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News: CAO Hurricane Appears

The CAO Hurricane has begun appearing at retailers, including TopQualityCigars.com, the online presence of Casa de Montecristo in Countryside, Ill. The cigar was first mentioned on halfwheel in October 2012, when a representative from General Cigar confirmed that a tweaked version of the ‘O’ blend from CAO’s “Last Stick Standing” promotion that ran from April [...]

News: La Gloria Cubana Quietly Releases Bella Dama

La Gloria Cubana has quietly released what appears to be another limited edition regional release, this time an 8 x 60 cigar called “Bella Dama.” Retailers in Illinois, Pennsylvania and New York have been tweeting about it, though General Cigar Co., which owns the La Gloria Cubana mark, hasn’t put out an official release as [...]

News: La Gloria Cubana Rabito de Cochino ADP6 Heads to Western U.S.

A new 6 x 56-sized La Gloria Cubana is the latest in General Cigar’s growing list of region editions. According to Frank Seltzer, the cigar—which debuted at ProCigar 2013 as a test blend—will head to the Western U.S. next week. Only 1,450 boxes of 20 will be released with pricing set at $8.00 or $160.00 [...]

Press Release: General Cigar Prevails over Cubatabaco in Trademark Dispute

March 28, 2013 (Richmond, Va.) — General Cigar was recently vindicated by the courts again in the nearly 16 year old legal battle waged by Cubatabaco to determine rightful ownership of the Cohiba® trademark in the United States. After losing its legal battle in the Second Circuit, Cubatabaco continued to exhaust all available legal channels [...]

Press Release: Punch Rare Corojo Returns with New Frontmark

March 7, 2013 — General Cigar announces that Punch® Rare Corojo is making its anticipated annual return to retail, this time with a new, strikingly-packaged figurado that is only available as part of the Honduran brand’s 2013 release. A total of eight Punch Rare Corojo frontmarks are now available, with suggested retail prices ranging from [...]

Press Release: CAO Amps Up Kid Rock’s Chillin’ The Most Cruise

March 5, 2013 (Glen Allen, Va.) — CAO will deliver a smokin’ experience to guests aboard the Kid Rock “Chillin’ The Most” cruise which departs Miami today, March 5, 2013. As the winner of the CAO Concert launch sweepstakes, Justin Harris of Nashville, TN and a guest will set sail for the Bahamas on the fourth annual [...]

News: CAO Brazilia Carnivale Nears Arrival at Retail

In late January we broke news of a new cigar coming from CAO, the Brazilia Carnivale, and while details were limited at that point, specifics about the cigar have recently been confirmed. The CAO Brazilia Carnivale is a single vitola, 6 1/2 x 60 box pressed vitola that will be available exclusively to brick and mortar [...]

Press Release: General Cigar Launches New Website

February 13, 2013 (Glen Allen, Va.) — The new General Cigar website, www.cigarworld.com has just gone live! While the name’s the same, the site has been completely redone. The folks at General Cigar spent almost a whole year developing it. Think of the new Cigar World as a digital cigar lounge. It’s got cool interactive [...]

News: La Gloria Cubana Adding Serie R Little Belicoso

La Gloria Cubana is adding a limited run cigar called the Serie R Little Belicoso that will only be made available to brick & mortar retailers. The cigar is not a permanent addition to the LGC portfolio, but is a limited production item. They are being made in both natural and maduro wrappers, with each [...]

Press Release: Arango Cigar Co. Unveils New Private Label Macanudo Clasico and Punch Clasico

February 1, 2013 (Northbrook, IL) — Arango Cigar Co. has announced its new “Clasico” series of premium cigars, made by General Cigar Company. The four shapes, shared by Macanudo and Punch, are patterned after the top-selling cigar brand sizes from General Cigar Company. The two Clasico lines are proprietary, being distributed only by Arango Cigar [...]