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News: Ventura Cigar Company Will Keep Everyone Rolling at Big Smoke 2019

More news from V
entura Cigars, who is
determined to show that they are here to stay despite the less than positive perception left by the recent downsizing (I know how that feels!) I’ve been a student of Michael’s on several occasions in the areas of rolling as well as blending and you can’t have a better instructor.  I imagine this  will be a real treat for the Big Smoke attendees.

Ventura Cigar Company to Hold Rolling Event with  Michael Giannini + Indiana Ortez at Big Smoke 2019.  Two industry stars share secrets of their craft as attendees learn to roll their own Psyko Seven Nicaragua Cigar.

 

Ventura Cigar Company will keep everyone rolling at Big Smoke 2019. Happening November 15 – November 17 at the Mirage in Las Vegas, Cigar Aficionado’s annual event is a popular draw for premium cigar enthusiasts. It offers attendees the opportunity to meet, greet, pose, and sample wares from top industry names. Ventura Cigar will be taking things to the next level, rolling PSyKo Seven Nicaragua cigars in their booth on Friday and Saturday, and offering a Rolling Seminar on Sunday, 11/17, where attendees will roll their own Archetype Axis Mundi cigar.

 

Michael Giannini, General Manager of Ventura Cigar Company, will be heading up the Ventura Cigar Company team and leading the rolling events.

 

“It’s great to be coming back to Big Smoke,” says Giannini. “Ventura Cigar is honored to be here, and excited to be rolling this weekend. The Cigar Aficionado team always puts on a solid event. And they ranked our Archetype Axis Mundi cigar as #13 of the top 25 for 2017, so we’re stoked to give Big Smoke attendees the opportunity to create their own on Sunday. We hope everyone also comes by the Ventura Cigar booth on Friday and Saturday to check out the PSyKo Seven Nicaragua cigars that we’ll be rolling with Indiana Ortez. It’s not often to get the chance to create with a cigar’s creator. It’s going to be such a good time.”

 

Indiana Ortez, rising industry star and the mastermind behind the PSyKo Seven Nicaragua blend will be rolling alongside Giannini
at the Ventura Cigar Booth, and during Sunday’s Rolling Seminar. Hailing from the renowned Ortez tobacco family in Nicaragua, Indiana first collaborated with Ventura Cigar in 2018 on the Fathers, Friends, and Fire cigar, and has continued to add her expertise and youthful vibrance to their portfolio. The duo will share stories and behind-the-scenes info as they give Big Smoke attendees a hands-on rolling experience throughout the weekend.

 

“This won’t be as easy as people think,” says Ortez. “There’s a lot of factors that go into rolling, including patience, skill, and intuition- especially while using Connecticut Desflorada wrappers from a 2017 crop, like we’ll be doing for the PSyKo Seven Nicaragua cigars. But I know it’s going to be fun, and I’m looking forward to it!”

 



For tickets to Big Smoke 2019, visit thebigsmokes.com . For Big Smoke updates, more info on PSyKo Seven Nicaragua, and the other Ventura Cigar Company cigars, please visit venturacigar.com, or follow @venturacigar on Instagram. 

 

 

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, 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 for 2017 from Cigar Aficionado. Ventura Cigar Company also distributes Silver Dollar Nasal Snuff 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: Ventura Cigar Company Still Strong After Recent Layoffs

Kretek International, Inc., Parent Company of Ventura Cigar, restructures in anticipation of FDA Action within Overall Tobacco Industry.

Ventura Cigar Company has just announced the restructuring of its national sales organization in advance of new FDA regulations expected to hit the tobacco industry in the coming months. In a continually evolving environment, Ventura Cigar Company, through Kretek International remains a strong and profitable company and will continue to deliver high quality products and service to our valued consumers and customers.… Continue reading »

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News: Herrera Esteli Norteño Edicion Limitada Released to Drew Diplomat Retailers

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News: Villiger Cigars Announces Cuellar Black Forrest

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News: Fratello Cigars Announces Return of the DMV

A lot of news this week!  That works well for me because I have the time and haven’t had a cigar in a few days! This time it’s my amigo Omar announcing another regional release with his DMV, which doesn’t stand for Department of Motor Vehicles, it stands for Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, locally known as DelMarVa, the region surrounding Washington DC, where the Fratello brand got it’s start. I know it says something different below, but I’m from PA, this is my interpretation! I could say that NASA falls under the Department of Motor Vehicles if I wanted…

The DMVs own Fratello Cigars has announced the return of its popular regional release of the cigar line made as a tribute to the region that birthed the company. … Continue reading »

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