So there I was gazing upon my cigar collection, when I noticed something odd about my two DPG blues.

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Their bands are different. What gives?
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The cigar on the left is like their current labels. I'm guessing he just wants them all the same style...
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you just noticed? Must be nice to smoke stuff that isn't from recent productions.

j/k


yeah they revamped their bands..
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:-)

The one on the right is "vintage":-)
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He started using the new bands in June of last year.
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I like the newer bands better.
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yeah, honestly I hadn't noticed. It's been a while since I saw the old ones but the new one looks a little better in my opinion as well.
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I've been wondering the same thing! I had two of the old bands and saw a recent cigarbid auction come up for the new bands and I wasn't quite sury what I was bidding on...
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So its just a band change right? The blend is the same?
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New skirt, same set of legs beneath it.:-)
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Carlos is correct, no blend change. The bands on the Black Label have also been "updated".
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It had been a while since I had seen the old ones as DPG sticks don't last long around here. Then we were at Blue Smoke visiting TripleF this past weekend and there was a box of the old blues labels in the humi. It brought a smile to my face!!
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Can't say it is fact but I have heard from pretty reliable sources that the wrapper is different and the change was made around the same time as the bands. If I remember right which these days I have the memory of a 90 year old but I believe the original wrappers were being grown by someone else (I believe it was Oliva) but now the wrappers are being grown by him. Again, do not take this as gospel as this is just what I have been told. I have some of the older and newer Blues and can't taste much of a difference but I am also not known to pick out hints of Madagascar either.:-)
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Yup, same blend, same everything, just an updated look on the bands. As mentioned before, the Classic has new bands now too.
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I asked Pepin's right hand man (the guy who goes around with Pepin to his rolling events) about the label change and he said nothing changed but the band. It's the same exact cigar, just an updated band. I also asked about the screw up with the classic bands when the printer made them pinkish instead of red in color. He explained to me how big of a mess up that was and how they just used them instead of paying for more. You could tell he did not like that it had happened.
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Did they change the band on the Series JJ as well?
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FAKE!!!

JK it's the same stick, different band. I like the newer one better

aj
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No matter what band they're sporting MJ, those DPG Blue's will smoke just as good. Enjoy bro! :-)
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Nope.
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