Yesterday we spoke with Rafael Nodal of Boutique Blends about La Boheme and Swag and today we catch up with him about Aging Room. He shows us the Bin No. D Major which features tobaccos from 1997, 1998, and 1999. The box press F59 which features a Habano wrapper over Dominican binder and fillers. It will be available in 5 sizes. Lastly, the Aging Room ffortissimo M19 which is a box press perfecto being called a preferido and […]
My former domino partner from the DC Tweet Up tells us a little bit about his new releases at this years trade show in New Orleans. The first cigar is the Gran Reserva #5 2011 which features a wrapper 2002 Nicaragua Corojo Sun Grown Wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder while the filler is 2005 Corojo from Costa Rica. The cigar is available in 5 sizes and has a MSRP of $7.50 to $10.00. The second […]
On display at the 2015 IPCPR in New Orleans was the Avo Synchro, which is a box pressed cigar from the brand and features Nicaraguan tobacco, a first for the brand. Wrapper: A beautiful dark and oily Connecticut Ecuador wrapper Binder: Dominican Republic Filler: Nicaraguan tobacco from Ometepe; Dominican tobaccos (Piloto, San Vicente Mejorado and hybrid Olor/Piloto) Peruvian tobaccos from Olancho THE AVO SYNCRO NICARAGUA LINE UP Box Pressed Short Robusto, 4 x 52 ($7.90 MSRP) Box Pressed Robusto […]
The Factory Tour Blend by Perdomo is a cigar that you could only get if you were in Nicaragua visiting Tabacalera Perdomo. However, now you can enjoy the cigar without leaving your local brick and mortar. Available in three wrappers (Connecticut, Sun Grown, Maduro) the cigars feature a Nicaraguan binder and fillers and available in four sizes.Robusto (5 x 52), Toro (6 x 52), Torpedo (6 1/2 x 52), and Churchill (7 x 52).
Following the successful relaunch of Avo, Davidoff released the Classic Covers and this fall Classic Covers 2 is set to be released. The Avo Classic Covers 2 will be released as a 6 x 54 Toro with an MSRP of $16.00 and like the first edition, they will come in 16 count boxes. The production is limited to 3,000 boxes and the cigars feature an Ecuador 702 wrapper over Mexican binders and a combination of […]
La Nox is not the typical cigar from La Flor Dominicana. According to last weeks Press Release, La Nox is available in one size, La Nox features a Brazilian Maduro wrapper over a binder from San Andreas while the filler features LFD grown Dominican Piloto and Pelo de Oro. Here is what Tony Gomez had to say.
Arielle Ditkowich of La Sirena fills us in on Porthole a new cigar made at Erik Espinosa’s La Zona factory . The limited edition cigar is available in three sizes ranging from $6.30 to $6.90 and is exclusive to brick and mortars. The original La Sirena was made at My Father, but production jumped to La Zona after the brand left the Miami Cigar & Company portfolio.
Hamlet Paredes a Cuban cigar roller who Rocky Patel met and employed at BURN by Rocky Patel in Florida was on hand rolling massive culebra cigars. The brand Tabaquero by Hamlet Paredes will be available in 5 sizes: Corona (5.5 x 42); Robusto (5 x 50), Robusto Grande (5 x 54), Toro (6 x 52) and Salomon (7.5 x 58) Max the local rep takes the time to fill us in on the cigar.