In the second part of our Drew Estate booth tour, we talk to Josh Roque, Drew Estate’s Non-Traditional Brand Manager about new releases for Deadwood and Tabak Especial. Deadwood has expanded to include the new Fat Bottom Betty Toro vitola. And for Tabak Especial we check out the new Gorditos. They’re bigger than the name […]
IPCPR 2019: Foundation
It’s time for us to talk to Foundation’s Tobacco Güegüense, Nick Melillo in the shadow of the booth’s 13 foot tall pyramids. We start off talking about the new Highclere Castle Victorian, then we look at the lancero line extension for The Tabernacle Havana Seed #142 and then there’s the son of the wise man, […]
IPCPR 2019: Fratello
In our travels around the trade show floor on the third day we dropped by the Fratello booth to get the latest from our friend Omar de Frias. There’s a lot going on with Fratello this year, Omar is three new products, the diminutive Fratello Piccolo, the Navetta Inverso Boxer, and the Space Pack. There’s […]
IPCPR 2019: Joya de Nicaragua
In the Joya de Nicaragua section of the vast Drew Estate booth we talk to Andres Dietta about the new Connecticut wrapped Antaño CT, the Obras Maestros, the Numero Uno, a cigar that was originally created for Nicaraguan ambassadors, and finally the Cinco Décadas Fundador.
IPCPR 2019: Drew Estate
You know what you can always count on at IPCPR? You can count on Pedro Gomez to bring it with a smile. And bring it he does again in the Drew Estate booth. We talk about the rebirth of the BOTL (Brothers Of The Leaf) cigar as a brick and mortar exclusive and the new […]
IPCPR 2019: EP Carrillo Cigars
We stop by the EP Carrillo booth to talk with Ernesto Perez-Carrillo to discuss the new cigars for 2019.
IPCPR 2019: Southern Draw
We catch up with Robert Holt of Southern Draw to discuss the many new offerings from Southern Draw, including some line extensions and package rebranding.
IPCPR 2019: Crowned Heads
We meet up with Jon Huber of Crowned Heads to discuss the new La Coilicion, a collaboration between Jon Huber and Willy Herrera of Drew Estate, and Juarez cigars.
IPCPR 2019: RoMa Craft Tobac
In the RoMa Craft Tobac booth we did a little reminiscing about the good old days with Skip Martin, but then we cinched up our tactical video-enabled fanny packs and got to the business at hand. New cigars. Skip talks to us about the new Baka, the Whiskey Rebellion, the new limited edition Neanderthal LH, […]
IPCPR 2019: S.T. Dupont
Dropping by the S.T. Dupont section of the Davidoff booth is always exciting for us. It’s a visual exploration of cigar accessories can be artistically. In the past we’ve learned that a pen and a lighter can become a wild west revolver, this year we find out you can light a cigar with tap water. […]