One of the things I love about Chaim Kohn of Cigar Oasis is every time I talk to him he’s telling me about an improvement he’s made to one of his products. And I don’t just mean at the trade show. But IPCPR 2015 is the place where we got to see those improvements in […]
IPCPR 2015: Vivalo
Patrick Vivalo has been a friend of ours for a number of years. I still remember enjoying one of his first batches of Vivalo cigars a few trade shows ago, when he was still working for Rocky Patel. It was nice to see him setting out on his own at IPCPR 2015. In this video […]
IPCPR 2015: Altadis
You could have spent an hour checking out all the different lines of cigars in the Altadis USA booth at IPCPR 2015. Fortunately we had Janelle Rosenfeld, VP of Marketing for Altadis to give us a streamlined guide us through all their new releases. The resulting video is a little longer than most of our […]
IPCPR 2015: Blanco
We haven’t talked to David Blanco in quite a while, and he was quick to invite us into the Blanco booth for a chat. In this video we focus on the new American Legion cigar, for which Blanco donates the proceeds directly to the American Legion. He mentions work has also begun on a 100th […]
IPCPR 2015: Smoking Jacket
While I was in the Davidoff booth I spotted Hendrik Kelner, Jr. standing next to a Smoking Jacket display. It looked like he had a free moment, so I swooped in for a quick video. (I’m not sure if a guy my size can “swoop”, but let’s pretend.) In this video we talk about Kelner […]
IPCPR 2015: Dissident
Who doesn’t love a giant robot? That’s what I thought as I approached the Dissident booth at IPCPR 2015. I didn’t even know whose booth it was, I was going to investigate. After I checked out the robot, Red Ryan and Gweedo C told me about the new Soap Box Shift and the new Home. […]
IPCPR 2015: Fratello
We grabbed a few minutes of Omar de Frias’ time during his busy IPCPR 2015 trade show to talk about his new release, the Fratello Bianco.
IPCPR 2015: Camacho
It was impossible pass by the Davioff booth without stopping to check out what appeared to be a large open flame by the entrance. Inside, we ran into Dylan Austin of Director of Marketing for Davidoff, who gave us the rundown on all things Camacho. We covered the new Camacho American Barrel Aged, some themed […]
IPCPR 2015: Moneda de Cuba
It was early in the IPCPR 2015 and I was still getting my bearings. I walked down one of the aisles off the main corridor looking for a booth that was somewhere in the area when I ran into a friendly face. That face belonged to Chris Yarosz of Moneda de Cuba and he wanted […]
IPCPR 2015: Tabacalera El Artista
As I was wondering the long IPCPR 2015 trade show floor (seriously, it was like a mile long) I happened to walk by the Tabacalera El Artista booth. As I was passing by, I happened to see the Puro Ambar on their shelf. I’m not familiar with the cigar, but just the night prior a […]