More developments with Hoyo de Monterrey at IPCPR / PCA this year, and Ed Lahmann joins us again this year to tell us all about it. In this video we discuss the importance of the brand, particularly the Hoyo Dark Sumatra in cigar culture, and the release of the new La Amistad Dark Sumatra another […]
IPCPR 2019: Cohiba
It’s always great to catch up with Sean Williams. We kicked off our annual tour of the General Cigar booth in the Cohiba section, where Sean gave us the scoop in the 2019 release of the Cohiba Spectre, a follow-up to last year’s inaugural release of the very limited, super-premium cigar. It may share the […]
IPCPR 2019: Miami Cigar and La Aurora
A trip to the Miami Cigar booth means a tour of the latest La Aurora and Toscano products in addition to the latest from Nestor Miranda. This year Nate McIntyre shows us new limited edition Toscano Stilnovo, the Tatiana Harvest Moon, the return of the Don Lino Africa as a box-pressed cigar made by AJ […]
IPCPR 2019: Mombacho
We catch up with Claudio Sgroi in the Mombacho booth to hear about the new very limited Cosecha 2014, a Nicaraguan puro that has been aged for four years. Also there’s the Casa Favilli another Nicaraguan puro, but this one featuring a Nicaraguan broadleaf. And then there’s Diplomatico by Mombacho, a cigar collaboration with Diplomatico […]
IPCPR 2019: A.C.E. Prime
It’s hard to where to begin on the first day of the trade show. So we got started with the letter ‘A’. That lead us to Luciano Meirelles in the A.C.E. Prime booth, and NBA stars Dominique Wilkins and Tiago Splitter. In this video we get to know A.C.E. Prime, how Dominique Wilkins and Tiago […]
IPCPR 2019 Recap
With IPCPR 2019 in the books, Brian and Ben sit down to discuss the trade show and some of their favorite moments.
Day One at IPCPR 2019
Day one of what is now the last IPCPR, as next year it becomes PCA/CigarCon is just about over. With absolutely no scientific backing, the show felt a bit lighter attendance wise. Could be just day one, but usually the first two days are the busiest. Retailers tend to get in, get their orders done […]
Red Meat Lovers by Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust
Smoke Inn has introduced their 12th microblend release with the Red Meat Lovers cigar blended by Steve Saka of Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust. Named after the famed Red Meat Lover’s Club in South Florida, Steve blended the cigar to be a perfect accompaniment to a huge steak dinner. Steve tried several wrappers and eventually decided […]
Diesel Whiskey Row Sherry Cask Robusto
Diesel Cigars and Rabbit Hole Bourbon have teamed up again to collaborate on another cigar called the Diesel Whiskey Row Sherry Cask. The Diesel Whiskey Row Sherry Cask follows the very successful Diesel Whiskey Row which was a huge success in the retail market. Both cigars are part of the new cigar lines by Diesel […]
San Pedro de Macoris Nicaragua Robusto
We continue our San Pedro de Macoris reviews with the Nicaragua this week. This is the other new release from this year that accompanied the Sun Grown. The blend and binder are the same, but feature a Nicaraguan Habano wrapper. Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican Size: 5 1/8 x 52 Vitola: Robusto MSRP: […]