I know you’ll all be surprised to learn this, but among the most popular posts in our annual IPCPR coverage is the Women of IPCPR series (previous editions: 2011 & 2010). Who would have guessed that cigar smokers also enjoyed looking at beautiful women? While in previous years these posts have taken the form of […]
CLE Cigar Co. (IPCPR 2012)
It is hard for my mind not to associate Christian Eiroa with any other company other than Camacho. I guess I need to retrain my brain because Christian’s new company, CLE Cigar Company appears to have poised itself to be a staying power with his debut at IPCPR 2012. If your brain needs to be […]
Erik Espinosa of Espinosa Cigars
On the second day of the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show in Orlando, Brian and I headed over to the Espinosa Cigars booth talk to Erik Espinosa. Erik was busy with a customer, so we talked with one of the reps in the booth. During our short conversation, a lot of the confusion I had about […]
Lou Rodriguez (IPCPR 2012)
During the second day of the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show in Orlando, Brian and I were walking around when we stumbled into the Lou Rodriguez booth. I’m not familiar with the brand, however, Brian seemed to be. After a little chit chat, we made arrangements to come back and do a quick video interview. One […]
Gurkha Cigars (IPCPR 2012)
Its been awhile since we caught up with Gurkha Cigars at IPCPR. Luckily our good friend Oliver Hyams is now the marketing guru (Oliver and I first met when he was with Toraño when Toraño was distributed by CAO) at Gurkha. Oliver is one of the friendliest faces you will meet and he is always […]
Drew Estate (IPCPR 2012)
The third and last video we shot at the Drew Estate booth at IPCPR. This one has Jonathan Drew taking the lead and showing us their entire line up of all things Drew Estate, including ACID. Great tour of everything Drew Estate has to offer the market today. Great quality information all presented in a […]
Ortsac (IPCPR 2012)
Victor Vitale makes his debut on Stogie Review at his Ortsac booth during IPCPR. Victor takes us through the Ortsac brand. I had a sample of the Ortsac San Andres that Victor was kind enough to send me a few months ago and it was dreamy. From some of the the other samples that Victor […]
Illusione (IPCPR 2012)
A man of few words. Dion Giolito of Illusione sits down and talks shop with Hewitt at IPCPR. Dion had an interesting booth where no cigars were displayed and he explains why. Did that stop retailers from lining up at his booth? Nope, not one bit. Interesting conversation and Dion didn’t shy away from answering […]
IPCPR 2012 After Parties
At the end of each long day spent hustling all over the IPCPR show floor, while Jerry and Walt (aka “the Golden Girls”) retired to their hotel room to edit video, put their hair up in curlers, and search for the bottom of a handle of Maker’s Mark, your humble correspondent and the incomparable Mr. […]
Team La Gloria (IPCPR 2012)
Coming off of their Top 25 showing in Cigar Aficionado it is interesting to see Team La Gloria would sit tight and enjoy the success of Rabito de Cochino or step it up a notch. This year Team La Gloria shows off their Trunk Show Series with two cigars, Liga YG-23 and Liga LR-1. The […]