Cigar News: Ventura Cigar Company to Showcase Five Blends of Case Study at 2017 IPCPR

Last year at the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Ventura Cigar Company showcased an ambitious project called Case Study. It’s a line 26 blends and 66 facings. The company is taking a phased approach to roll out these cigars. And at this year’s IPCPR, the first five installments Case Study CS/01-05 will be front and center.

The concept from Case Design goes back to a project done by Arts & Architecture magazine from 1945 to 1966. During this time, the magazine commissioned rising starts in the architecture world to build a series of 26 cost-effective model homes for the Baby Boomer generation. The majority of these homes were in the Greater Los Angeles area (Ventura Cigar Company is a Southern California-based company). Some of the artists who participated include Richard Neutra, Pierre Koening, Eero Saarinen, and Charles and Ray Eames. Many of these homes have been featured in Hollywood films, advertising campaigns, and photo essays.

The Case Design series was inspired by these designers. To make this project a reality, Ventura has worked with some its partner factories and has obtained some of the best products that been aging there.

“This is truly a distinctive project,” says Benjamin Winokur, Brand Manager at Ventura Cigar Company. “Case Study takes premium cigars to a new level of exploration. We’re partnering with five of the world’s most renowned factories and their masters, releasing blends that showcase the unique qualities of vintage and aged tobaccos in cigars that exemplify the blender’s craft. We’ll be offering Master Editions (denoted by a White Band) that will be regularly available, with standard production quantities. We’ll also be offering Limited Editions (Black Band), which will be available in extremely limited quantities. Once the Limited Editions are gone, they are gone. Those quick enough to stock and smoke these cigars will be lucky ones indeed.”

The CS/01, CS/03, and CS/04 come out of Davidoff’s Occidental factory. The CS/02 comes from La Aurora while CS/05 comes from Plasencia. Following is a quick glance at Case Study CS/01 through CS/05.

Case Study CS/01