{"id":65858,"date":"2023-11-20T19:29:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T18:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/?p=65858"},"modified":"2023-11-20T19:29:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T18:29:29","slug":"west-tampa-tobacco-company-launches-boliche-blvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/west-tampa-tobacco-company-launches-boliche-blvd\/","title":{"rendered":"West Tampa Tobacco Company Launches Boliche Blvd."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">If there is one cuisine singularly identified with the history of Tampa, it\u2019s Cuban food, mixed with a dash of Spanish and Italian \u2014 the ethnic mix whose labor force kept the cigar factories humming in the early 20th century. The Cuban culinary tradition continues along the Cuban corridor of Tampa\u2019s Columbus Drive, known by locals as \u201cBoliche Boulevard\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cFor me this cigar is personal\u201d, Rick Rodriguez, master blender and co-owner, says about this release.\u00a0 \u201cThe vision for naming our company West Tampa was to create an opportunity to celebrate the rich cigar making history of Tampa, create awareness of its vibrant and eclectic present and be a part of shaping its bright future.\u201d\u00a0 Rodriguez continued, \u201cTo make this cigar represent Tampa I partnered up with a legendary tobacco family, Oliva Tobacco Company.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Blend details are not being disclosed, but Rodriguez said that with the vast library of tobacco available to him from the Oliva\u2019s you can be sure it is something special.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">First shipments of West Tampa Tobacco Company Boliche Blvd. will begin on November 27<\/span><span class=\"s3\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s2\">, 2023 and will be available to select retailers in the US and limited international markets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">West Tampa Tobacco Company\u2019s Boliche Blvd will be a limited release of only 500 boxes, available in one size and packed in a box containing 50 cigars:<\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Gigante \u00a0(6X60) &#8211; $12.99 SRP(USD)<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Tampa Tobacco Company launches Boliche Blvd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":65859,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[49,55,2812,44],"tags":[9166,8397],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65858"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65858"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65862,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65858\/revisions\/65862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}