I have had the privilege of getting to know some of you on this forum over the last several months.  I want to thank each of you for participating in the cigar review panel.  Your feedback and honesty has been invaluable information and has assisted me in making decisions on one of the brands we plan to introduce at the IPCPR show in Las Vegas in July.  Some of you wanted to know which blend I decided upon.  Drum roll please...We decided to go with the A1A blend.  The blend reviewed exceptionally well as a whole.  We made some slight modifications based on your feedback.

We will be introducing this blend in three sizes under the Avant-Garde brand.  The sizes are 54X6 (Legrand), 50X5 (Melange), and 42X5.5 (Aerial).  The cigars have been made and are ageing in the Dominican Republic.  We are very excited about the introduction in July.  I will be sending each of you a box of 20 cigars and hope they maintain a place in your humidors for years to come.

We will also be introducing two additional brands at the IPCPR.  Meridian and Catawba are unique and innovative brands that are mild bodied made from very select tobacco grown in the US.

If any of you are on Twitter, please follow me @CandAFounder.  I post regularly and I will follow you back.

Thanks again and let's stay in touch.

Steven

Glad to hear us geeks could help you out. I can't wait to try the final product and hopefully see it on the shelves of my local B&M. A1A was an exceptional blend and I'm sure it will be well received at the show. Thanks again for the opportunity to smoke and critique your fine cigars.

Congrats. Now I am wishing I had volunteered to be a reviewer. That is very cool of y'all to do that for those that helped out!! I hope to be able to get my hands on a couple of stick to try sometime.

That is great news,wish you the best!.

Thank you for letting us participate!!!

Thanks for having us!  I enjoyed the smokes myself, and was very impressed by a company willing to put up all this just to make sure they put out a good product.  Kudos to you!

The opportunity to review these cigars was great, I really appreciate being included. I enjoyed them all, but I did not keep notes for myself, so I am not sure which one the A1A was...doh!! The thank you gift y'all sent out was nice in of itself, so getting a box of great cigars to age, well, that is just some sweet icing on the cake!! Thank you very much, and I hope you knock this out of the park!!!      

I also want to echo Nirab's comments. The opportunity was great. Very much appreciate the opportunity.

Thanks for the opportunity!

Thank you again for letting us do this. I myself don't remember which one that was, but hopefully it was the one I asked you about because it was a great cigar. Submit the cigars to the database when you have a chance.

I added you on Twitter. I'll also be at the IPCPR with Fratello so hopefully I can meet you there. It'll be a busy and hectic time but I am sure it will successful for you. I wasn't in on the testing for your blends but you have some awesome geeks here who I trust helped make the right choice

Wow, that is great news. Congratulations on getting it all together and wishing you the best with your launch in July. Good Luck! Thanks for the opportunity to taste the different blends.

Thank you for having us review the smokes!  You made it a very easy process, and I hope you have great success with the launch.  And thank you for the gift and the box of smokes!

This is just awesome!  If I had more knowledge at the time I would have joined in, but I didn't think I would be that much of a help when it came to reviewing them.

Soooooooo.....not to dig up a dead thread, but I noticed a photo on Twitter today and messaged Steven when I saw it.  I asked if he would let me post this and he was thrilled.  This is a finished box of the Avant-Garde cigars that we participated in the panel for.  Quite striking actually.  He also reminded me he very soon was sending each participant our very own box.  Very exciting for him!

 

QuoteStogieDad - 7/3/2014  3:02 PM

Soooooooo.....not to dig up a dead thread, but I noticed a photo on Twitter today and messaged Steven when I saw it.  I asked if he would let me post this and he was thrilled.  This is a finished box of the Avant-Garde cigars that we participated in the panel for.  Quite striking actually.  He also reminded me he very soon was sending each participant our very own box.  Very exciting for him!

 

All reviewers are getting a box?      

Thats the way I understand it brother.  He posted it at the top of this thread, and mentioned it to me today as well.

Thanks to StogieDad for posting this picture for me.  I look forward to having my finished product in the next couple of weeks.  Each of you that participated and helped me produce this product, I will be sending you a box.  You have been of great service to me and my company and it's the least I can do.

Also, I have another premium hand rolled creation in the works.  It's quite interesting and as the tobacco ages, I will be contacting each of you again to see if you wish to participate in another smoking panel.

Thanks to all of you and happy Independence Day!

Smoke on!

Steven
Founder,
Cornelius & Anthony

Very awesome Steven!.

Wow, very cool.

I want to thank you for allowing us to participate in the review process!  I enjoyed smoking them and doing the reviews and am looking forward to smoking one of the new release!  I am thinking you will do well at ICPCR in the launch of your new cigars. Thanks again for the opportunity to be a part of it

Congratulations on some fine looking cigars!

Very nice looking cigars. Absolutely awesome gesture Steven

The final product looks great.  Was fun doing the reviews, and looking forward to trying out the final cigar.

It has been fun being part of the reviews. Thanks for letting us Geeks participate