Boutique Blends Cigars has announced a new addition to its Aging Room Cigars’ portfolio, the Aging Room Small Batch Pura Cepa. The cigar is slated to hit retailers in May. The cigar is being produced at Plasencia S.A. in Estelí, Nicaragua and marks the first Aging Room branded cigar to come out of that factory. Pura […]
At the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, Boutique Blends moved into Altadis U.S.A.’s booth. This brought about a few changes, but did not diminish what has always been a positive vibe for Boutique Blends at the trade show. The reason Boutique Blends was in the Altadis U.S.A booth is that both companies entered into a strategic partnership. […]
Last year at the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Boutique Blends launched the Aging Room Solera. This line consists of four blends where the tobaccos use a method similar to aging sherry whine and brandy known as the Solera method. This year, Boutique Blends showcased the Aging Room Solera Shade – a blend that uses an […]
The 2017 IPCPR Trade Show was the first one for Boutique Blends as a part of the Altadis U.S.A family. This year, the company’s signature product was the Aging Room Quattro F55 Maduro. If the name sounds familiar, that’s because it’s a maduro version of the popular Aging Room Quattro F55. The Aging Room Quattro F55 Maduro was […]
Agile Cigar Reviews replace what we termed “Assessment Updates”. The concept is the same, but the name is different. Agile Cigar Reviews use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring […]
With Boutique Blends’ Aging Room Pelo de Oro, there are a lot of things that are unique about this release. For starters, it is a collaboration that was done with A.J. Fernandez. It is also the first Aging Room branded cigar to be made in Nicaragua. The cigar itself is also the first Aging Room branded Nicaraguan […]
Next month, Boutique Blends Cigars will be unveiling a new line called Aging Room Solera. The cigar gets its name from a blending concept in the wine industry called Solera. For the new Aging Room Solera line, Boutique Blends co-owners Rafael Nodal and Hank Bischoff take this concept and apply it to tobacco aging. Plans are […]
Agile Cigar Reviews replace what we termed “Assessment Updates”. The concept is the same, but the name is different. Agile Cigar Reviews use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring […]
The Aging Room M19 ffortissimo is third installment of Boutique Blends’ Aging Room ffortissimo line to be released. The ffortissimo line has been an annual limited edition cigar. While Boutique Blends focuses around small batch production, the ffortissimo line has been one of the more limited releases in the company’s portfolio. It also has been positioned as one of […]
The Aging Room Bin No. 1 D Major is one of two line extensions to Boutique Blends Cigars’ Aging Room Bin No. 1 that were officially launched at the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show. The D Major introduced a box-pressed Toro to the Aging Room Bin No. 1 line. It was back in 2014 when Boutique Blends […]
