Wednesday, April 26, 2017 — Miami, FL – Drew Estate announced today that the Kentucky Fire Cured Swamp Thang & Swamp Rat will start shipping in April 2017. Kentucky Fire Cured Swamp Thang and Swamp Rat were formally introduced at IPCPR 2016 and soft released at the 2016 Kentucky Barn Smoker.
A.J. Fernandez has made a new cigar that might be his most profound expression of Nicaragua's Estelí region to date. Called New World Puro Especial, it's a Nicaraguan puro blended with tobaccos cultivated exclusively from different Fernandez-owned farms across Estelí.
Drew Estate announces Experience ACID Lounge’n Tour and packaging updates to ACID at IPCPR
Tuesday, July 19, 2016 — Miami, FL – Drew Estate announced today that the Lounge’n with ACID Tour is headed to four major United States markets and that they would be introducing packaging updates to their ACID Kuba Kuba, ACID G-Fresh, and ACID Krush Classic Cigars. The new packaging will be displayed in Drew Estate’s booth (Booth #2403) at the IPCPR Convention and Tradeshow held July 24 – 28, 2016 in Las Vegas Nevada.
"The final third was the star for me with perfectly balanced flavors of sweet and savory. The initial third had me wondering if this was a spice bomb but the heat backed off just before the halfway mark. I appreciated the nice transition offered during the smoke. While not flavorful enough for a special occasion perhaps, I would definitely keep some on hand." -Gregg (McGreggor57)
"Pretty solid medium bodied cigar. Not fully my cup of tea, but there were aspects of it that I certainly enjoyed. The transitions from the early portion to the mid portion as well as the mid range to the finale were also really elegant. The final portion was really the best part for my taste, and it wasn't really a chore to get there." -John I. (John I.)
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·"This cigar fits perfectly into the casual smoke category for me. Something that I would enjoy either at a crowded event or when I am relaxing with a book or a movie. Somewhere that I wouldn't want a complex and deep cigar that is begging for my attention. It was the kind of cigar where you probably aren't going to run out and tell your buddies about it, but you are quite content to be smoking it." -David (Cigar Memoir)
Cornelius & Anthony Premium Cigars is proud to release the Aerial line at this summer’s IPCPR trade show in Las Vegas. Aerial is produced at the La Zona factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. The line will be initially released in 4 sizes and presented in boxes of 20. Aerial is a beautifully sophisticated blend created with old world Cuban style.
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·This year, Drew Estate announced ahead of time, everything new that they would be showing off at IPCPR. We will take you through each of them with pictures of how each was displayed at the show. Take a look at our 360 degree picture of their booth
December 28, 2016 -- The International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association announces today that the dates for the 2017 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show will now be July 10 – 14 and that the new venue will be the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC). This change from July 15 -19 at the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas was necessitated as the Sands cancelled IPCPR’s dates.
This year the only *new* line Steve Saka was showing off was the Todos Las Dias.
“Todos Las Dias is my personal Spanglish translation meaning “All the Days.” The workers at Joya de Nicaraguan often cringe at my casual butchering of their mother tongue, but in my opinion cigars are far more than a grammar lesson to abide, they are the physical manifestation of a feeling and of an experience. TLD embodies the classic bold flavors that represent the heart of their soil’s peppery tobaccos and the labor of their always working hands. For me, this spicy Nicaraguan puro reflects no pretentious airs or any of that “notes of pencil lead with a hint of fennel” nonsense. It is an honest, hardworking cigar intended to be smoked by men who know what it means to be a cigar smoker and never give a damn about what others think,” states the creator, Steve Saka.