Winner of the award for best booth placement at IPCPR goes to A.J. Fernandez, which was literally right behind the entrance. This year the booth was bigger, a lot bigger than Las Vegas, a good representation of the company who introduced San Lotano only two years ago.

A J Fernandez Booth

Pinolero Box

Pinolero Bundle

Pinolero
This year was the year of Pinolero. Six sizes with both boxes and bundles being shown. Details are here.

San Lotano Connecticut 6 x 60
Clay Roberts told us there were a couple hundred bundles made of the Gordo size. They weren’t on display, but are shipping soon.

New Factory
Opens later this year.

Drew Estate is the official sponsor of halfwheel’s live coverage of IPCPR 2012:

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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.