new brand they are releasing…