August 13, 2012 Charlie Minato IPCPR 2012

IPCPR 2012: Oliva

For the first time in five years, Oliva added a new eponymous regular production line; it just wasn’t readily available on the floor of IPCPR. Outside of that, it was another year of small changes for the company which also has Cain and NUb to round out its portfolio; and it was another year of a busy booth.

Oliva Booth 1

Oliva Booth 2

Oliva Booth 3

The Booth
No major changes. But the Studio Tobac SVT Raptor was left in the parking lot, freeing up a lot of space in the back half of the booth.

Oliva Serie V Melanio Boxes

Oliva Serie V Melanio
Easily one of the stand-outs from IPCPR. Details covered in the review here. The initial batch was sold-out before the show opened.

Cain Sampler 2012

NUb Sampler 2012

STUDIO TOBAC Samplers
Oliva reworked samplers for both Cain and NUb. The former adds the original Cain F 550 Robusto back into availability. According to Oliva, the initial batch of samplers will include cigars rolled as part of the original production, i.e. from 2009. The new NUb sampler now features four cigars and cutter.

Overall Score

Cain IPCPR 2012 NUb Oliva Oliva Family of Cigars STUDIO TOBAC
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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.

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