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News: Crowned Heads Slates “Project HG” For IPCPR 2012

Crowned Heads announced a formal code to its new non-Four Kicks line, “Project HG.” In an e-mail sent out earlier today, Jon Huber reiterated that this brand would be separate from Four Kicks and would initially debut in 2012 in one size. He also added that the hope is to debut the cigar at IPCPR [...]

News: Pinar del Rio Launches Small Batch Reserve and Flores & Rodriguez Lines

Pinar Del Río will be releasing four new cigars in the coming months, confirming speculation that the company would be adding to their portfolio after a blurry photo started circulating around the internet. This photo, tweeted by Tim Podwika of PodmanCigars.com, shows the four new offerings from PDR. The Small Batch Reserve, pictured in the [...]

News: Emilio Cigars Rebrands Grimalkin to La Musa, Announces Three Blends

Earlier this morning, Gary Griffith of Emilio Cigars announced that Grimalkin’s new name would be La Musa by Emilio Cigars. For the past month or so it has been known that Grimalkin’s name would be changing, yet it was unclear as to what. Gary explained the reason for the change on his blog, stating: I [...]

IPCPR 2011 Recap

It’s only about a week late, but that will fit in nicely with an overview of the IPCPR trends. It was a good show and it definitely leaves me feeling uneasy about whether or not Orlando is ready for next year, but, time will tell. Lots of drama before, particularly on the new media side [...]

IPCPR 2011: Davidoff Group

There are a lot of new faces at Davidoff, a lot. Some are formal additions like Matt Booth and Dylan Austin, who moved Room 101 and Camacho into the maze that was the winner of the large booth award at the show. Others were additions like Jim Young, the new North American President of Davidoff [...]

IPCPR 2011: Prometheus

Prometheus’ mixture of limited editions, regular lines and accessories make it one of the busiest booths of the show, this year was no different. I guarantee what’s after the jump is missing some humidor, but it includes a new line, a new limited line, Opus 22 sets, Gran AnivXario extensions, accessories and a lot more; [...]

IPCPR 2011: Room 101

After some high ratings from everyone’s favorite print publication earlier, the amount of people taking note of Room 101 has no doubt skyrocketed. I was fortunate enough to spend quite a bit of time with brand head Matt Booth, including a late night after party that included much of the brain trust and many that [...]

IPCPR 2011: Ashton

A new size from Carlito and a new blend from Pepín. That’s the tough life that Robert Levin, head of Ashton, has to live with. Ashton’s trademark has been a steady supply of new releases, and this year was no different. Product releases were sensible, and I guess to an extent boring. After the jump, [...]

IPCPR 2011: General Cigar Co.

One of the larger questions going into the 2011 IPCPR, CAO? (That was, “CAO”, “insert question mark.”) At one point there seemed to be a belief that CAO would remain as independent as possible, including the symbolic action of an independent booth. That was not the case… CAO was just another stop on the General [...]

IPCPR 2011: J. Fuego

While the approach of Jesus Fuego’s booth at the 2011 IPCPR show seemed a bit quieter than the prior, the booth felt busier in terms of actually business. (So busy, that I really didn’t have much time to speak to Jesus while in the booth.) It was a mix of extensions, reblending and preview for [...]