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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, [...]

Tobacco Plus Expo 2013

While the premium cigar industry tends to focus their attention on the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers (IPCPR) Convention and Trade Show, there are a few other trade shows that have been getting the attention of the industry as of late. One of those is the Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE), whose 2013 show was [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Weekly News (August 16, 2010)

As was expected, New York’s new tobacco tax isn’t working out as well as planned. Just because Habanos lost one lawsuit, doesn’t mean they can’t start another. As if that’s not enough, your IPCPR releases (and a special surprise) after the jump:

IPCPR 2010: Habana Cuba Cigar Co.

Habana Cuba Cigar Co. (makers of Oliveros) launched a host of new products, including SWAG, an entirely new line. (It’s a Dominican puro made only from Ligero from the same farm co-owned by company head Rafael Nodal and Litto Gomez) That being said, I spent most of time at the booth with larger than life [...]