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TOBACCO BUSINESS
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2013
From limited edition to limited production; from golf-inspired to pipe-inspired;
from charities with heart to celebrities with passion, there was a little something
for every kind of stogie lover at the recent premium cigar show.
D
id you catch a whiff of the
latest cigar passion at the
world’s
largest
premium
tobacco trade show—the IPCPR
(International Premium Cigar & Pipe
Retailers Association) Convention—
held in Vegas this July? Whether you
were stogie-seduced in person or just
wished you were, here is a recap of some
of what romanced show-goers and what
is helping to shape industry trends:
Cordoba & Morales and
Golf-Themed Sticks
There’s a new cigar maker intending
to make waves on the fairways. Two
cigars in Cordoba & Morales Cigars
are specifically named for the start and
finish of a round of golf: the Front 9
Connecticut (touted “a medium-body
cigar that starts with a lot of spice and
black pepper that then mellows down
with notes of wood, nuts and black tea”)
and the 19th Hole Maduro (said to be
“a true medium-body cigar with a dark
chocolate wrapper that looks mean, but,
when lit, reveals the flavors of nutmeg,
cocoa and spices”).
“Cigars and golf are a great marriage,”
says owner Emille Mustafa Cordoba.
“I looked into many companies and
nobody had a direct tie-in, so I developed
the Front 9 Connecticut to start and the
19th Hole Maduro to finish.”
Daughters & Ryan and the
Pipe smoker’s Cigar
Daughters & Ryan unveiled the
“mystique of Perique”—the 1881 Perique
cigar from Tabacalera Incorporada
constructed with an Indonesian ( Java)
wrapper, Filipino (Isabela) binder and
Cigars from the IPCPR Show
By Renee M. Covino
