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D & R Tobacco
(Booth 1333) will be featuring an
extensive line
of premium pipe tobacco blends and its premium
Tabacalera cigars.
Its l
atest product extension, the “Blender’s Bench,”
is a series of 30 specific leaf varietal types for the
hobbyist and personal blender, according to Mark Ryan,
Daughters & Ryan’s president. “These varietal tobaccos
allow the pipe enthusiast to create blends and learn leaf
characteristics,” he says.
The company also considers itself a leader in ciga-
rette tube varieties and the make-your-own accessories
market, providing retailers with first-tier
options for
their tobaccos and related accessories, Ryan says. “Our
product selection gives customers the option to trade
up, builds more customer loyalty and improves profit.
We have responded to consumer demand for variety,
quality and personalized tobaccos and accessories.”
JM Tobacco Co.
(Booth 515) has the spotlight on “Española,” the
company’s first full-premium cigar, at the 2017 IPCPR
show. When John Mahroukian (“JM”) founded the
company in 1996, Española was his first offering to
cigar lovers, and so its date of inception and production
fully qualifies it to be grandfathered in accordance with
FDA regulations.
Española continues in its four original wrappers:
Gold Label (Ecuadorian-grown Connecticut), Red
Label (Sumatra), Green Label (Connecticut Shade)
and Black Label (Maduro). They are still available in
four classic Cuban shapes: Corona, Robusto, Toro and
Churchill. The cigars are cello-tubed and presented 25
to the coffin-style Spanish cedar boxes.
My Father Cigars
(Booth 1930) is featuring Jaime Garcia Reserva Espe-
cial Limited Edition 2017 and Vegas Cubanas, which
is an expanded line to the national market because
this is an existing line. Nowadays, “any product com-
ing to the market is really valuable to the cigar indus-
try because consumers are always looking for some-
thing good and different, especially if it’s a limited
edition,” says Alcides Montenegro, general manager
and creative director of the My Father Cigars.
Vegas Cubanas is said to be “a symbol of a traditional
handmade cigar.” It is the result of a careful selection
and elaboration of Nicaraguan fillers and binders
grown in the Estelí and Jalapa regions of Nicaragua.
This cigar is dressed with a Corojo wrapper that has
been chosen and optimally matured for a medium-
bodied smoking experience.
The brand name comes from the name given to
tobacco fields in Cuba: “Vegas.” It is packaged in a
Cuban-style dressed box of 25 cigars.
This year the company will also unveil the
Jaime
Garcia Reserva Especial Limited Edition 2017, six
years after its first edition.
It is very different from the regular Jaime Garcia
Reserva Especial. This full-bodied cigar has a Nicara-
guan binder and strong Cuban-seed Nicaraguan filler
tobacco, including the Pelo de Oro. Three thousand
boxes, each containing 16 of these 6.5x52 Toro cigars,
were produced. The cigars bear a suggested retail price
of $17 (depending on state taxes).
Any product
coming to the
market is really
valuable to the
cigar industry
because
consumers
are always
looking for
something good
and different,
especially if
it’s a limited
edition.
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