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  • Why Can’t I Find VCC on Online Stores?

    When I am working at cigar events inevitably I get asked the question, “why can't I buy your products online?” My answer boils down to one word: Experience. When we started Ventura Cigar Company we wanted to build a company focused on the cigar experience. As a company and as individuals, we believe the best place for our brands is in the humidor down the street for one simple reason: retail storefronts offer an experience that cannot be replicated online.

    For me, going to ... Read More

  • WTF VCC?!

    I am not joking when I say this is something that I really think people are saying aloud when they first come to our new website. It’s a natural reaction. If you had any experience with Ventura Cigar Company prior to the changes we made back in January of this year you’re probably thinking that we have lost our minds or we sold the business to a bunch of psychos.

    First, let me address the sale question. Nobody, regardless of how psychotic, is more qualified to own the worl ... Read More

  • The End of the Beginning

    Pura Sangre, the Nicaraguan Puro from Nestor Plasencia’s private blending room, harkens the end of the beginning with the much anticipated Pura Sangre Edicion 2012. Pura Sangre Edicion 2012 contains an extra leaf of ligero along with select 2007 Nicaraguan Viso Habano Colorado tobaccos. Further, the entire run was crate aged for 365 days resulting in a smooth and complex smoke with extraordinary body and consistency. Pura Sangre Edicion 2012 was already named one of Cigar Aficionado's m ... Read More