News: Ventura Cigar Company Announces PSyKo Seven Nicaragua

Here’s some news from the folks at Ventura Cigars.  I’ve been looking forward to something new

in the PSyKo Seven line, I’ve enjoyed the other offerings and it’s been a long time since there’s been anything new.

 

Mind. Blown.

Announcing PSyKo Seven Nicaragua by Indiana Ortez for Ventura Cigar Company.

There’s a new face and cigar on the scene at Ventura Cigar Company. Introducing PSyKo SEVEN Nicaragua by Indiana Ortez, rising cigar industry star, and daughter of tobacco industry icon Omar Ortez. Set to debut at TAA 2019, this collaboration is an addition to

the popular PSyKO SEVEN brand, and offers a fresh, bold point of view from the young blender. Indiana Ortez was also the master blender behind Ventura Cigar’s Fathers, Friends, and Fire limited edition cigar, which earned industry praise when it arrived in Spring 2018. With the success of the Fathers, Friends, and Fire blend, Ventura Cigar Company teamed up with Indiana Ortez again, this time to bring PSyKo SEVEN Nicaragua to life.


Indiana spearheaded the project with her trademark enthusiasm and expertise, testing blend after blend to get exactly the essence she was looking for. The result is the bold and complex PSyKo SEVEN Nicaragua; offering rich, nuanced flavors that constantly evolve throughout the smoking experience. It’s a cigar that invites you to unleash the madness and experience the spirit of Nicaragua.



“Whenever you want to create a new blend, you need to depend on your intuition,” says Ortez. “It’s like a recipe- you can’t force making something that’s truly great. If you enjoy the process as you go through it, your intuition will guide you.”

As part of the first Nicaraguan tobacco family, Indiana has a knack for the craft in her blood. She’s been part of the industry since she was a child, inspired by her father’s passion and relentless perseverance, which was handed down from his own father. PSyKo SEVEN Nicaragua is hand-rolled in the Ortez factory, Condega Nicaragua, and is wrapped in a 2007 vintage Desflorada wrapper as a nod to the stories of those working within the tobacco industry before her.

“Every cigar has a story to tell,” says Indiana. “Every puff from a favorite cigar is the story behind the growers, the workers, the blenders- the people who have dedicated their lives to the craft.”

“Indiana has such vision,” says Michael Giannini, General Manager at Ventura Cigar Company. “She has a genuine, organic understanding for the nuances of tobacco, and knows how to bring it to life so the smoke can be enjoyed to the fullest. She’s a real talent, and we’re so pleased to be working with her and getting her passion and story blended into our PSyKo SEVEN Nicaragua cigar.”

PSyKo SEVEN Nicaragua will be available in 20-count boxes, with cigars found in three sizes: Gordo (6”x60), Robusto (5”x50), and Toro (6”x50). It joins other PSyKo SEVEN blends, which feature unexpected juxtapositions of flavor and boldness, encouraging smokers to disconnect their minds from the chaos and commotion of the everyday with an enjoyable smoke.

For more information about the Ventura Cigar Company, or other PSyKo SEVEN cigars, please visit venturacigar.com.

 

 

About Ventura Cigar Company

Ventura Cigar Company (VCC) is a unique cigar brand born in sunny Southern California that is on a mission to create memorable

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, complex cigar blends that excite the senses and reward discriminating palates. Their flagship Archetype, Case Study, Project805, and PSyKo SEVEN brands offer multiple award-winning blends that earned 90+ ratings in Cigar Aficionado, Cigar & Spirits, and Cigar Snob. And Archetype’s Axis Mundi won #13 Cigar of the Year

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for 2017 from Cigar Aficionado. Ventura Cigar Company also distributes Tommy Bahama Luxury Cigar Accessories and the 4th Generation Tobacconist and Comoy’s of London lines of pipe tobacco products, extending its reach and tradition of offering top-quality tobacconist products. Pipes and blends under these brands are cultivated through generations of craftsmanship, making them longtime favorites of pipe tobacco enthusiasts.

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News: Villiger Cigars Introducing La Meridiana to U.S. Market

VILLIGER CIGARS TO INTRODUCE THE VILLIGER LA MERIDIANA TO THE U.S. CONSUMER

 With much excitement, Villiger Cigars will introduce a European favorite, the Villiger La Meridiana to the U.S. consumer. Recently obtaining a 92 rating by Cigar Journal, the Villiger Meridiana was released in 1998 and has gained a loyal following, among full-flavored cigar enthusiasts in Europe. The Villiger Meridiana was conceived by Heinrich Villiger, as a way to pay tribute to some long lost Cuban cigar heritage.

The Villiger La Meridiana bases its historical roots, in a long forgotten Cuban factory named “La Meridiana”. The factory owned by Pedro Murias, was once of the largest and most well-known cigar factories, which determi

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ned the cityscape of Havana at the end of the 19th century. Sadly, Murias was forced to sell La Meridiana factory due to unrest in Cuba during the Cuban war of Independence. The sale went through shortly after the war ended in 1898, and just like that, Pedro Murias along with the original La Meridiana cigar factory became a fading memory.

The resurrection of “La Meridiana” came from Heinrich Villiger’s love of everything Cuban. During his many trips to Cuba he discovered the name and rich history of the Meridiana factory, and thought to create a full-flavored cigar, beautiful and elegant enough to carry on the La Meridiana name in honor of Pedro Murias.

The Villiger La Meridiana is a Nicaraguan full-flavored puro. This blend features complex flavors without overpowering the palate of the smoker. The uniquely distinct hue of the wrapper and flavor are born out of a special aging process of the tobacco which takes approximately four years.

The Villiger La Meridiana is elegantly packaged in 10 count boxes and is expressed in 5 vitolas: 

Corona (5.5 x 42)………….MSRP: $6.50

Robusto (5×50) ………… MSRP: $7.50

Torpedo (6×52)……………MSRP: $8.00

Churchill (6 7/8 x48)………MSRP: $8.50

Toro Box Pressed (6×54) .MSRP $10.60

 

Rene Castañeda, President of Villiger North America said,” We feel that it is the perfect time to launch the Villiger La Meridiana to the US consumer. The Villiger La Meridiana is an exceptionally elegant and flavorful cigar that I am confident will satisfy the cigar connoisseur. We look to begin shipping to retailers in March of this year.”

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ABOUT VILLIGER SONS LIMITED AND VILLIGER NORTH AMERICA:
Villiger Sons Limited was established in 1888 by Jean Villiger in the small town of Pfeffikon, Switzerland, where Villiger remains headquartered to this day. The company manufactures and sells more than 1.5 billion cigars annually, world-wide. Today, under the leadership of Heinrich Villiger, the company prides itself in its commitment to quality, in all their products made in many countries around the globe.

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News: Drew Estate Announces Return of Herrera Esteli Lancero

Oddly, I’m not as big a fan of the Herrera Esteli as many people. I love the Norteño, but the regular old Habano isn’t as interesting to me.That being said, I did enjoy the Lancero when it was around previously, and may still have one floating around in my hoard of lanceros. Read on about the latest Herrera

Esteli Lancero:

The Herrera Esteli Habano Edicion Limitada Lancero Returns to Drew Diplomat Retailers

Drew Estate announces today the return of the Herrera Esteli Habano Edicion Limitada Lancero exclusively for Drew Diplomat retailers and will begin shipping immediately. This cigar will be displayed to Drew Diplomat retailers attending the TAA Trade show held March 17-21st in Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic.

Originally released in 2014, the Herrera Esteli Habano Edicion Limitada Lancero is wrapped in a spicy Ecuadorian Habano wrapper, with Honduran binder and complex Nicaraguan fillers. Due to the skill requi

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red in rolling the 7×38 lancero vitola, there are only 4 pairs of rollers at La Gran Fabrica allowed to produce this cigar.Fro

m La Gran Fabrica Drew Estate, Master Blender Willy Herrera adds, “The lancero is a notoriously difficult vitola to master both from a blending and rolling perspective. The same rollers who make the L40 are assigned to this special blend since they’re the best of the best. We took our time here at the factory wh

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en we decided to re-release this cigar so that every aspect from flavor to construction is perfection.”The Herrera Esteli Habano Edicion Limitada Lancero is available only at Drew Diplomat Retailers in 15 count boxes with an MSRP of $186.96.

ABOUT DREW ESTATE

Founded in New York City in 1996, Drew Estate has become one of the fastest growing tobacco companies in the world. Under their mantra “The Rebirth of Cigars”, Drew Estate has led the “Boutique Cigar” movement by innovating new elements to the tobacco industry with their unique tobaccos and blending styles that attracting new and traditional cigar enthusiasts. In their Gran Fabrica Drew Estate, the Nicaraguan headquarters, Drew Estate produces a variety of brands such as ACID, Herrera Esteli­, Herrera Esteli­ Norteño, Isla del Sol, Kentucky Fired Cured, Liga Privada, MUWAT, Larutan by Drew Estate, Nica Rustica, Pappy Van Winkle Barrel Fermented Cigars, Tabak Especial, Undercrown, Florida Sun Grown, and Java by Drew Estate.

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A La Sirena LT, Some Other Great Cigars and A Rant Continuation

I’ve been fortunate to have either been picking some really great cigars lately, or really enjoying the cigars I’ve been smoking, or both!  I think I’ve been gravitating toward known sure things due to the winter blues, honestly. I smoked a couple of favorites from Cornelius and Anthony this week, a Cornelius and a  Señor Esug

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ars in Toro sizes, just because I wanted to smoked great cigars on those particular days. Both times I was reminded of how much I really love the flavors in both those cigars. Even though they are on opposite ends of the spectrum, they both satisfy me in different ways. I had a La Flor Dominicana Ligero Natural L400 that was spectacular as well, and a La Palina LP 02 that, while I still am not sure about the band and packaging, the cigar is awesome. Again, two completely different flavor profiles, but both delight my palate! Like I said, Everything tasted great to me this week!

 

I’ve smoked a few sizes of the La Sirena LT (and it’s predecessor, the Jaxx LT) and written about them here before, but I recently put a box of the Toro s

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ize in the humidor and last night I pulled the first one out and lit it up.  The LT is the La Sirena Connecticut Shade offering, made at Placencia’s El Paraiso factory in Honduras. It has a beautiful Ecuador Connecticut wrapper, Nicaraguan binder and Honduran and Nicaraguan fillers. If you are thinking that this is just another mild Connecticut shade cigar, you’d be mistaken. Yes, there is the sweet, slight bready/wheaty flavor from the wrapper, but there is a richness to this cigar that I find really appealing. This is a rich, medium-bodied cigar with great flavors that kept my interest to the end, and I really enjoyed, much like the rest of the La Sirena line, and most readers will know I’m a long-time fan of the brand. The LT is a great addition to the line, and to my humidor.

 

Rant

So let’s get into some details on last Wednesday’s post. I didn’t have much time, so I posted a picture of some ridiculous beer based on a children’s breakfast cereal, and a picture of some cigars packaged like candy bars. My premise was that there’s a double standard that the alcohol industry enjoys in their marketing that the tobacco industry does not, and I don’t think that can be debated. I just don’t understand it, nor do I think it’s right. I did receive some feedback. But first let me explain the cigars pictured, for those who aren’t familiar (and when Will Cooper isn’t familiar with them, there’s a good chance they are on the obscure side!) The Alec Bradley Cigars were handed out at an event at the IPCPR a few years ago, so they were never distributed, an obvious Willy Wonka reference. The Smokin Cigar Bars are a 3-pack of 6″ x 70 cigars that Dave Garofalo at 2Guys put out a few years ago, and were featured in one of the CigarCraig’s 12 Spectacular Days of Givaways in 2012. I had to remove all traces of the post about these cigars (and I might have to redact the photo here) because Hershey actually went after Dave and made him kill the line. The “Hand Rolled Cigars” pictured was another one of Dave’s products and came in a big jar, circa 2013. Fun fact, if you’ve ever had an Avanti cigar and noticed the packaging looks kind of like the old Tootsie Roll packaging, it’s because they actually use the machines that they bought from the Tootsie Roll company to individually wrap the Avanti cigars in the little cardboard tray and cello. Where was I? I didn’t even mention the cigars that had vintage toy themes that were vilified. I’ll concede that I personally thought all of these were an epically bad idea, for these exact reasons. the same reasons I think it’s a bad idea to have kids at a cigar event or rally, even if they are your family’s future. Don’t give the anti’s anythough they can use out of context, because they will.  So one of the pieces of feedback I received was a private message from the attorney from one of the largest cigar companies, asking me to caption the photo because he was concerned that a health group would use it out of context as an example of kid friendly cigars. Mind you, this was a highly credible source, with a pedigree, I was happy to oblige. I did receive a mystifying rebuttal via Twitter.

I’m not sure why Charlie felt the need to disagree. He makes cogent points, I just don’t understand why a guy who makes a living writing a cigar blog feels the need to say he disagrees with the fact that I think it’s unfair that there’s a double standard. There is, isn’t there? Certainly everyone is welcome to their opinion, I

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how wrong they might be! But, I understand the points he makes, lobbyists, public perception, duh…I get it, but my point is, that from my perspective, it’s wrong!  Is there a difference in perception of Alcohol vs. Cigars?  Of course!  Should there be?  In my mind, there shouldn’t! I know, cigars get lumped in with tobacco, and it’s near impossible to separate the two, and they probably can’t be (it would be like trying to separate beer and, I don’t know, what’s a super high end liquor, Pappy Van Winkle? Johnny Walker Blue?, they all have to be age regulated the same). Sure, tobacco use is a leading preventable cause of death, guess what, alcohol is number two. People can argue with me all day long about how it’s OK to market beer and liquor to kids because of general attitudes and I’ll argue that nobody ever killed anyone driving under the influence of cigars or beat their wife or kids after a night at the cigar lounge. can’t we just agree that it’s a ridiculous double standard, even though we have no chance of ever changing it?  I appreciate those who weighed in, and I look forward to more conversation.

OK, I got that of my chest, now to try to get some things done before tonight’s beg snowstorm.  Until the next time,

CigarCraig

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News: C.Gars Auctions Vintage Havana Auction

Here’s some news about one of our friends, C.Gars Ltd’s, semi-annual auction events. If you are a fan of rare and hard to find Havana cigars, this is  the place to look!

 

March 3rd – Vintage Havana Cigar Auction

 

C.Gars Auctions are holding the first auction of the year on Sunday March 3rd

 

Lots are live and bidding open online on the Cigar Auction website   http://www.onlinecigarauctions.com/ 

 

This will be the 29th cigar auction by C.Gars since the auction department was established in 2009

 

Almost 400 Lots of Vintage, Mature, Pre Embargo, Davidoff, Dunhill and Limited Edition Havana cigars on behalf of estates, investors and collectors are on offer.

 

Auction Lots can be viewed online and bid on  http://www.onlinecigarauctions.com/index.php

 

Featured Lots in this sale include:

 

-Davidoff Dom Perignon, No.1, No.2 and Chateau Yquem

 

-Cohiba Sublimes, Gran Reserva, Majestuosos 50th anniversary humidors and singles from Cohiba Behike 40th anniversary humidor.

 

-Pre embargo H. Upmann Dunhill Double Claro Seleccion Suprema no.15

 

-Pre Embargo H Upmann Miniatura

 

-Pre embargo Romeo y Julieta Coronation de Luxe

 

Pre Embargo Bolivar Mundiales

 

-Ramon Allones 225th anniversary humidor

 

Substantial interest is expected from overseas buyers is expected due to the weakness of the Pound Sterling currently as well as the increased demand from China.

 

Lots are available for inspection at our London offices. We are delighted to provide any further details or condition reports , simply email Laura Graham o

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r Michelle Adler in our Auction Team  at auctions@cgarsltd.co.uk quoting Lot numbers.

 

About C.Gars Ltd:

C.Gars Ltd was launched in 1997 and is now one of the world’s largest specialist cigar merch

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ants. This family business sells premium cigars and related goods from its website, 24/7, every day of the year. C.Gars also owns and operates specialist cigar shops across the UK. https://www.cgarsltd.co.uk/our-shops/

 

 

 

 

 

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