IPCPR 2019

The final day of the trade show is traditionally a slow one, so I found Gran Habano president George Rico sitting with the gentlemen from…

La Palina always seems to have at least one new product to show off at the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show every year, but this…

Over half of the companies surveyed by halfwheel have indicated they do not have faith in the leadership of the IPCPR/PCA to operate and grow the…

While the big news for La Familia Robaina right before the show was a name change from White Hat Cigars, the company was selling a…

Owner of Antigua Esteli Art Garcia was excited to talk about his new products and was certainly pumped up that his booth had won the…

The CLE booth is a bright white shining beacon on the show floor, and being hard to miss, that’s a good thing for attracting retailers….

Thursday night, i.e. the night before the trade show started, I got an email from Benchmade, the famed American knifemaker. Last year, the company introduced…

Lars Tetens is back. No frills or tassels, according to the marketing materials. But there was a walled-off section of the Alec Bradley booth dedicated…

As was the case in 2018, Matilde did not have anything new to show off at during the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show this year….

The Vintage Rock-a-Feller booth was located towards the back of the show, and while the layout remained the same as in recent years with a…

After having a fairly big year in terms of new cigars at the 2017 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show—that was the year the company released…