In the Illusione booth this year, Dion Giolito talks to us about the new OneOff and the history of the brand. Dion sought to create a cigar in keep with the spirit of the legendary original, but with his interpretation. It’s not meant to be a recreation of the original, tobacco and processes have changed […]
IPCPR 2018: J.C. Newman
It’s always fun to walk through the booth J.C. Newman shares with Arturo Fuente and look at the eye candy. It’s not a huge booth, but it takes a while to drink it all in. Though there is a lot to see, and plenty to talk about, Drew Newman wanted to focus our attention on […]
IPCPR 2018: Island Lifestyle Cigars
We visited with Ryan Frailing of Island Lifestyle Cigars about their new cigars and lighters. Their new cigar is a cost friendly cigar called the Island Club. They also release two new lighters. The first one is called the Rocker that is dual flame lighter with a 7mm punch built into the bottom retailing for […]
IPCPR 2018: Warped Cigars
We visit with Kyle Gellis of Warped Cigars about his upcoming new wine, Blue Monster. Also, we discuss the new cigar releases for 2018: Moon Garden, Serie Gran Reserva 1988, and La Relatos, which was originally one of Warped Cigar first releases called Anubis. We also get a sneak peak at a future cigar currently […]
IPCPR 2018: Davidoff Cigars
We sit down and talk to Eddie Simon and Dylan Austin of Davidoff Cigars about what is new for Davidoff in 2018. We talk about the new Master Blend Selection cigars, Chef cigar, as well at the new Diademas Finas. The Diademas Finas was released to celebrate Davidoff’s 50th anniversary. We also discuss with them […]
IPCPR 2018: La Flor Dominicana
In the La Flor Dominicana booth (or just outside it), the statuesque Antonio Gomez tells us that the company is taking it a little easy this year with the new releases. But they didn’t come to the trade show empty handed by any means. They’re offering, for your consideration, a new version of the “A” […]
IPCPR 2018: Crux
We dropped by the Crux booth again this year to get the scoop from Casey Haugen. We talk about the forthcoming Mexican San Andres-wrapped Epicure Galant (look for that in December), the fourth release of the Limitada PB5, and the third release the Limitada IPCPR blend. Crux is also introducing some quarterly release line extensions, […]
IPCPR 2018: AJ Fernandez
AJ Fernandez had a lot of product out on the trade show floor this year, and a good amount of it was on display in other booths. But Frankie Santos tells us the Ramon Allones on display in their booth is the most exciting blend they’re introducing this year. It’s a very limited cigar because […]
IPCPR 2018: Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust
It’s always a fun sitting down with Steve Saka of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust at IPCPR. And it was a very good show for the company again this year. After some hot hair talk, we get into the new extension to Todos Las Dias, a 6 x 46 “thick lonsdale” with more of an up-front […]
IPCPR 2018: Hoyo de Monterrey
We talk to Ed Lahmann again in the Hoyo de Monterrey section of the General Cigar booth, and he tells us about the third installment of La Amistad, the Black line. As with the previous La Amistad lines, this is also an AJ Fernandez blend. The star of the La Amistad Black’s three country blend […]