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<blockquote data-quote="JimInks" data-source="post: 577283" data-attributes="member: 2673"><p>Watch City discontinued several blends a few years back because the base tobaccos were McClelland's. Ernie's not going to sell a blend unless he can keep it consistent. The only blend he's discontinued since then was Watch City Slices because Sutliff just couldn't keep it consistent. More blenders should have Ernie's integrity.</p><p></p><p>In my opinion, there are only two reasons K&K and STG are changing blends. One would be to lower costs, e.g., HU Director's Cut where they lessened the perique content and upped the dark fired Kentucky because DFK is one tenth the price of perique. Same thing happened to Savinelli Doblone d'Oro.</p><p></p><p>The other reason, which is just as likely as the first one, is that sourcing red Virginias may have become more difficult. In every review that I have revised recently, with the exception of Heinrich's Dark Strong, red Virginia has been replaced by either orange or bright. Are sources for the red Va. dimishing, or are the companies trying to save money by using other Virginias? I can't answer that for a fact because I'm not in the "know". I just know what the changes are.</p><p></p><p>Now smoking year 2014 Dan Tobacco Hamborger Veermaster in a smooth straight brown 1950 Dunhill 48 bulldog group 4 root briar with a black vulcanite fish tail saddle stem. Gold Star Hawaiian Kona Extra Fancy, neat,is my drink.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]5595[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JimInks, post: 577283, member: 2673"] Watch City discontinued several blends a few years back because the base tobaccos were McClelland's. Ernie's not going to sell a blend unless he can keep it consistent. The only blend he's discontinued since then was Watch City Slices because Sutliff just couldn't keep it consistent. More blenders should have Ernie's integrity. In my opinion, there are only two reasons K&K and STG are changing blends. One would be to lower costs, e.g., HU Director's Cut where they lessened the perique content and upped the dark fired Kentucky because DFK is one tenth the price of perique. Same thing happened to Savinelli Doblone d'Oro. The other reason, which is just as likely as the first one, is that sourcing red Virginias may have become more difficult. In every review that I have revised recently, with the exception of Heinrich's Dark Strong, red Virginia has been replaced by either orange or bright. Are sources for the red Va. dimishing, or are the companies trying to save money by using other Virginias? I can't answer that for a fact because I'm not in the "know". I just know what the changes are. Now smoking year 2014 Dan Tobacco Hamborger Veermaster in a smooth straight brown 1950 Dunhill 48 bulldog group 4 root briar with a black vulcanite fish tail saddle stem. Gold Star Hawaiian Kona Extra Fancy, neat,is my drink. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Dunhill_1950_root-bulldog48.jpg"]5595[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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