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What’s New:
Drew Estate
4×32Tins
The company packaged
some of its most popu-
lar cigars in 10-count tins.
Cigar enthusiasts will be
able to enjoy 4×32 ver-
sions of Acid Krush, Her-
rera Estelí, Liga Privada,
Undercrown Shade,
Tabak Especial, Kentucky
Fire Cured and Larutan
in 10-count tins. To help
push these products,
retailers can take part in
a special incentive pro-
gram, and they can also
buy an attractive water
tower display for their
own store.
Undercrown Sun Grown
Just when you thought
there was nothing more
to come from Under-
crown after Shade, Drew
Estate stepped up with
Undercrown Sun Grown.
This cigar contains Suma-
tra Ecuadorean tobac-
co, something Jonathan
Drew says the company
has been trying to secure
for 15 years.
Florida Sun Grown
(FSG)
Drew Estate teamed up
with Jeff Borysiewicz,
owner of Corona Cigar
Co., to introduce its Flori-
da Sun Grown (FSG) line,
which incorporates tobac-
co Borysiewicz has been
growing in Florida.
What’s New
(and Nearly
New): Davidoff
Winston Churchill
Late Hour
Davidoff’s newWinston
Churchill–The Late Hour
is inspired by Sir Winston
Churchill and the time of
day he did his best think-
ing and planning for how
to run a country. When
others were preparing for
bed, Sir Winston Chur-
chill was up planning and
thinking, finding the night
sparked his creativity
and gave him inspiration,
along with a cigar and
glass of whiskey. This is
a full-bodied cigar with a
blend with robust flavors
and aromas, including lay-
ers of black pepper, dark
coffee, sweetness, old
leather, wood and spices.
Avo Syncro Ritmo
Inspired by the spirit
and curiosity of the late
Avo Uvezian, Avo Cigars
is bringing a new cigar
to market: Avo Syncro
South America Ritmo.
This release is complete-
ly different from the other
cigars in AVO’s portfolio,
as it features a unique
composition of Central
American, Nicaraguan
and Mexican tobaccos
from Peru, Brazil and
Ecuador. This is a com-
plex smoke that’s both
exotic and as vibrant as
its band art, reflecting
diverse cultures from
around the world.
Zino Platinum Z-Crown
Packaged in coffin-style
humidors, the Zino Plat-
inum Z-Crown features
filler tobaccos that were
aged for eight years—
and the cigars sat for an
additional four years after
they were rolled. This
product will be available
in two blends: One will
have a Semilla 702 wrap-
per, Ecuadorean Sumatra
binder, and filler tobac-
co from the Dominican
Republic and Nicaragua.
The second will have a
Dominican Semilla 253
wrapper, Ecuadorean
Connecticut binder and
filler tobacco from the
Dominican Republic.
What’s New:
S.T. Dupont
S.T. Dupont
145th Anniversary
Travel Case Humidor
To celebrate the com-
pany’s 145th anniversa-
ry, S.T. Dupont show-
cased a humidor like no
other. Designed to look
more like a trunk than a
traditional humidor, this
three-and-a-half-foot-tall
humidor is made from
crocodile leather and fea-
tures 72 Davidoff Oro
Blanco cigars, a travel
humidor, ashtray, cigar
cutter and 1 Ligne 2 Le
Grand S.T. Dupont Haute
Creation.
Conquest of theWild
West Collection
S.T. Dupont has a new
line of accessories, pens,
lighters and kits inspired
by tales of the Wild West.
Highlights from this col-
lection are the Premium
Ligne 2 lighter, which is
adorned with a natural
black lacquer that fea-
tures a stylized bullet
hole that cuts through the
lighter’s body, pens and
lighters lined with dia-
monds, and a collection
of items designed with
wood and leather to mim-
ic a gun holster.
S.T. Dupont miniJet
S.T. Dupont has updat-
ed the miniJet lighter, an
accessory that has been
on the market since 2007.
This new version of the
miniJet lighter is good
for 20,000 lights, almost
double the amount of
most lighters. The miniJet
lighter has a superheat-
ed torch flame that can
stand up to strong winds,
a rounded shape with
thicker but smooth sides
and a fitted trigger for
easy handling.
What’s New:
La Palina
La Palina
Number Series LP #1
In addition to a bold logo
with vibrant colors, the
LP #1 features an Ecua-
dorean Sumatran wrap-
per covering a binder
from Costa Rica and filler
tobaccos from Honduras
and Nicaragua. It will be
available in boxes of 20
in Gordo, Petit Corona,
Robusto and Toro sizes.
La Palina
Number Series LP #2
Available in the same siz-
es as the #1, the LP #2
features a wrapper from
Costa Rica with a binder
from Honduras and filler
tobaccos from Honduras
and Nicaragua.
La Palina
FuegoVerde
Released in March, the
Fuego Verde jumps on
the candela train, featur-
ing a Honduran binder,
Nicaraguan fillers and
an affordable $7.50 per
stick price.
What’s New:
Altadis USA
H. Upmann by AJ
Fernandez
This is AJ Fernandez’s
interpretation of the
H. Upmann cigar, blended
with Nicaraguan tobac-
co. Of all the company’s
releases, this cigar stood
out with its teal-blue
packaging and design. It
will be available in three
sizes and will be a regular
addition to the
H. Upmann lineup.
Montecristo
Altadis’ Montecristo
brand is so popular the
company had several new
releases to talk about this
year. The lead of those
has been the Monte by
Montecristo cigar, which
is blended by AJ Fernan-
dez. Monte by Monte-
cristo is available in four
sizes: a Toro, Corona,
Robusto and Belicoso. It’s
a box-pressed, full-bodied
cigar and will be a regular
addition to the Montecris-
to brand.
Aging Room Quattro
Earlier this year, Altadis
USA announced it will
begin to distribute Rafael
Nodal’s Boutique Blends.
Boutique Blends’ new
release for the Interna-
tional Premium Cigar &
Pipe Retailers Associa-
tion (IPCPR) show was
Aging Room Quattro,
a follow-up to the F55
cigar that was released in
2013. It’s the same blend
but uses a San Andres
Maduro wrapper that’s
been aged for 7-8 years.
—Antoine Reid
For more information
about IPCPR product
launches, visit
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