Tom Johansmeyer on August 18th, 2010

Habanos S.A. has just released the tenth volume of the Habanos Collection. The 2010 edition has the Bolivar Gran Belicoso front and center. The cigar was made at the Partagas factory in Havana and is 7 1/8 inches long with a 54 ring gauge. Known as the “rodolpho” size in Cuban cigar factories, only the [...]

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Tom Johansmeyer on August 11th, 2010

This dispatch is from Barry Stein, of A Cigar Smoker, delivered from the floor of IPCPR. Check back throughout the day and week for more. The IPCPR show officially kicked off yesterday, and the conversations Barry Stein, of A Cigar Smoker, had with cigar companies indicate that the crowds were a little lighter than usual. [...]

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Tom Johansmeyer on August 10th, 2010

The new Guillermo Leon line was announced for IPCPR, and it’s not the only new cigar that La Aurora’s bringing to us. The other, the La Aurora Corojo line, is available only to brick-and-mortar retailers. La Aurora vice president Guillermo León says, “Obviously, this cigar is personal for me. It is part of my family’s [...]

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Tom Johansmeyer on August 9th, 2010

Look for a new cigar from the oldest cigar company in the Dominican Republic this week. La Aurora, which is celebrating 107 years of history in 2010, is set to release the Guillermo Leon at the IPCPR show. It’s the company’s first cigar to be made with two binders instead one, according to Cigar Aficionado, [...]

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Tom Johansmeyer on August 8th, 2010

Look for a new cigar from the Torano Family Cigar Company this week. The company is releasing the first in its Single Region Series cigar at IPCPR, with a concept that “highlights the different characteristics of tobaccos grown on individual farms in various regions in the world’s best tobacco-producing countries,” according to DC Cigar Examiner [...]

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Tom Johansmeyer on August 8th, 2010

Two Cognac blended sizes will be added to the Tatiana Cigars family this week at IPCPR. This is the first time Tatiana has added a flavor since the Tio line (Groovy Blue, Night Cap, and Waking Dream), came out in 2007. The two sizes will be Classic: 6 x 44 and La Vita: 5 x [...]

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Shawn Ewashko on August 7th, 2010

Miami Cigar & Company, makers of the Nestor Miranda Collection, Tatiana Flavored Cigars, La Aurora Cigars and Don Lino Cigars says it will debut the Nestor Miranda Art Deco selection at the IPCPR 78th Annual Convention and International Trade Show in New Orleans. The new Dominican-Nicaraguan blend offered unique challenge for Pepin Garcia using a [...]

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Tom Johansmeyer on August 6th, 2010

Look for a new La Aroma de Cuba cigar from Ashton at IPCPR this year. The Mi Amor has been in the works for two years and is a creation of Pepin Garcia’s factory in Esteli, Nicaragua. According to the Norfolk Cigar Examiner:

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The Padron family has planned to release an excellent new cigar every year until their 50th anniversary. The Padrón Family Reserve No. 46, commemorating their 46th year in business is going to be their latest release.

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Tom Johansmeyer on August 2nd, 2010

Rocky Patel is celebrating his fifteenth anniversary in the cigar business with a new stick. Released last Friday, the 15th Anniversary is a medium dark, trunk-pressed cigar with an Ecuadoran tobacco wrapper from Habano seeds. The binder and filler are completely Nicaraguan. Cigar Aficionado reports: “I wanted to do something special to celebrate our 15 [...]

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