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News: Boutique Blends to Release Aging Room Wild Pack, M21 and Minis

The weeks leading up to the 2013 IPCPR Convention and Trade Show will be busy for Boutique Blends Cigars, the makers of Aging Room, SWAG and Oliveros. The company recently announced a new project and a pair of new offerings for their Aging Room brand that are slated for release in the coming weeks. First up [...]

News: Oliveros Adding Aging Room Minis, Vista de Cuba Reserva

Oliveros has a pair of new additions to their portfolio, the Aging Room Minis and a new value-based cigar line called the Vista de Cuba Reserva, which uses the left over tobacco from their current blends. The Aging Room Minis are cigarillos that come in 20-count packs and use the line’s Dominican blend. Oliveros’ president, [...]

Press Release: Oliveros King Havano Gets New Packaging & Big Wizard

July 19, 2012 (Miami, FL) — The King Havano gets a new packaging fit for a real KING. The Oliveros King Havano is now available in a CRIOLLO wrapper (formerly claro) and in a MADURO wrapper. Same great Nicaraguan Puro blends and a new 6 x 60 size. Available in the following sizes: Jester 4 [...]

Press Release: Boutique Blends Cigars Adds Two New Sizes To The Aging Room Small Batch M356 Line

July 18, 2012 (Miami, FL) — Two new sizes are being added to the highly rated Aging Room Small Batch M356. The Forte, a preferido shape measuring 40-56-40 x 56 and the Motivo 46 x 6. The two new sizes are being introduced at the IPCPR 2012 in Orlando, Florida. With the Forte and the [...]

News: Oliveros to Launch SWAG SoBe Edition at IPCPR

SWAG from Oliveros is the most recent brand to add a Miami-inspired line to its portfolio with the soon-to-be-released SWAG SoBe edition. Once again the focus for SWAG is the Dominican tobacco inside the blend, this time creating a blend that Oliveros describes as “a cigar for the new generation, Miami style.” Over the past [...]

Press Release: Boutique Blends Cigars Introduces Oliveros Sun Grown Reserve (SGR)

March 28, 2012 (Miami, FL) — Boutique Blends Cigars announces the introduction of Oliveros Sun Grown Reserve. The Oliveros SGR was released at the IPCPR show in Las Vegas last year on a limited basis. It was named one of the best 2011 IPCPR releases by many of the cigar bloggers, and was included in [...]

Weekly News (March 5, 2012)

Editor’s Note: This is the one week of year where Cuba is allowed to dominate cigar news with no apologies. The XIV Festival del Habano took place last week and dominated the discourse of cigar news. There weren’t any major surprises, but there was quite a bit of news. March is quietly one of the [...]

Press Release: Oliveros Cigars Launches Boutique Blends Cigars

February 29, 2012 (Miami, FL) — Oliveros Cigars launches Boutique Blends Cigars. The new company will focus exclusively on the production and distribution of boutique brand cigars, including the Swag Puro Dominicano and the Aging Room Small Batch Cigars. The project started at the end of 2010 with the introduction by Oliveros Cigars of the now [...]

Weekly News (July 11, 2011)

Editor’s Note: And here we are. One week out from the IPCPR trade show and things are reaching their peak. Last week saw a host of new product announcements and this week is likely to be no different. Later this week a massive post outlining what to expect at IPCPR should be up, I’d estimate [...]

Lancero50 Redux

Some Random Thoughts… Lanceros are a Pain in the Ass to Photograph — Or at least if you try to stand them up. They are long and thin. Light enough for any bit of wind to pick them up and blow over, and a tiny base makes it difficult for them to even stand up. [...]