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Posted: 7/25/2014 11:54:20 PM EDT
Shameless plug first, check out my instagram at http://instagram.com/davidcigarmemoir for information with each photo as well as everything I have up so far. We got a ton of interviews and they should start going up on http://www.cigarmemoir.com/ sometime in the near future.
I will be glad to answer any questions about anything you see or general questions about the experience/people/things that were there that any of you have. Here are some of the photos I got:               |
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Posted: 7/26/2014 12:09:35 AM EDT
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Anything from Viaje?
Eta- You have a new follower. 
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Posted: 7/26/2014 12:19:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Anything from Viaje? Eta- You have a new follower. The Viaje booth was almost nothing more than a Viaje print background. They had already sold their 3 latest lines before IPCPR. Not just sold, but shipped. So he literally had nothing to sell to the retailers at the show and therefor they had no incentive to stop and talk to him. It was a ghost town every time I walked by. Anyways, the Stuffed Turkey will now be its own line, there is a new vitola to the Satori line, there will be a Holiday Blend this year and he is working on a collaboration with Casa Fernandez.
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Posted: 7/26/2014 1:00:59 AM EDT
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Were there any noticeable trends this year?
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Posted: 7/26/2014 1:30:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Were there any noticeable trends this year? The super ring gauge is still popular apparently. I lost track of all the 7x70s, 6x80s and what not. Xikar even showed off a new 75rg cutter. Wish these would go away.
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Posted: 7/26/2014 1:42:31 AM EDT
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The Viaje booth was almost nothing more than a Viaje print background. They had already sold their 3 latest lines before IPCPR. Not just sold, but shipped. So he literally had nothing to sell to the retailers at the show and therefor they had no incentive to stop and talk to him. It was a ghost town every time I walked by. Anyways, the Stuffed Turkey will now be its own line, there is a new vitola to the Satori line, there will be a Holiday Blend this year and he is working on a collaboration with Casa Fernandez. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Anything from Viaje?
Eta- You have a new follower. The Viaje booth was almost nothing more than a Viaje print background. They had already sold their 3 latest lines before IPCPR. Not just sold, but shipped. So he literally had nothing to sell to the retailers at the show and therefor they had no incentive to stop and talk to him. It was a ghost town every time I walked by. Anyways, the Stuffed Turkey will now be its own line, there is a new vitola to the Satori line, there will be a Holiday Blend this year and he is working on a collaboration with Casa Fernandez. 
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Were there any noticeable trends this year? The super ring gauge is still popular apparently. I lost track of all the 7x70s, 6x80s and what not. Xikar even showed off a new 75rg cutter. Wish these would go away. more PC's and Robustos for me. 
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Posted: 7/26/2014 1:44:55 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: more PC's and Robustos for me. By the beginning of day two we were telling everyone to think about bringing PCs for IPCPR2015. When you are smoking 5+ cigars a day it is painful to light up toro's when they want you to try a blend in the booth. I never saw so many half or less than half smoked cigars in ashtrays in all my life. Edit: We were calling them "leaf crimes". Not sure who first said it to me. One of the manufacturers on Day 1 or two. But it stuck. |
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Posted: 7/26/2014 1:52:04 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The super ring gauge is still popular apparently. I lost track of all the 7x70s, 6x80s and what not. Xikar even showed off a new 75rg cutter. Wish these would go away. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Were there any noticeable trends this year? The super ring gauge is still popular apparently. I lost track of all the 7x70s, 6x80s and what not. Xikar even showed off a new 75rg cutter. Wish these would go away.  |
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Posted: 7/26/2014 2:22:01 AM EDT
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I prefer the 60 and 70 ring gauge. I could really use that cutter.
Look into this little guy from Cult then.  Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 7/26/2014 2:59:13 AM EDT
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So how much swag did you walk away with? Do you have to smoke what they give you there or do they give you free samples to take with you?
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Posted: 7/26/2014 4:29:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
By the beginning of day two we were telling everyone to think about bringing PCs for IPCPR2015. When you are smoking 5+ cigars a day it is painful to light up toro's when they want you to try a blend in the booth. I never saw so many half or less than half smoked cigars in ashtrays in all my life. Edit: We were calling them "leaf crimes". Not sure who first said it to me. One of the manufacturers on Day 1 or two. But it stuck. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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more PC's and Robustos for me. By the beginning of day two we were telling everyone to think about bringing PCs for IPCPR2015. When you are smoking 5+ cigars a day it is painful to light up toro's when they want you to try a blend in the booth. I never saw so many half or less than half smoked cigars in ashtrays in all my life. Edit: We were calling them "leaf crimes". Not sure who first said it to me. One of the manufacturers on Day 1 or two. But it stuck. i know it is personal preference, but i am seriously perplexed at the size of some of these smokes. 
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Posted: 7/26/2014 10:50:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: So how much swag did you walk away with? Do you have to smoke what they give you there or do they give you free samples to take with you? I went home with a few shirts, got a hat signed by Jon Huber and about 100 cigars. We easily could have gotten more if we were trying/hustling, however we didn't ask for cigars. We knew that first and foremost they are there to do business. So anytime someone was talking with a retailer or seemed busy we left them be. And we definitely didn't want to be like one "media" person who I heard was told to get the fuck out of a booth after he was asking for more samples of a cigar he said he would review last year when they gave him samples and he still didn't even have a web site up. Edit: There were also shady retailers to. Ones that take the samples / displays and then sell them in their shop. Heard a story of a retailer who was given 70 samples (from 5 lines) so everyone in his store could try the cigar first. The sales rep then stopped into the guys shop and found all the cigars in the humidor. The stop never opened an account or ordered. There was someone this year that stole a whole box of pigs from the Drew Estate booth on day one. It was their only display box so no one else got to see them the rest of the show. Double Edit: Photo of the hat from Jon, who was incredibly humble and welcoming. Seemed very grateful for everyone's help and support and was just happy to have people smoke his stuff. The Jericho Hill was unquestionably the best thing I smoked on the show floor.  |
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Posted: 7/26/2014 3:44:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: i know it is personal preference, but i am seriously perplexed at the size of some of these smokes. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: more PC's and Robustos for me. By the beginning of day two we were telling everyone to think about bringing PCs for IPCPR2015. When you are smoking 5+ cigars a day it is painful to light up toro's when they want you to try a blend in the booth. I never saw so many half or less than half smoked cigars in ashtrays in all my life. Edit: We were calling them "leaf crimes". Not sure who first said it to me. One of the manufacturers on Day 1 or two. But it stuck. i know it is personal preference, but i am seriously perplexed at the size of some of these smokes. |
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Posted: 7/28/2014 11:11:25 AM EDT
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Videos have started to go up on the site: http://www.cigarmemoir.com/
Including this winner with Matt Booth:  |
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Posted: 7/28/2014 3:04:49 PM EDT
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He seems like an interesting cat.
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Posted: 7/28/2014 9:15:30 PM EDT
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Yesterday.
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Posted: 7/28/2014 10:50:39 PM EDT
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He seems like an interesting cat. He's an awesome dude. I gave him an ingraved Marine Corps flask at a room 101 event. He was in 2/7. |
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Posted: 7/29/2014 12:13:18 PM EDT
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Damn... i wish I had known that you were an arfcommer.
I was there with one of my brokers, spent most of my time with Eddie Ortega. I think I ran into you guys around the My Father booth. |
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Posted: 7/29/2014 12:50:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Damn... i wish I had known that you were an arfcommer. I was there with one of my brokers, spent most of my time with Eddie Ortega. I think I ran into you guys around the My Father booth. We stopped by the Ortega booth a couple times but not for very long. We were all over the place, no plan of attack, lot of back and forth. There were booths that we realized at the end we never saw/stopped by at all. Next year I will be going in with a check list and marking them off.
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Posted: 7/29/2014 3:48:35 PM EDT
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I was in and out of Eddie's booth throughout the show. I work as a retailer in SC, but one of my brokers has me come help him out with orders/coverage on the show floor.
Works out great for both of us... he gets someone who knows the industry and product to help out, and I get a short vacation somewhere interesting. That, and I get to inform my shop back home what all of the new stuff is, since the owner won't go to IPCPR. |
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Posted: 7/29/2014 4:09:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I was in and out of Eddie's booth throughout the show. I work as a retailer in SC, but one of my brokers has me come help him out with orders/coverage on the show floor. Works out great for both of us... he gets someone who knows the industry and product to help out, and I get a short vacation somewhere interesting. That, and I get to inform my shop back home what all of the new stuff is, since the owner won't go to IPCPR. Hell he can just do what the owner of a local shop does here. He goes, makes his orders, then brings back about 200 sample cigars. Then he has a big party at his shop where he invites people in to have free cigars where they just grab from all the samples he brings back and he makes some money on other things at the same time while also creating an event that brings people back to his shop and creates some buzz. Edit: It really isn't that expensive. Stayed next door at the Harrah's, averaged about $75 a night after taxes, split it between two of us. Hoping to turn next year in New Orleans into more of a vacation. Go down a few days early with the wife and see some stuff. |
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Posted: 7/29/2014 4:53:25 PM EDT
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I stayed at Harrah's last year... it was ok.
We did the Golden Nugget this year. Had to get some Fremont Street action. Pretty cool place. The drive over to venetian was only a minor inconvenience, since we had a rental car handy. The rest of the crew took a road trip this year. |
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Posted: 7/30/2014 12:56:35 AM EDT
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Winador is a bit more covered after the trip.
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Posted: 7/30/2014 4:08:06 AM EDT
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Lot more "hip" than I was expecting. Great pics!
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Posted: 7/30/2014 9:58:42 AM EDT
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You have a new follower.... great post
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Posted: 7/30/2014 10:25:16 AM EDT
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nice pics!
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Posted: 7/30/2014 12:35:19 PM EDT
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I love that the "Follow" stickers for Dan lead to a twitter account that he hasn't updated in a year.
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Posted: 7/30/2014 1:49:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I love that the "Follow" stickers for Dan lead to a twitter account that he hasn't updated in a year. |
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Posted: 7/31/2014 2:31:56 PM EDT
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If you have an Asylum/CLE rep ask them about the crazy palestinian shop owner.
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