In another section of the Drew Estate booth we talked to Philip Zanghi, founder of Debonaire House about he brought to IPCPR 2017. Because this is his first time talking to us on camera, he starts us off with a quick introduction to the Debonaire House product line. First is Indian Motorcycle, which he describes […]
IPCPR 2017: Joya de Nicaragua
Once again this year, Joya de Nicaragua held court over a sizable section of the massive Drew Estate booth. We caught up with a very busy Juan Martínez to get the IPCPR 2017 scoop. He starts off by telling us that Joya de Nicaragua is turning 50 next year, and they’re very excited about that. […]
IPCPR 2017: Drew Estate – FSG
This is the interview I’ve been looking forward to doing ever since I learned Florida Sun Grown tobacco existed on a Cigar Safari trip years ago. You might know Jeff Borysiewicz as the founder of Corona Cigar Company in Orlando, Florida, or for his involvment with CRA. But today we’re talking to Jeff Borysiewicz, the […]
IPCPR 2017: AJ Fernandez
In this video Justin Holman steps out from behind the camera to talk to Frankie Santos about what’s new with AJ Fernandez for IPCPR 2017. Frankie gets us started with the New World Puro Especial, which joins the existing Maduro and Connecticut blends of the New World line. All tobacco going into this new blend […]
IPCPR 2017: Humi-Care
In the back corner of the General Cigar booth was a display of Humi-Care accessories. I’m not familiar with Humi-Care, so I talked the guy at the display into telling us a little about what they brought to the show. He shows us the clever humidification product called Black Ice. It looks like your standard […]
IPCPR 2017: CAO
Up next in the General Cigar IPCPR 2017 tour was CAO, and Rick Rodriguez was our guide through the metaphorical jungle of the latest CAO cigar releases. The latest is the Amazon Anaconda, the final part of the Amazon Trilogy. The first part being the Amazon Basin and the second the Fuma Em Corda, which […]
IPCPR 2017: Toraño
While making the rounds in the General Cigar booth we stopped to have a word with Jack Toraño about the colorful world of Toraño cigars. He shows us the new Yellow and Blue additions to the Vault line. The Blue features and Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper, a Connecticut Broadleaf Binder and a three country filler that […]
IPCPR 2017: La Gloria Cubana
This we talked to Yuri Guillen about the latest developments with La Gloria Cubana. If he looks familiar to you, you might be remembering him from part two of our General Cigar Factory Tour from earlier this year. Yuri is the production manager for the vast General Cigar factory in the Dominican Republic. At IPCPR […]
IPCPR 2017: Cohiba
We always look forward to talking to Sean Williams at IPCPR, this we found him representing Cohiba at the front of the General Cigar booth. Cohiba is a popular brand, and Sean’s a popular guy, and he was busy every time I passed. Clearly General made a good call making him the Cohiba Brand Ambassador. […]
IPCPR 2017: Hoyo de Monterrey
This year at IPCPR 2017 Ed Lahmann gives us the scoop on the latest Hoyo De Monterrey news. And the latest word is that collaboration Hoyo de Monterrey started last year with A.J. Fernandez continues this year with the new Hoyo La Amistad Silver. This medium-full cigar is made of all Habano-seed tobacco, with a […]