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Old 08-04-2009, 07:22 AM   #1
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Exclamation IPCPR New Orleans 2009

I'm starting this a few days early.
Anyone going? Let us know.

I'm going to link here to many of the pre-show releases and news items.

As posted in the Herf's Up forum, Cigar Weekly (meaning me, mostly) is sponsoring a dinner herf on the Tuesday night, a week from this posting. We held this at The Camp in 2005 with over 70 in attendance; at 10 Downing Street in 2007, with lesser results, but still a great time.....last time I ever saw or talked to Ed Guevara (Cubano67)

This year's is shaping up, with Facebook promotion and and talk among my local friends, we're already up over 60 people.
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Since 2008 when we heard that the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers' annual trade show is being held in New Orleans, Cigar Weekly's owners and editors decided that we should throw a herf/party during the show. So many of our members and friends will be in town for the show, what better time could there be to gather? Since 2005, Cigar Weekly members, at least in the year's I've been, have gathered on the Tuesday night. So this year it will be Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

Editor-in-Chief TommyBB and friends will be involved in selecting a suitable venue to capture the essence of New Orleans, yet comfortable enough to enjoy time with good friends.

While final details aren't completely finalized, we have a venue

"French Quarter Pizzeria" at 201 Decatur St. one block from Canal Street.

It's an easy walk from the Faubourg St. Mary/Warehouse District and Convention Center.


Reyes Family Cigars have agreed to provide party favors.


We are also in discussions with Cuban Crafters


as well as
Avalon Cigars


Bill fromIsland Smoke Shopwill bring his El Original


"Las Jovenes from Quesada Cigars will bring some of their new cigars, too.


Victoria McKee from General Cigars


We welcome any members or entities who would like to be a part of what promises to be, if nothing else, an enjoyable time to break bread, toast and share conviviality with fine cigars made by good friends and colleagues.

A menu is available on the website, and the prices are quite reasonable for New Orleans, in general, and the Quarter in particular. There MAY be some CW specials as well.


Can't wait to see y'all down here


We now have beer sponsorship--FREE BEER
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shadow
Catdeddy
jmcq
Stinky
Cigar Law
Frank Santos
Aja
Alberto Noguera
Todd
Castanza
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Yogi
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Alec Bradley
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Butch
Another Tommy
MTusa
Gary Hilton of Avalon
Bill of Island Smoke Shop
Kurt Van Keppel from Xikar
Abe from Pinar del Rio
Chris McCalla from IPCPR
Glynn Loope from CRA
Victoria McKee from General Cigars
Coach Steve
MrsTommyBB
Mike (ownner of FQP).
There are a few more on Facebook as well, who aren't members of the forums, but are members of the CW group on Facebook. And Mike, of FQ Pizzeria, said he's got a group of 16 that said they're coming.
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Old 08-04-2009, 07:24 AM   #2
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Have a Presidente Beer with the President, NO, a USEFUL President.
Guillermo León of Presidente/La Aurora.

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Through a company press release, attendees at the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers' Association trade show are invited to have a Presidente beer with the Presidente. No, not that guy who's drinking Budweiser, but a president who has a worthwhile job, Guillermo León, owner of Presidente and La Aurora.
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Old 08-04-2009, 07:26 AM   #3
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Don Lino 1989

Don Lino 1989

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Don Lino has been one of Miami Cigars' lead brands for years. The Don Lino Africa was a star at the last RTDA in New Orleans in 2005. Now, they're poised to make a big impression there again. With this announcement, Miami Cigars celebrates their twentieth anniversary with Don Lino 1989 and a rebranding and reblending of that line. The aim is to unite all the company's brands under the name of founder Nestor Miranda and the new Nestor Miranda Collection.
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Old 08-04-2009, 07:29 AM   #4
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Miami Cigars Consolidates Brands

Miami Cigars & Company are not only consolidating the Don Lino 1989 into the Nestor Miranda Collection, they're adding to the Nestor Miranda Collection.

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Less than a week from the opening of the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers' Association trade show in New Orleans, Miami Cigars & Company is revealing its new developments through company press releases. The Nestor Miranda Collection, newly introduced and promoted just a two months ago on Nestor Miranda Day, at over 500 stores nationwide, is being developed as the comapny's flagship line in honor of founder and president Nestor Miranda. This includes bringing the Don Lino 1989 into the Nestor Miranda Collection line.


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PDR-VLR

Pinar del Rio Introduces a bundle brand.
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Bundle Brand From Pinar del Rio

Pinar del Rio Cigars has publicized their new bundle brand, this morning, through their presence on social networking site Facebook. Pinar del Rio, who's cigars are manufactured at Don Leoncio's factory in Tamboril call the brand VLR -Value Line Reserve.

In correspondence with Cigar Weekly, PdR said "I wanted to create a line that would help to introduce smokers to Pinar Del Rio, and not break the bank for them. It gives the average smoker a small taste of what my sungrown cigars are like; it has Corojo and Criollo in the filler."
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La Traviata from CAO Makes Early Debut

Just ahead of the cigar business' major trade show, the IPCPR, CAO of Nashville, Tennessee have announced the release their newest brand.New CAO cigar hearkens back to pre-nationalization Cuba.

Nashville, July 29, 2009:
CAO, through this press release, announced today that it will debut its CAO La Traviata cigar brand at the IPCPR 77th Annual Convention and International Trade Show in New Orleans August 8-12. The IPCPR (International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers' Association) is the cigar business' most important trade show and exhibition.
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Hendrix Lighter

Alec Bradley's Hendrix Lighter
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By means of a company press release, circulated by electronic correspondence Alec Bradley Cigar announces: Furthering the concept of "The Alec Bradley Lifestyle", Alec Bradley Cigars will debut their new Alec Bradley Hendrix premium lighter line just in time for the annual IPCPR (International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers) Association trade show in August of 2009. The ergonomically designed Hendrix is a casually elegant, wind resistant single torch butane lighter with an adjustable flame
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Baccarat The Game

New line from Baccarat: "The Game"
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Camacho Announces New Line

Camacho Cigars, of Miami, Florida, utilizing the pervasive presence of world-wide web social networking , announce, today their newest line of cigars. "The Game" is an extension of their Baccarat brand, states the company's note on Facebook.
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Murcielago and Cubao Maduro from E&O Brands

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Erik Espinosa and Eddie Ortega, the collaborative vision behind EO Brands, have presented two new offerings, this week. One a totally new brand, the Murcielago and a maduro addition to the acclaimed Cubao brand
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I saw a post somewhere just in the last couple days that said "Cigar smoke, the smell of freedom." I can't say "I'm Stinky" because Stinky has that line as his own, and that simply would not be right, either. I smell free, just about now, and have enjoyed my first day at the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers' Association trade show, here in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was an easy day, for me, since I work at another task on Sunday mornings, I wasn't able to get downtown and into the show until nearly 2:30 this afternoon, with the show closing at 5:00 p.m.

By good friend, Michael Tusa (MTusa) joined me on my walk around the Convention Center this afternoon, and with time being short we ambled slowly around the entire three hall exhibit space to simply get a feel for the show, which exhibitors are where, and maybe meet a few friends on the way. I didn't want to take too many people's time, immediately so I said hello to folks where I could and moved along to allow some to do the business they're here to do. And they were doing business.

I learned this afternoon and tonight from three different representatives that business is, indeed brisk. Tim Wong (known to board members as easyt) is now working with Rocky Patel and he tells Cigar Weekly that he's already made orders for nearly half of his customers "the people who are here, are BUYING" he said. Joey Oliva (cheo malanga) who is now with Ernesto Padilla, said "we've sold nearly half of what we brought with us just today." And Al Argenti (aja) said the same thing, that they'd sold half of what they' brought in the first day. Argenti and his brother Michael have entered into a partnership with Don Kiki Berger of Cuban Crafters called, appropriately enough, Berger & Argenti. There will be more from them in a bit.

But the sales discussion is quite surprising and encouraging from where I sit. So many of us are now so worried about this pursuit of ours, and it seems to be flourishing despite all the obstacles being thrown in our path; bans all over the place, SCHIP taxes, excise taxes (especially the fool tax here in Louisiana that's forcing these manufacturers to pay taxes on "free samples" that they usually hand out during the show. These will be a bit more scarce this year due to the tax than they have been at previous shows.

I am fairly certain that many would like to hear about new cigars, however, we really didn't have a great amount of time on the show floor today, and with samples under threat of taxation, we were only able to smoke a couple. One of our first stops and first cigar of the day was at SAG/Quesada Cigars. Patricia Quesada of "Las Jovenes" the "Young Ones" and daughter of company founder, Manuel Quesada, greeted us and immediately made certain we had one of their recently released Quesada Thirty-Fifth Anniversary cigars. I profiled these in CW First Look not long ago, and I had tried one that they had sent me. This is simply a great cigar, and the first effort by Las Jovenes is a winner.

I spent some time meeting various people who I'd previously known only through e-mail contact, and simply reminded some of them, that we'd like to talk later in the week.

The second cigar of the day, was near the end, when I finally found my old CW buddy, and fellow football supporter Al Argenti. Since I had not tried one of he and his brother Michael's Exile Wired cigars, CW First Look, June 2008 I had to catch up on old duty. This was another fine cigar, so far we're batting 2 for 2 on the day, and just as the cigar and my conversation with Michael Argenti are both getting good, the closing announcement is made and the lights are shut off. This isn't a huge problem, however at the door to the show, Convention Center security is standing to ensure that all cigars are extinguished. In the 100 foot wide lobby between the hall and the exit, smoking is not allowed. It's my luck, that the guy standing right where I'm stubbing out (or pretending to) my Exile Wired belicoso has his Superman vision ramped up for ANY wisp of smoke. "Sir, that cigar is NOT extinguished." Oh SNAP, foiled. I keep stubbing and the damned thing wouldn't go out. Of course not, I don't want it out, I'd simply like to sprint across and outside and smoke the rest of it. No joy, had to cut the blasted thing, and relight in the great outdoors.



After quick supper with the family at home, it's back to "work." This time to Don Leoncio on Canal Street where it appeared half the show attendees were sitting enjoying themselves. There I made sure I met up with my dear friend J. D. Burns (Catdeddy) of this site and forum, who is working the show for Avalon Cigars out of Clarksdale Mississippi. Their story is an interesting one, a couple of fellows from "the Delta" in northwestern Mississippi, home of the Blues, decided to try their hand in the cigar business, without any Cuban heritage or cigar knowledge, they opened their company late in 2006. J. D. hands me a cigar..."this is blended to be strong, with a good core of ligero, but some balance." It's dark, I can't really see the wrapper or the band, but it's a new offering Torque Series from Avalon and it's a belicoso.

Well, I'm 3 for 3, now, and THIS cigar burned some hairs off of my mustache. I actually caught flavors in this cigar, and I can't always do that. There was a distinct cocoa and coffee flavor hidden in this well-made cigar. It was a perfect accompaniment to some nice conversation with Catdeddy, and some fun Army stories from David "Yogi" Dean, sitting with his wife Vicki and Stinky Salviano. Watching Don Pepin Garcia cut a rug to the salsa blaring through the house system was the topper of the night. The man is a rock star.
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