July 22, 2014 Brooks Whittington IPCPR 2014

IPCPR 2014: Cabal Cigars

Chris Arolfo was primarily introducing retailers to the Cabal brand at the 2014 IPCPR Convention and Trade Show, though for those stores who have already brought in the line, he did have something special tucked away.

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The Cabal Petit Lancero isn’t scheduled to be released until December or January, but Arolfo had a few on hand to share with his existing customers. The 6 x 40 vitola was created in honor of his mother, who was born and died on January 14, which is why he wants to make it an annual winter release. Currently he’s planning on 500 boxes of 12, with a single stick MSRP of $10. The blend is slightly tweaked from the original Cabal blend, and as of just a few weeks ago was still being tweaked.

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Cabal Cigars Cabal Petit Lancero Chris Arolfo IPCPR 2014
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Brooks Whittington

I have worn many hats in my life up to this point: I started out as a photojournalist for the Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, then transitioned to photographing weddings—both internationally and in the U.S.—for more than a decade. After realizing that there was a need for a cigar website containing better photographs and more in-depth information about each release, I founded my first cigar blog, SmokingStogie, in 2008. SmokingStogie quickly became one of the more influential cigar blogs on the internet, known for reviewing preproduction, prerelease, rare, extremely hard-to-find and expensive cigars, and it was one of the predecessors to halfwheel, which I co-founded.

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