As has become tradition, March means the release of the annual AVO Limited Edition release, which debuts around Avo Uvezian’s birthday, March 22. Once again, the release is centered around the pianist’s long career with 88 symbolizes not only Uvezian’s age, but also the keys on typical piano. The cigars are packaged 16 to a box—eight plugs eight—inside high gloss piano finish rectangular boxes. As for the belicosos, they are a Dominican puro with a wrapper from Yamasá, an olor criollo binder and piloto viso, piloto ligero, San Vicente ligero, corojo olor and criollo fillers. There are 8,888 boxes with Uvezian signing 888 of them, including the one sent to us. There are also 1,888 limited edition ashtrays and 488 miniature grand piano displays for retail. The cigars were released on March 20 at an event at the Grand Havana Room and then begin shipping to other retailers. It is the 13th release in the AVO Limited Edition series. AVO 22 American (5 7/8 x 50) & European (6 x 43) — 2002 AVO 77 (6 1/2 x 50) — 2003 AVO Legacy (5 3/4 x 48) — 2004 AVO LE05 (5 5/8 x 52) — 2005 AVO 80th Anniversary (6 x 52) — ...
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