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José Blanco

ProCigar 2015: Day 3

After starting in La Romana, day three of the 2015 ProCigar Festival was the first that took attendees to the factories in and around Santiago,…

Las Cumbres Tabaco Gains Canadian Distribution

Canadian fans of José Blanco’s Señorial cigars will soon have it much easier getting them locally, as Blanco has announced a distribution deal with House…

Señorial 65th Anniversary

To say it’s been a big year for José Blanco would be somewhat of an understatement. He started his own company, Las Cumbres Tabaco, and…

Graded: The Ten Questions for 2014

At the start of every year since 2011, my colleague and halfwheel co-founder Charlie Minato has posted an editorial containing ten questions that he feels the…

Señorial 65th Anniversary Shipping This Week

José Blanco of Las Cumbras Tabaco announced today that the Señorial 65th Anniversary has begun shipping, and said via Instagram that the cigar should be…

José Blanco Celebrating 65th Birthday with New Señorial Size

José Blanco kicked off the celebration of his 65th birthday today with the announcement of a new limited production size in Las Cumbres Tabaco’s Señorial line, a…

IPCPR 2014: Las Cumbres Tabaco

It’s hard to consider José Blanco “new” when it comes to anything regarding the cigar business. When one looks up “cigar industry veteran”—it seems almost…

Weekly News (March 10, 2014)

Cigar News Late Rain Threatens Cuban Tobacco Harvest Herrera Esteli Norteño Announced La Palina Goldie Laguito Especial Announced José Blanco Finalizes Señorial Oliva Federal 93rd…

José Blanco’s Señorial Starts Production Today

Less than four weeks after the official announcement came that José Blanco would be returning to the cigar business with a new company, Las Cumbres Tabaco,…

Weekly News (February 17, 2014)

José Blanco Announces Señorial — And a cigar for Russia. Robert Caldwell Announces Caldwell Cigar Co. E.P. Carrillo & General Partner on Re+United Ortega HeavyDuty Announced…

José Blanco Crafts Private Label Cigar for Russia

José Blanco has been a busy man of late, first announcing the debut line from his new company, the Las Cumbres Tabaco Señorial, and then seeing…