I’ve said this several times, 2011 is a huge year for E.P. Carrillo. They have been very active in the release category. Earlier this spring, E.P. Carrillo released two new additions to their core line – the E.P. Carrillo New Wave Connecticut and the E.P. Carrillo Elencos (the rebranding of the E.P. Carrillo Edicion Limitada […]
Jose Oliva Last night, Jose Oliva, CEO of the Oliva Cigar Company beat out two other candidates to win a vacant seat in the Florida State House. Oliva will represent House District 110 – which includes the cities of Hialeah and Miami Lakes in Florida. The 38 year old cigar maker beat out two other […]
Not an exclusive story or an inside scoop, but some interesting news was made on the 5/14/2011 Cigar Dave Show. This afternoon, Jeff Borysiewicz – the President of Corona Cigars was on the show to provide color commentary to Cigar Dave’s Annual Cigar Draft. During the show, Cigar Dave asked Borysiewicz about the rumors that […]
Yesterday, Alec Bradley put out a teaser on the social networks with a “big announcement”. This morning CEO Alan Rubin unveiled a new corporate logo. Over the next few weeks, I envision a lot of talk on this. This is typical with many corporate logo changes and there always is a period of adjustment. Here […]
In a move that was not unexpected, Gary Hyams formerly Chairman of CAO Cigars is leaving General Cigars. This move comes just a little over four years he was named to this position. With the departures of President Tim Ozgener and Lifestyle Marketing Director, Jon Huber over the past three months, this has was not […]
No Doubt a product of Ozgener’s marketing For the second time in two weeks, the Cigar World has been rocked with the departure of another Cigar-ebrity. Tim Ozgener of CAO Cigars is leaving the company, and it looks like leaving the industry. The official reason by General Cigars is that Ozgener is leaving to pursue […]
Sam Leccia at IPCPR 2010 in action I saw this post on this post on the Cigar Aficionado Web-Site. The legendary Sam Leccia is leaving Oliva Cigars. Sam is truly one of the Cigar-ebrities in the business. He is the master behind the the Nub and Cain sticks. The Nub and Cain sticks will stay […]
