This year we didn’t sit down with with Steve Saka of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust until the 3rd day of IPCPR. He was self-deprecating as always, but you don’t have to brag when your booth is constantly full of people. Initially he was a little annoyed by the trade show venue change up, but after […]
IPCPR 2017: Nomad
It’s always fun stopping by to talk to Fred Rewey, owner of Nomad cigars and several entertaining social media accounts. If you can believe it, Fred’s been at it, doing cigars his way for five years now. To celebrate that significant accomplishment, he’s releasing five-year old Anniversary edition of the Classic Dominican Line in the […]
IPCPR 2017: United Cigar Group & Selected Tobacco
You can tell from the quiet introduction that our interview with Oliver Nivaud of United Cigar Group began the third day of IPCPR 2017 for us. Oliver gives the full tour of the product in the United booth, starting off with the Dos Hombres Cabinet. The Dos Hombres Cabinet is being relaunched with a Dominican […]
IPCPR 2017: Fratello
IPCPR: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Stogie Review. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new cigars, to seek out new herfs and new blends, to boldly smoke tobaccos no one has smoked before. Cue the music, we’re sitting down in the Fratello booth with the cigar world’s rocket scientist, Omar […]
IPCPR 2017: Crowned Heads
We caught up with a slightly tired Jon Huber in the cozy Crowned Heads booth nearing the end of day two at IPCPR this year. He shows us the popular new Four Kicks Maduro, which is the same blend as the original Four Kicks, except with a Connecticut Habano wrapper. Jon mentions another extension to […]
IPCPR 2017: CLE
We got off to a great start with Christian Eiroa in the CLE booth at IPCPR 2017 when I reminded him of an advertising campaign he’d rather forget. Moving on, we take a look at the new Eiroa The First 20 Years Colorado, a cigar Christian has wanted to make his entire career thus far. […]
IPCPR 2017: La Flor Dominicana
We met up with a very optimistic Antonio Gomez in the La Flor Dominicana booth at IPCPR 2017. He was quick to note how much more upbeat the atmosphere of the trade show was this year as compared to last. Of course, by the time we talked to him, they were on their second day […]
IPCPR 2017: Davidoff
In the Davidoff booth at IPCPR 2017 we met up with Charles Awad to take a tour of their latest products. He starts us off with the Winston Churchill The Late Hour. The cigar is a reference to the way Winston Churchill spent his late evenings. Charles tells us in the dark hours of the […]
IPCPR 2017: Royal Agio
The setup for Royal Agio was a little different at IPCPR 2017. When we met up with Boris Wintermans to talk, we did so in their own, dedicated booth. It marks a big change for Agio, this is their first year with their own organization in the U.S., and the beginning of a direct strategy […]
IPCPR 2017: Drew Estate – ACID & Larutan
In the opposite corner of the Drew Estate booth from Pedro we met up with Fabien Ziegler (aka Dirty Fabian) to talk about developments in the ACID department for IPCPR 2017. He revealed his devious plan to rock everyone’s world by introducing a Blue line blend with a candela wrapper leaf. Do not adjust your […]