David Mallow, owner of Barrister Cigars in Union, NJ, today announced the 3rd edition of the New Jersey Cigar Festival scheduled for Sunday, May 4th, 2014 from 11am through 4pm at the Park Avenue Club in Florham Park, NJ According to a press release, there will be festival exclusive cigars handed out to attendees. Last […]
Cigar News: Aging Room Quattro F55 Adding ConcertoS Line Extension (Cigar Preview)
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This Aging Room Quattro F55 Concerto will get a slightly smaller counterpart with the ConcertoS Boutique Blends will be adding a sixth vitola to its Aging Room Quattro F55 line. The ConcertoS will be the first new vitola since the line was launched in 2012. Information on this line extension was first reported in the […]
2013 Cigar of the Year Countdown: #14: Aging Room Maduro by Boutique Blends (Part 17 of Epic Encounters 2013)
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“When (company president Rafael) Nodal talked to the media at the 2013 IPCPR, you can see him beaming with pride when it came to the Aging Room Maduro. He knew he had a winner, and from smoking this cigar – it totally lives up to the expectations.” #14 – Aging Room Maduro by Boutique Blends […]
Cigar News: Aging Room Quattro T59 (Cigar Preview)
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Boutique Blends will be releasing its next installment in its Aging Room line. The Aging Room Quattro T59 will become the second box-pressed Aging Room Quattro. Information on this blend was reported December 3rd edition of the Cigar Insider. Follow-up information was released in a press release on December 9th. Cigar Insider originally reported Aging […]
News: Rafael Nodal Announces Aging Room Bin No. 1 Cigar for 2014
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Boutique Blends President Rafael Nodal was a guest on the 10/26/13 Cigar Authority Show and broke news for a 2014 project called the Aging Room Bin No. 1. On the show, Nodal said that,there is a small amount of tobacco that has been stored in a bin in their warehouse known as “bin number 1”. […]
News: Aging Room WildPack (Cigar Preview)
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Aging Room WildPack shown by Boutique Blends President Rafael Nodal (Cigar Coop IPCPR Photo) Earlier this year, we noted a report that Boutique Blends would be launching a project under its Aging Room line called the Aging Room WildPack. The concept gives cigar enthusiasts an opportunity to select what an upcoming release will be under the […]
Cigar Review: Aging Room Maduro
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Aging Room Maduro Rafael Nodal’s Boutique Blends had a very busy IPCPR in 2013. The Aging Room Maduro was one of five new releases launched by the company. It actually was one of two maduro blends launched (the other being the Swag S Maduro). Aging Room Cigars was a new line formed two years ago. […]
Cigar Conversation: Rafael Nodal of Boutique Blends at IPCPR 2013
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Rafael Nodal – President of Olveros/Boutique Blends Prior to the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show, we identified Boutique Blends as one of our “Five Spotlight Entities” (companies). Boutique Blends would spinoff the Swag and Aging Room Cigars lines of Oliveros Cigars in 2012 into a subsidiary company. The moved proved to be very successful has those […]
Assessment Update: Swag SoBE Edition
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Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system; 3) Provide a re-assessment and re-score of previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we provide an […]
Cigar Preview: Aging Room Maduro
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This past weekend, Boutique Blends cigars announced that the Aging Room Maduro would be launching at the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show. Since then we have acquired additional information about this cigar. First up, the Aging Room Maduro will be a core offering by Boutique Blends. This cigar joins the Aging Room Havao as a core […]