As per usual, the Foundation booth was constantly full of people, and full of a mixture of art and cigars. We grabbed a few minutes of Nick Melillo’s time to talk about the very limited Wise Man Maduro Lancero and the Tabernacle Havana Seed CT which features Cuban Seed Havana #142 tobacco. That tobacco is […]
IPCPR 2018: Curivari
This year at IPCPR Andreas Throuvalas shows us the latest Curivari releases. It isn’t a single cigar, instead it’s two different collections of their popular microblends. In the past, it has been difficult to track down all the different blends the company has released. These collections will allow fans an easy way to try them […]
IPCPR 2018: Micallef
We catch up on the latest Micallef cigar news with Steve Henrickson in this video. Steve tells us about the new cigar factory in Esteli, Nicaragua. And that’s good news for fans of their cigars. The increases in economies of scale mean that they’ve been able to reduce the price of the majority of their […]
IPCPR 2018: Illusione
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: 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: Gran Habano
George Rico catches us up on the latest Gran Habano news, including the new medium-bodied Blue in Green, the seriously aged Gran Reserva #5 2012, and the La Coleccion De Elegancia Corojo No. 5 Maduro, which is presented in a way reminiscent of the old Cuban sampler boxes from the 1980’s and 90’s.