General Cigar will be looking for a new President. Today Scandinavian Tobacco Group announced that Régis Broersma, President of General Cigar and Senior Vice President of Scandinavian Tobacco Group’s North America Branded Business Division has accepted a new role in Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) and will be relocating to Europe shortly to take over the […]
Recently, a new addition to the La Gloria Cubana family has begun appearing at retailers called the La Gloria Cubana Spanish Press. The La Gloria Cubana Spanish Press is produced at the General Cigar Dominicana factory in the Dominican Republic. As with all La Gloria Cubana cigars rolled at that factory, it is produced in […]
On Episode 96, Justin Andrews, Senior Brand Manager at General Cigar is our special guest! Justin’s involved with one of the most exciting projects at General, Diesel – and he is working with the one and only A.J. Fernandez. We’ll catch up with him and talk plenty of tobacco. In our Alec Bradley Live True […]
On Episode 96, Justin Andrews, Senior Brand Manager at General Cigar is our special guest! Justin’s involved with one of the most exciting projects at General, Diesel – and he is working with the one and only A.J. Fernandez. We’ll catch up with him and talk plenty of tobacco. In our Alec Bradley Live True […]
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 CAO brand is one that has been around for well over two decades. While it is now a brand under General Cigar’s portfolio, it had never produced an exclusive cigar for the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA). That changed in 2018 with the release of the CAO Estelí as a part of the 2018 […]
While General Cigar has been working with AJ Fernandez to create many new blends in its portfolio, they wanted to see what he could do with an old favorite. At this year’s IPCPR Trade Show, General Cigar will unveil the Hoyo La Amistad Dark Sumatra. It’s a new spin on General Cigar’s classic Hoyo de […]
The Diesel Hair of the Dog is a limited edition project released by General Cigar in 2019. It’s a project that has been done in collaboration between General Cigar and AJ Fernandez. Diesel is a brand under the General Cigar portfolio that has been gaining considerable traction over the past two years. For many years, Fernandez […]
Last year General Cigars and Rabbit Hole Distillery collaborated for the Diesel Whiskey Row. This year, the two companies are once again teaming up for a second collaboration known as Diesel Whiskey Row Sherry Cask. The new collaboration is set to ship to all distribution channels beginning June 3, 2019. The project was developed by Justin […]
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 […]
