La Sonrisa was back this year, with a couple of new things and a surprise award. While I was covering the booth, the IPCPR team…

As PDR Cigars hits its 15th anniversary, the company is in the early stages of a bit of a reboot, and there was one word…

While Vector KGM offers a range of accessories, including cutters, ashtrays, humidors, travel cases and more, the company seems to be best known for its…

The Lotus Group not only brought a number of new cigar accessories to the trade show floor, but a fairly new partnership with the Margaritaville…

7-20-4 had a few interesting things at the show: a rebranding, a reintroduction and a cigar old enough to drink alcohol. Owner Kurt Kendall gave…

There are fewer public places to light up in Sherrill, N.Y. after the city council expanded its existing smoking ban to include all parks and…

While there are seemingly always a lot of companies to watch at the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, the big companies are almost always on…

Sinistro Cigars is a cigar company based in Glendale, Calif., with founder James Agopian having experience in both the brand ownership as well as retail,…

Launched in 2016 by Spence Drake, White Hat Distribution is perhaps best known for distributing Hirochi Robaina’s H.R. cigars, a brand that just saw a…

If you walked into the Altadis U.S.A. booth and didn’t know better, you’d assume that Boutique Blends and its now signature Aging Room line was…

If Matt Booth was back last year, he’s really back this year, starting with his own booth—last year he was in the Caldwell booth—and not just…