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poprocz · 03-21-2004, 01:47 AM

Can someone please help me understand this term. I read it often especially when talking about the cigar boom days of the mid nineties.

JohnVH · 03-21-2004, 02:42 AM

Small manufacturer/production. At least that's how I understand it.

KatDad · 03-21-2004, 05:08 AM

Limited production, high price, supposed exclusivity!

IMHO much more sizzle than steak. Most of them ended up as close outs at places like JR & CI. Unfortunately, I bit on a few from both of those places. Again, IMHO they weren't even worth the deeply discounted prices.

BonaMan · 03-21-2004, 05:53 AM

As I understand it, a producer uses leaf that is in small supply or low demand to make a cigar that is not designed for mainstream tastes. Low volume equals low risk, and at the same time they test the waters of consumer appeal.

PJ · 03-21-2004, 07:56 AM

Lars and Acid come to mind.

Wiley · 03-21-2004, 03:04 PM

Gurkha and La Perla Habana. They both have their cigars rolled for them by Torano.

hl · 03-21-2004, 05:42 PM

Moore and Bode and El Original/Santiago Cabana comes to mind...

TommyBB · 03-21-2004, 06:33 PM

As a "real" boutique is different from a large clothing store so a boutique brand cigar is a small company with limited numbers of cigars produced.

Compare the aforementioned Moore & Bode, La Perla Habana, La Luna, Cupido, among others to large producers like Tabacalera A. Fuente, General Cigars/Swedish Match, Consolidated/Altadis, and I daresay, Carlos Toraño (only because they manufacture for so many companies....)

Wiley · 03-21-2004, 07:21 PM

How do you type a Spanish n with a tilde over it? (I can pronounce it, but not sure how you spell it out.)

rookie139 · 03-21-2004, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hl

Moore and Bode and El Original/Santiago Cabana comes to mind...

I still love El Originals, especially the maduros

03-21-2004, 01:47 AM	#1
poprocz Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Gainesville, Georgia Posts: 595	Boutique Cigars? What does it mean? Can someone please help me understand this term. I read it often especially when talking about the cigar boom days of the mid nineties. __________________ Far better to attempt great feats and fail than to stand rank among the poor, timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

03-21-2004, 02:42 AM	#2
JohnVH Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 410	Small manufacturer/production. At least that's how I understand it. __________________ JohnVH

03-21-2004, 05:08 AM	#3
KatDad Herf God Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Overland Park, Kansas Posts: 30,265	Limited production, high price, supposed exclusivity! IMHO much more sizzle than steak. Most of them ended up as close outs at places like JR & CI. Unfortunately, I bit on a few from both of those places. Again, IMHO they weren't even worth the deeply discounted prices. __________________ The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it George Bernard Shaw The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it H. L. Mencken The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants Albert Camus The Land of the Free Because of the Brave

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PJ Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Riverdale, IL Posts: 902	Lars and Acid come to mind. __________________ I want to die in my sleep like grandpa, not screaming like the others in his car!

03-21-2004, 06:33 PM	#8
TommyBB Editor-in-Chief Herf God Join Date: Aug 1998 Location: Metairie, LA Posts: 86,649	As a "real" boutique is different from a large clothing store so a boutique brand cigar is a small company with limited numbers of cigars produced. Compare the aforementioned Moore & Bode, La Perla Habana, La Luna, Cupido, among others to large producers like Tabacalera A. Fuente, General Cigars/Swedish Match, Consolidated/Altadis, and I daresay, Carlos Toraño (only because they manufacture for so many companies....) __________________ +In Memory of E.Guevara(Cubano67)W.Orlando(Shadow) A.Morris (Knife) D.Odom (dodom) D.Revermann (dgr) S.Bouchard (sb1396) M.Cole (Matt76) S.Faccenda (TOJE) R.Smith(IBMer) V.Vandermeer (van55)M.Davis(boxdoctor)S.Singer(bassman)K.Doetze l (drillrk1)D.Hart(garme1962)J.Coleman(John C 81)T.Gossett(Dartplayer1)J.Bolt (jb)E.J.Ferralles(CaballoPinto)M.Cataldo(FVFanMC)K Payne(SanchoPanza)F.Seltzer(Mowee)+LB+Connor Olson+Micah Kercheval+Maggie Bonefas+Karen

03-21-2004, 05:53 AM	#4
BonaMan Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 486	As I understand it, a producer uses leaf that is in small supply or low demand to make a cigar that is not designed for mainstream tastes. Low volume equals low risk, and at the same time they test the waters of consumer appeal.

03-21-2004, 03:04 PM	#6
Wiley Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: N x NW Posts: 394	Gurkha and La Perla Habana. They both have their cigars rolled for them by Torano.

03-21-2004, 05:42 PM	#7
hl Starting Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: South Florida Posts: 12	Moore and Bode and El Original/Santiago Cabana comes to mind...

03-21-2004, 07:21 PM	#9
Wiley Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: N x NW Posts: 394	How do you type a Spanish n with a tilde over it? (I can pronounce it, but not sure how you spell it out.)