Royal Agio Cigars USA is releasing another extension to its Balmoral Añejo XO line: Balmoral Añejo XO Nicaragua. It will be shown off at IPCPR at the end of the month. Last year, the company added Balmoral Añejo XO Connecticut and Balmoral Añejo XO Oscuro. All three join the original release Balmoral Añejo XO from back in 2015. All blends are said to only use the top 5% of select premium tobaccos available and include the exclusive Brazilian Mata Norte leaf.
Drew Estate announced today the ACID Accents Collection, and ongoing Regional Exclusive collection for Drew Diplomat Retailers. This line celebrates ACID's 20 year anniversary. The first two in the collection are “Jay Street Posse” and “B-More 410”. Both will be on display at IPCPR 2019.
Last year Alec & Bradley Rubin, sons of company founder Alan Rubin, released their first cigar on their own, Blind Faith. This year, they are releasing a followup, Gatekeeper.
La Familia Robaina Cigars, formerly White Hat Cigars, is bringing a new cigar to IPCPR 2019: Pelones Bundles. Pelones Bundles come in three blends and in three vitolas. They will ship mid-August.
Foundation Cigar Company is refreshing the packaging of their infused Jamaican line, Upsetters. Upsetters was first shown off at the 2016 IPCPR trade show and convention. The brand is inspired by the Jamaica’s musicians and created by Nick Melillo's love for Jamaican tobacco and their culture. These new designs for the Upsetters were done by Foundation's in-house creative laboratory, The ATOL Collective and were inspired by Jamaican album covers from the 1960's.
Mombacho cigars has announced European distribution and a German warehouse with PasionPuro GmbH & Co. KG. The warehouse is based out of Dusseldorf, Germany. The first shipment will begin around the end of June. While Mombacho cigars are already available in Norway, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and Italy; this will allow them to move into Spain, Belgium, and Luxembourg before the end of the year.
Southern Draw Cigars has announced three new sizes for the Cedrus line. Cedrus debuted last year at IPCPR in one vitola, THE HOGAN a 5.5" x 52 Belicoso Fino. The new viotlas are: Robusto 5.5 x 54, Toro 6.0 x 52, Gordo 6.5 x 60. All, like the original size are box pressed.
Hiram & Solomon Cigars is bringing a new cigar to IPCPR 2019: The Grand Architect. The cigar is named after one of the founding principles of Freemasons.
Drew Estate announced today that its ACID Mega and Blond lines will be distributed in Germany. Royal AGIO will handle the distribution starting today. ACID Mega is a Kuba Kuba under a different name for international markets. It comes in a 5 x 54 robusto vitola that uses a Sumatra wrapper with binder and filler from Nicaragua and sells for 7,90€ /cigar. ACID Blonde is a 4 x 38 that uses a Connecticut wrapper with NIcaraguan binder and fillers and sells for 4,50€/cigar. Both lines ship in July.
El Artista has announced a followup to their 2016 success Big Papi by David Ortiz: The Slugger Big Papi by David Ortiz. It will make its debut at the IPCPR trade show later this month.