For General Cigar Co., IPCPR 2012 was about FOUNDRY and FOUNDRY. Or so was the case outside of the large booth of the company that...Read More

It’s been three years since Toraño announced it would be handling its own distribution as a result of CAO’s move to the General Cigar Co....Read More

For Altadis U.S.A., the 2012 IPCPR seemed to be an honest effort to improve the quality of its new products. Gone was the intense marketing focus...Read More

Pete Johnson sat down with halfwheel and talked a lot, and about all sorts of things—including the upcoming 10 year anniversary of Tatuaje. He also...Read More

Between AVO, Camacho, Davidoff, Griffin’s, Room101, Winston Churchill, Zino and the lesser talked about Oettinger Davidoff Group brands—every year will be a busy year for...Read More

Last year, I said, “too much.” This year? It was much of the same. There were a lot of products, although this year was noticeably...Read More

While last year Graycliff and Toraño were still in separate booths, their U.S. distribution was controlled solely by the latter. This year, both companies booths...Read More

The booth seemed bigger, and so did the crowd. Rocky Patel brought a host of new product to the show, and the retailers followed. While...Read More

The flagship brand of AGANORSA has had a busy time in the past year, including an entire shifting of production to Miami. IPCPR saw three...Read More

There were no surprises at IPCPR this year for My Father, largely because the Jaime Garcia Limited Edition 2012 shipped the week before. The focus...Read More

It finally arrived for the masses. After two soft releases, a name change and a delay, the Padrón 1964 No. 4 made its debut at...Read More