PCA 2022: West Tampa Tobacco Company
Rick Rodriguez spends some time with Simplystogies to highlight two new blends. While Rick talks about the blends he shares his passion behind his blends.
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Rick Rodriguez spends some time with Simplystogies to highlight two new blends. While Rick talks about the blends he shares his passion behind his blends.
Read MoreFounders Cigar Company is a new contender to the cigar industry. Join Angelo Fraboni as he gives us the vision of Founders Cigar Co. and what offerings you should be looking for.
Read MoreCEO of Dapper Cigar Company, Ian Reith gives Simplystogies Podcast an inside look at some new product for 2022 at the PCA Tradeshow in Las Vegas, NV.
Read MoreJeremy Casdagli of Casdagli Cigars gives Simplystogies the inside story on their latest release, the Cypher 3311. This cigar is an honor to his Grandfathers story as a Prisoner of War during World War II.
Read MoreThe Villa Casdagli line may have been first shown off at the 2021 Tobacco Plus Expo, but the seed (if you’ll pardon the pun) was planted eight years ago in Costa Rica when Jeremy Casdagli first met Don Olman of the, then, Vegas Santiago Factory. Since then, Jeremy has worked with Olman on special projects…
Read MoreWho doesn’t like a good mystery? Near the end of 2019, When I sat down with Jeremy Casdagli, founder of Casdagli Cigars, one of the last things he mentioned on the podcast was two new cigars coming the following year (2020) called the Cypher and the Enigma. The blends would be undisclosed and left up…
Read MoreThe Casdagli Cigars Mareva Spalato No. 2 is the regular production follow-up release to the original limited production Mareva Spalato. The Mareva Spalato No. 2 was blended by Master Blender Hendrik Kelner Jr. and originally rolled in the Kelner Boutique Factory in November 2019 and the tobaccos used are all aged at least three years….
Read MoreWhat is a boutique cigar? That question has been asked by aficionados and enthusiasts for years causing much debate within the community. Definitions of what makes a cigar brand boutique include: Brands who do not own their own factory, brands who only produce lines in small batches, and even cigars manufactured in a small factory….
Read MoreOVERVIEW VITOLA:   LanceroSIZE:  7-1/2″ x 39 ORIGIN:  Costa RicaFACTORY:  Tobacos de la Cordillera WRAPPER:  Costa Rican ClaroBINDER:  Costa Rican Puriscal & NicaraguanFILLER:  Dominican Oscuro Ligero & Peruvian STRENGTH:  Medium SOURCE:   Small Batch Cigar ENVIRONMENT WHERE:  My deck WHEN:  April 25, 2020 @ 11am DRINKS:  Ice Mountain WEATHER:  Low 60’s – a sunny Spring day WHAT’S ON:  Smoking…
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