The Other Shoe
September 23, 2014 Last week, we told you about General Cigar buying Toraño Family Cigars. It was announced on September 11th and took effect immediately that day. At the time, we wondered about Sam Leccia, whose blends have caught more attention of late … Read More
No Exceptions
September 2, 2014 Who couldn’t have seen this coming? Well probably most of the cigar industry. In many talks with people about smoking bans and why we should always fight them, often many of the people in the business will say, I won’t … Read More
Bubba’s Smokes
August 26, 2014 Bill Clinton has been out of office now for almost a generation (14 years) but still in the limelight of course. He is known as someone who smokes cigars (as seen in this photo from Reuters in 1999) and where … Read More
See you in Court
August 20, 2014 One thing is pretty clear about the FDA…no matter what they rule, there will be court cases. For one thing, Altria—the cigarette maker Philip Morris—is concerned that the FDA control may force them to change the name of one of … Read More
More on FDA
August 6, 2014 The FDA says it uses science for its rulings. But does it? Nope not a whit. Take the e-cig deeming. You would think there is research on e-cigs to back up the agency’s proposal. Not so much. You see the … Read More
More from the IPCPR
July 29, 2014 Going through last week and the show was certainly interesting. New people with new cigars and some old favorites. I never did get to everyone even though things seemed quieter than normal, probably because of the bigger space we are … Read More
General Musings
July 23, 2014 Today began with the General Cigar booth. The trip took two hours. There is a lot to see. Starting with Macanudo, the company is releasing another Estate Reserve. What makes this cigar unique, aside from its … Read More
Wandering IPCPR
July 22, 2014 When you are in Vegas, you lose all sense of time. Especially when you are walking the huge Sands convention center floor for IPCPR. Traffic seems a bit lighter this year, but it could be due to the layout. The … Read More
Ch-Ch-Ch Changes by Frank Seltzer
September 24, 2013 The IPCPR is officially leaderless. Bill Spann, who came in as CEO to run the premium cigar group two years ago, has left. Spann turned in his resignation last week and it was effective on Saturday. Spann said the … Read More
