Next month General Cigar Company will unveil a limited edition cigar under its Punch brand known as “The People’s Champ. It’s a cigar General says was created from input from the Punch Brotherhood, an online group of Punch brand enthusiasts. According to General Cigar, the project started back in 2019. All aspects of the cigar […]
Anniversary milestone cigars have been a part of the cigar industry for many years. Some companies have been embraced these milestones and have frequently released cigars to commemorate the occasion. Others have been more selective of which anniversary milestones were released. In the case of Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG)’s associated brands, STG has been quite […]
General Cigar Company has announced the Macanudo Gold Label is making its annual return. For 2022, the series will include a new 6 x 52 limited edition Gran Pyramid size as a part of the collection. Originally released in 2002, the Macanudo Gold Label gets its name from its golden brown wrapper. The wrapper is […]
General Cigar has announced CAO Borealis, a new exclusive release for the Canadian market. In addition to being an exclusive to all of the provinces of Canada, it also will be a cigar to feature Canadian-grown tobacco in its blend. The Canadian tobacco comes from Southwest Ontario near the Great Lakes where General Cigar says […]
Tonight Prime Time celebrates its 5 year anniversary and we are bringing in Justin Andrews from Scandinavian Tobacco Group as our special guest. We will be talking trilogies, elixirs, and sunday gravy! Plus we will be talking cigars and a whole lot going with Diesel and more. Plus we will have our Cattle Baron […]
For as long as I have been assessing cigars, it seems there has been an ongoing trend to bring the world of cigars and spirits together. In 2021, Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) released a trio of cigars meant to complement several bourbon products produced by Sazerac Company at the Buffalo Trace Distillery. These products included: […]
General Cigar has announced a new limited edition cigar under its CAO brand known as CAO Pilón Añejo. It’s a cigar that follows the original CAO Pilón in that it uses tobaccos fermented in circular-shaped pilóns. Fermenting in circular pilóns is an old Cuban technique. Most tobacco is fermented by arranging tobacco in large rectangular […]
Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has announced that Rick Rodriguez, blender/ambassador of CAO, will be retiring from the company on April 29, 2022. Rodriguez joined General Cigar in January 2000 as a sales representative in Florida. In 2005, he was selected by the late Edgar Cullman, Sr., to participate in a rigorous cigar master training program […]
General Cigar Company has announced the Cohiba Serie M, the first Cohiba to be produced in the United States will be making a return in April. This year, the Cohiba Serie M will be released in a limited edition Corona Gorda. The Cohiba Serie M is a collaboration between General Cigar Company and the El […]
Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has announced an expansion and restructuring of its marketing department. This has been triggered by growth in the brand’s portfolio, which STG said grew more than 20%. The brands under STG include Macanudo, Cohiba, CAO, Punch, Partagas, La Gloria Cubana, Hoyo de Monterrey, Diesel, Punch, and others. Distribution for the brands […]
