E.P. Carrillo

E.P. Carrillo proudly introduces the latest addition to its Essence Series: the E.P. Carrillo Honduras. This exceptional release is poised to captivate cigar enthusiasts with its rich, complex flavour profile,...

Published August 2024

E.P. Carrillo is expanding its Essence series with a new addition named E.P. Carrillo Maduro, a rich, dark smoke slated to hit shelves by the end of this month or...

Published May 2024

E.P. Carrillo Cigars is proud to announce the late February launch of the Encore Black. This new addition builds upon the legacy of the Encore, which was awarded Cigar Aficionado’s...

Published February 2024

E.P. Carrillo unveils its latest cigar blend, Escapade, created through direct consumer feedback and set to be voted into a limited 2024 production run. Through several live Zoom sessions with...

Published November 2023

In the realm of showbiz, the golden rule is to “Know your audience,” and cigar maestro Ernesto Perez-Carrillo is taking this adage to heart as he embarks on his next...

Published October 2023

Ernesto Perez-Carrillo asked the opinion of the cigar smoking communities for help several times in the last few years. There was a poll for a cigar name, Pledge won that...

Published June 2023

Ernesto Perez Carrillo is releasing a limited edition for independence day. For this, he combines the names of two of his regular production lines, Pledge and Allegiance to the Pledge...

Published May 2023

Cigars are a key part of the annual Els for Autism Pro-Am, created by pro golfer Ernie Els and Marvin R. Shanken, publisher of Cigar Aficionado. E.P Carrillo has been a...

Published February 2023

E.P. Carrillo is releasing new event-only packs for the new Inch Nicaragua and an event-only pack with four toro cigars based on 8 different blends. The Inch Nicaragua event-only pack...

Published December 2022

At InterTabac, E.P. Carrillo showcased the Aura E.P. Carrillo Shengxiao Limited Edition, a new cigar, or should we say, a new set of cigars for the Asian market. A box...

Published December 2022

The Perez-Carrillo series from E.P. Carrillo Cigars are the La Historia, Encore, Pledge and the newly release Allegiance. The first three all ended up as Cigar Aficionado cigar of the...

Published October 2022

Since his departure from General Cigars, Ernesto Perez Carrillo created EPC Cigars and Tabacalera La Alianza. Both are successful at Tabacalera La Alianza does not only produce cigars for the...

Published July 2022

The Pledge Lonsdale Limitada will be debuting at the PCA trade show and it should appear in cigar shops this September. The Lonsdale Limitada is a box-pressed smoke with a...

Published June 2022

The new boxes and bands get a more modern approach and the EPC logo. “We wanted to celebrate the 10th anniversary with a more modern design that emphasizes that Inch...

Published June 2022

Ernesto Perez-Carrillo and his daughter Lissette inspecting tobacco. (Photo/Peter Garritano) E.P. Carrillo Cigars adds a robusto to the encore line. The award winning blend was lacking a classic robusto in...

Published May 2022

Ernesto Perez Carrillo is releasing a cigar exclusively for the Tobacco Association of America, a group of around 80 of America’s best tobacconists. The members can expect the E.P. Carrillo...

Published April 2022

EPC releases a trilogy sampler. This sampler is a box with three cigars. All of the cigars have a high rating by Cigar Aficionado. The Pledge Prequal and the Encore...

Published May 2021

Jose Blanco leaving E.P. Carrillo. After just three years the industry veterans decided to part ways. The news was confirmed by Cigar Coop on Saturday in a phone call to...

Published July 2019

Alec & Bradley Rubin create a new cigar line, the gatekeeper. And this time, they don’t do it with the help of their father Alan. But with cigar industry legend...

Published June 2019

At the Intertabac trade show, last September, Ernesto Perez-Carrillo introduced a new cigar, The Ringmaster. The line comes with a few sizes exclusively for the international markets. And the cigars...

Published January 2019

EP Carrillo Ringmaster for International markets. At the Intertabac trade show, last month in Dortmund, E.P. Carrillo showed us Ringmaster in this video. Now we have some more information on...

Published October 2018

Intertabac 2018 E P Carrillo. Ernesto Perez Carrillo took a minute of his precious time to show us the new E.P. Carrillo Inch, exclusively available for the international markets. A...

Published September 2018