IPCPR 2010: Illusione

After nearly causing me to go deaf the night before, Dion Giolito took me around the Illusione booth to go over the new releases and extensions. The Singularé is the new line, a limited 2010 release. The white bands made it impossible to photograph in the convention hall, but I tried my best. Extensions to his normal size included different wrappers and sizes. Dion told me his partnership with Jonathan Drew was going extremely well and they easily sold out of the first batch. Dion also had an unreleased cigar at the show that he was kind enough to include in The Twitter Brother’s of the Leaf Cocktail Hour media bags.

Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.