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Events IPCPR 2019

IPCPR 2019: Complete Digest

And now, our coverage of IPCPR 2019 is complete. We hope you have enjoyed the videos. As is tradition, here is our complete list of interviews for your convenience. Enjoy! Now it’s time to get back to our regular cigar review programming. Have a fine weekend and a fine cigar!

Events IPCPR 2019

IPCPR 2019: 19 Minutes with Pete Johnson

And of course, it wouldn’t be a trade show without the next installment of the Minutes With Pete Johnson. That’s right, it’s time to talk Tatuaje. We get started talking about the stealth release of the full-sized Chuck and Tiff, now with the proper Monster Series treatment. Then there’s Mexican Eperiment, with a limited runs […]

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IPCPR 2019: Drew Estate: ACID 20

So you probably guessed it after seeing all the ACID intros to our trade show videos, Drew Estate pulled out the stops to honor the 20th Anniversary of ACID. Josh Roque takes us on a tour of a booth within a booth, the not-so-secret flavor playground of Fabien Ziegler, the ACID 20 booth. Once we […]

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IPCPR 2019: Drew Estate Part 3

In this third part of our Drew Estate booth tour, we get the master blender’s perspective from the always dapper Willy Herrera. (How he hasn’t been cast as the next James Bond, we’ll never know.) We get started talking about the new BOTL, Willy gives us a break down of what you can expect from […]

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IPCPR 2019: Drew Estate Part 2

In the second part of our Drew Estate booth tour, we talk to Josh Roque, Drew Estate’s Non-Traditional Brand Manager about new releases for Deadwood and Tabak Especial. Deadwood has expanded to include the new Fat Bottom Betty Toro vitola. And for Tabak Especial we check out the new Gorditos. They’re bigger than the name […]

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IPCPR 2019: Foundation

It’s time for us to talk to Foundation’s Tobacco Güegüense, Nick Melillo in the shadow of the booth’s 13 foot tall pyramids. We start off talking about the new Highclere Castle Victorian, then we look at the lancero line extension for The Tabernacle Havana Seed #142 and then there’s the son of the wise man, […]

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IPCPR 2019: Fratello

In our travels around the trade show floor on the third day we dropped by the Fratello booth to get the latest from our friend Omar de Frias. There’s a lot going on with Fratello this year, Omar is three new products, the diminutive Fratello Piccolo, the Navetta Inverso Boxer, and the Space Pack. There’s […]

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IPCPR 2019: Joya de Nicaragua

In the Joya de Nicaragua section of the vast Drew Estate booth we talk to Andres Dietta about the new Connecticut wrapped Antaño CT, the Obras Maestros, the Numero Uno, a cigar that was originally created for Nicaraguan ambassadors, and finally the Cinco Décadas Fundador.

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IPCPR 2019: Drew Estate

You know what you can always count on at IPCPR? You can count on Pedro Gomez to bring it with a smile. And bring it he does again in the Drew Estate booth. We talk about the rebirth of the BOTL (Brothers Of The Leaf) cigar as a brick and mortar exclusive and the new […]

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IPCPR 2019: RoMa Craft Tobac

In the RoMa Craft Tobac booth we did a little reminiscing about the good old days with Skip Martin, but then we cinched up our tactical video-enabled fanny packs and got to the business at hand. New cigars. Skip talks to us about the new Baka, the Whiskey Rebellion, the new limited edition Neanderthal LH, […]

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