While it’s slightly late, General Cigar has announced a cigar to commemorate the 180th anniversary of the Punch brand. The cigar is appropriately called the Punch Aniversario. The Punch brand was created in 1840 as a cigar for export to the United Kingdom. Today, the U.S. version of the brand is produced primarily in Honduras. […]
General Cigar has announced the third blend under its M by Macanudo portfolio called M by Macanudo Espresso. It is a cigar that also features the Macanudo brand’s first barber pole offering. M by Macanudo is a line under the Macanudo brand of infused offerings. The line was introduced in 2018 with the original M […]
Over the past few weeks, General Cigar Company has been informing retailers of a new limited-edition extension to the CAO Flathead line known as V21. Today the company has formally announced the details around the CAO Flathead V21 project. The CAO Flathead V21 is a follow-up to the CAO Flathead V19. While the V19 used […]
For the past few weeks, General Cigar retailers have been hearing about a cigar known as Weller by Cohiba. It’s a limited edition offering from General Cigar’s Cohiba brand that was blended especially to complement Weller Bourbon. This week the Weller by Cohiba cigar has started to make its way to retailers. “We blended Weller […]
The CAO Expedición is a cigar that was released by Scandinavian Cigar Group (STG) for the Tobacconists’ Association of America Exclusive Series in 2020. It would mark the third consecutive year that CAO would release a cigar for the TAA. Since its inception, CAO has always been a lifestyle type of brand. The CAO Expedición […]
Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we 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 or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
The Partagas Limited Reserve Decadas line is a story that goes back to 2005. It was at that time that General Cigar decided to release a cigar containing Cameroon wrapper with tobaccos that would be aged at least a year. The series would run in a limited production until 2009 and garnered a strong following […]
It’s been a while since General Cigar has given Hoyo de Monterrey’s Excalibur line a new offering. Starting June 7th, General Cigar will launch the Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur Black. As the name indicates, it’s a cigar that will be highlighted by a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper. In addition to the U.S.-grown Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper, […]
Each week, I have the opportunity to produce the news segment for KMA Talk Radio. On the Cigar Coop “blog,” we will now post replays of the shows the week following the date the show is aired. On May 1st, Rick Rodriguez of General Cigar Company was the special guest. Catch the full show below: […]
General Cigar Company has announced the Macanudo Gold Label is making its annual return. For 2021, the series will include a new 6 x 60 limited edition Gigante size as a part of the collection. Originally released in 2022, the Macanudo Gold Label gets its name from its golden brown wrapper. The wrapper is a […]
