Author: Brian Hewitt

enjoying cigars since 1997
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IPCPR 2016: La Gloria Cubana

At the La Gloria Cubana display we met up with Matt Davenport, and he introduced us to the new La Gloria Cubana Serie R Esteli Maduro. The Serie R Esteli Maduro has a blend based on the original Serie R Esteli, the difference being a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper instead of the original’s Nicaraguan Jalapa Sol. […]

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IPCPR 2016: Foundry

In this video Justin Andrews takes us on colorful trip through Foundry Tobacco Company’s new offerings. He starts things off with a collaboration A.J. Fernandez called Time Flies. It comes in a limited edition skull box (regular boxes also available) and features a Sumatra wrapper and Nicaraguan binder and fillers. This cigar is a brick […]

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IPCPR 2016: Dunhill

Ben is a big fan of the Dunhill Heritage (it got an honorable mention on his top ten list last year) and as a pipe geek, he was looking forward to talking to Steven Kron about Dunhill’s cigar and pipe tobacco offerings. So it only made sense for him to step out from behind the […]

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IPCPR 2016: Cohiba

The next stop on the General Cigar tour was the Cohiba display to check out the new Cohiba Macassar. Steve Abbot tells us that the new cigar was inspired by a rare, expensive wood called Ebony Macassar (or Makassar Ebony) with a grain known for it’s dark brown to black stripes. The idea is a […]

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IPCPR 2016: Smoking Jacket

In this video Ben Lee talks to Hendrik Kelner, Jr, the man behind Smoking Jacket cigars. This year Kelner is introducing the brand’s second limited edition, the Gran Toro. And limited edition is right, there are 300 boxes of 10 cigars produced for the world, 250 of them destined for the U.S. market. Each one […]

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IPCPR 2016: Davidoff

In this video Ben Lee talks to Jeff Stone, Davidoff’s brand ambassador about the latest developments in the world of Davidoff as they walk through the booth. They start off with the new Escurio Gran Perfecto, a Robb Report award winning line extension. There is also a new Corona Gorda in the Escurio line. Stone […]

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IPCPR 2016: Camacho

In the Camacho section of the Davidoff booth Ben talks to Shaun Carroll, Brand Manager for Camacho. They cover the next installment of the Master-Built Series, the Camacho Powerband, which is a followup to last year’s American Barrel-Aged. Camacho has a nation-wide event tour planned for the Powerband where people will have a chance to […]

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IPCPR 2016: Avo

In this interview, Ben talks to Avo Brand Manager Scott Kolesaire about what’s new with Avo this year. Kolesaire shows off the brightly-packaged Avo Syncro Nicaragua Fogata, and runs through the details of the blend and vitolas, highlighting the new short torpedo format. The Fogata builds of last years Avo Syncro Nicaragua, which Ben reminds […]

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