Big news day, here’s the second of today. It seems Steve’s screw up is a bonus for fans of the Todos las Dias, bringing a “more strong” version to the market in the lonsdale vitola!
Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust® (DTT) will be showcasing a single vitola line extension to it’s fullbodied
Todos Las Dias (TLD) brand that is even bolder. It will be made available at the International Premium
Cigar and Pipe Retailers 86th Annual Convention in Las Vegas, NV, on July 13th, 2018.
The TLD Thick Lonsdale “Mas Fuerte” is a 6.00 x 46 parejo with a pig tail finished head and packed in 10ct boxes
with a red “Mas Fuerte” label applied. The MSRP is $11.95 per cigar and $119.50 per box.
Steve Saka, the founder and master ligador of DTT, shared, “The Thick Lonsdale “Mas Fuerte” is the result of
some confusion between myself and the factory. When originally blending the TLD liga there were two finished
core blends comprised of the same tobaccos, but with different proportions. Ultimately, I selected the one I felt
worked best in the original formats to be released and relegated the other to my blending diary. When it came
time to add the Thick Lonsdale to the line, I inadvertently gave them the recipe for the stronger iteration. In their
defense, the factory asked me to verify the blend twice, but I managed to still muck it up and authorized them to
produce 200 boxes as instructed. I didn’t actually realize my mistake until I was smoking the post production
cigars for quality control purposes. Right away I knew something was askew.”
“My initial reaction was to destroy the cigars, but as I continued to smoked them I came to realize that this
variation of the liga was perfect for this unique 6×46 format. So in the end, I decided my mistake was a blessing
and have opted to add this tweaked vitola to the lineup for our connoisseur customers to enjoy.”
The anticipated ship date to those Select Purveyors who order at this year’s tradeshow is August 2017.
About Steve Saka
Regarded as a cigar expert throughout the industry, he is credited as being an experienced cigar blender and
maker, a prolific author regarding cigars and black tobaccos, a forefather within the online media segment and a
dynamic tobacco industry executive. In 2000, he worked directly for Lew Rothman, the former owner of JR Cigar,
as an executive consultant for four years and he subsequently served as the President, then CEO of Drew Estate
from 2005 through 2013. In 2015, he established the family held Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust to craft and
distribute traditional handmade puros. For more information, please visit: www.dunbartoncigars.com.
®Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust and Todos Las Dias are registered trademarks of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust
and/or affiliated companies.
