CLE and Grace Sotolongo to Release Cigar
In a bit of show-floor news, Christian Eiroa and his most recent hire, Grace Sotolongo, have been sharing the news that they will be collaborating…
IPCPR 2013: Sindicato
Going into IPCPR, Sindicato was one of the big storylines: a group of retailers coming together to launch their own cigar company with former Altadis…
IPCPR 2013: Casa Fernandez
Casa Fernandez continues to grow its Miami-made portfolio, as they showed off a new regular production cigar and a limited edition stick. The Casa Fernandez…
IPCPR 2013: J. Fuego Cigars
The J. Fuego booth was fairly minimal, with four display cabinets containing the company’s trimmed, refreshed and rebranded offerings. Fuego recently trimmed some sizes and…
IPCPR 2013: Curivari
While they’ve been available in Europe since 2005, the U.S. presence of Curivari is fairly recent and still fairly limited. The booth seemed to be…
IPCPR 2013: SAG Imports
Like most manufacturers at the show this year, SAG Imports looked much like it had in recent years, and a conversation with Terence Reilly revealed…
IPCPR 2013: La Flor Dominicana
While it wasn’t stated outwardly, there seemed to be a bit of a hint that La Flor Dominicana is evolving, as some new cigars debuted…
IPCPR 2013: Crowned Heads
After debuting last year in a two-space, side-by-side booth, Crowned Heads moved into E.P. Carrillo’s booth this year, though Jon Huber said that the move…
IPCPR 2013: Nat Sherman
We’ve seen the Nat Sherman booth a few times over the past years, between previous years’ IPCPR trade shows and the 2013 TPE trade show….
IPCPR 2013: Ortega Cigar Company
The Ortega Cigar Co. booth was fairly relaxed when we stopped by, with a couple of couches and just a handful of products on display,…
IPCPR 2013: Padrón
Padrón rolled out the same booth that we’ve seen for the past couple of years, which just like the brand, has an almost understated class…