Regional Editions frustrations

[Frank Rivers]

Being in Canada,
the last three R.E. were Bolivar Simones(hermoso #4) petit Bolivar(Petit edmundo) and Petit Robaina(petit edmundo). I like this format and enjoy very much Bolivar and Vegas Robaina, but I find the selection very uncreative. I would prefer something that is not similair to the brands' existing line-up, a re-issue perhaps of an abandoned vitola. How do you enjoy your respecitve countries R.E

[Pantomimehorse]

I've never actually had a regional edition but I hope to pick a few Spanish editions up when I go to Madrid in a few days time, Im also looking forward to trying the Juan Lopez RE coming out over here soon

[spacemonkey_no9]

I found all of the Canadain ER's in Toronto last month, Still to try the VR, other two are good smokes.

With two, three or four releases per counntry/region per year its all getting a little difficult to keep up with. Not very exclusive either when distributors are happy to sell them to anyone.

[Simon-JG-hr]

I've only got the LGC Gloriosos REs at the moment. I think these are a very good option for an RE - it's a very nice looking smoke with some size, and it's from a brand which is not, as a rule, sold in the UK in any great numbers (so it had a nice, special {rare even} feel to it).

Having looked through the list of REs, there seems to be too much of a bent towards the biggest and fattest they can roll out. It would be nice to see a little variation, and particularly some unusual cigars. I like the fact that there are some nice Torps on offer (the Punch d'Oro UK RE and the JL Petit Pyramides Caribbean RE - which both look delicious).