Earlier today, attorneys for three cigar trade groups and three Texas-based cigar businesses filed a motion to throw out a May court decision that would...Read More

JRE Tobacco Co’s booth is the same elongated layout it has had in the past, and while it was tucked away over on the side...Read More

Caldwell Cigar Co had a couple of surprises this year, along with some new packaging and another collaboration between Robert Caldwell, Matt Booth and Abdel...Read More

After resurrecting a brand that was thought to be dead at last year’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Illusione had three more tricks up its...Read More

Jas Sum Kral isn’t allowed to have one of their new products at the show, but it is still proudly advertising it. Riste Risteski was...Read More

One of the more surprising success stories of the last few years has been Toscano. The Italian cigarmaker—a completely different subset of products compared to most the cigars you read about on this website—is distributed by Miami Cigar & Co. and doing well. While in the booth, I overheard a rather prominent retailer remarking how […]Read More

After showing off three brand new cigars at last year’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, things are a quite a bit less frantic for Crux...Read More

Over the past year or so, the Casa Cuevas name has been appearing on more and more retail shelves, and this year the company is...Read More

I had been meaning to get to the Boveda booth each day of the trade show. It’s quite dry in Las Vegas and it’s not...Read More

My bag for IPCPR 2019 is virtually identical to what I used to cover the 2018 trade show. I’ve actually reduced a few items but...Read More

The 2019 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show is almost over, and I am the last one from the halfwheel team to post a recap. While...Read More