It’s a sequel – sort of. At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, CAO Cigars unveiled its CAO Consigliere. This is essentially is a return of the popular CAO Sopranos Edition that had been discontinued back in 2013. The cigar returns with a familiar look, but a new name – Consigliere. When talking to CAO blender/ ambassador Rick […]
Cigar News: General Cigar Company at the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show
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Wasn’t this supposed to be the year where product was just going to come out of the woodwork? While General was right at the top of the amount of new releases, there actually seemed to be a little less than in previous years. The booth seemed to be slightly smaller as well – continuing a […]
Agile Cigar Review: CAO Amazon Basin
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Agile Cigar Reviews replace what we termed “Assessment Updates”. The concept is the same, but the name is different. Agile Cigar Reviews use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring […]
Cigar News: CAO Flathead Steel Horse Adds Two New Vitolas
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At the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show, CAO Cigars introduced a new extension to the CAO Flathead line known as CAO Steel Horse. While the original CAO Flathead line was originally a line designed to appeal to automotive enthusiasts, the CAO Flathead Steel Horse is designed to appeal to motorcycle enthusiasts. Today General Cigar announced two new sizes […]
Cigar Review: CAO Flathead Steel Horse Apehanger
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At the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show, CAO showcased a new addition to its Flathead line called the CAO Flathead Steel Horse. It was back in 2013 when CAO Flathead made its debut. This was a line designed with an automotive theme. The cigars featured a Connecticut Broadleaf box-pressed line with a very flat cap. The Flathead […]
Cigar News: CAO Wicked Winter and Stingy Scrooge to be 2015 Christmas / Winter Themed Releases
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CAO has quietly rolled out its annual Christmas / Winter Themed releases for 2015. The CAO Wicked Winter and the CAO Stingy Scrooge have now begun to arrive at retailers. This marked the third consecutive year CAO has done a seasonal release. The CAO Wicked Winter consists of a Honduran wrapper, U.S. Broadleaf binder, and a […]
Cigar News: CAO Honor Proceeds to Support Amazing Surf Adventures
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CAO Cigars has announced it will donate a portion of the proceeds of its recently released small batched limited edition CAO Cigar to the Amazing Surf Adventures (ASA) Operation Surf program benefitting wounded military heroes. The donation will support ASA’s 13th Operation Surf event being held on the Central Coast of California beginning on October […]
Cigar Review: CAO Pilón Robusto
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The CAO Pilon was one of three new lines by the CAO brand of General Cigar Company unveiled at the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show. CAO is a brand long known for a reputation of innovation. With the CAO Pilon, it incorporates innovation a little differently – namely it uses an old Cuban fermentation technique that had been popular […]
Cigar News: CAO Steel Horse Showcased at 2015 IPCPR
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Just prior to the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show, word came out from CAO Cigars of a new extension to the CAO Flathead line known as CAO Steel Horse. While CAO Flathead was originally a line designed to appeal to automotive enthusiasts, the CAO Steel Horse is designed to appeal to motorcycle enthusiasts. This year at […]
Cigar News: CAO Pilón Officially Launched at 2015 IPCPR
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At the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show, CAO officially launched the new CAO Pilon line. The cigar itself has a more traditional look than most CAO releases over the years. This is a cigar incorporates an old Cuban technique for fermentation that has been pretty much abandoned for the past 50 years. For the CAO Pilon, the […]