IPCPR 2018: American Caribbean Cigars S.A.
If you haven’t heard of American Caribbean Cigars S.A., you’ve certainly heard of brands that have had cigars made there at some point or another,…
American Caribbean’s Bella Mundo Debuting at IPCPR 2018
American Carribean Cigars’ second new cigar for 2018 will be Bella Mundo. The three-size line uses a Cuban-seed Brazilian wrapper over a Sumatra binder and…
American Caribbean Cigars Adding The Bouncer at IPCPR 2018
American Caribbean Cigars, best known for its eponymous cigar factory in Estelí, is expanding its line of cigar offerings at next month’s IPCPR Convention &…
Gurkha Announces First TAA Exclusive Release
For the first time in its history, Gurkha Cigar Group, Inc. will offer an exclusive cigar to retail members of the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA)….
Gurkha Havana Legend Toro (2017)
By now, the idea of seeing old cigar brands return to the market should not be a new one; with the U.S. Food & Drug…
Gurkha Cancels Plans to Acquire American Caribbean Cigars Factory
Gurkha’s planned acquisition of American Caribbean Cigars is no more. Last May, the company announced plans to acquire the Estelí, Nicaragua-based factory that is responsible…
Graded: The Ten Questions for 2017
Another year almost over, another Ten Questions to grade. As loyal readers of the site are aware, my colleague Charlie Minato wraps up each year…
IPCPR 2017: Vintage Rock-A-Feller Cigar Group
This past January, Vintage Rock-A-Feller Group was sold to Kevin Schweitzer, making this his first trade show at the helm of the company. Schweitzer kept…
Rock-A-Feller Gold Series
Although you many not heard of the Vintage Rockefeller Cigar Group cigar brand, you have probably heard about some of the people that started it. When…
Gurkha Cigars to Acquire American Caribbean Cigars
For as many cigars as Gurkha Cigars has in its vast portfolio, there was one fairly key piece missing in the company’s operation: a factory…
Gurkha Jubilee
As the cigar industry turned its eyes to the new year, in December 2016 Gurkha turned its eyes to the re-release of a cigar from…