The Dunhill Signed Range Seleccion Suprema is a limited edition cigar that commemorates the 80th anniversary of a cigar called Don Candido. Don Candido is a cigar that is significant because it was the first cigar manufactured for Dunhill. The Seleccion Suprema is positioned as Dunhill’s most exclusive offering to date. At the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show, the […]
Cigar News: Sam Leccia Announces Split from General Cigar Company
Sam Leccia has announced he has ended his relationship with General Cigar Company. Leccia commented on his Facebook page that he is leaving General Cigar Company and taking the distribution of his brands with him. The following announcement was made on Leccia’s personal Facebook page: “General Cigar Co will no longer be the distributor for Leccia […]
Cigar News: General Cigar Rolling Out Macanudo New Look
Back at the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show, General Cigar previewed a new look for its Macanudo brand. The new look included logo and packaging changes. Today General Cigar announced that on January 15th, it will roll out its new look across its Macanudo Cafe, Macanudo Maduro, Macanudo Crü Royale and Macanudo 1968 line. The changes […]
Cigar News: Justin Andrews Joins General Cigar
Justin Andrews, best known for his tenure as Vice President at Lou Rodriguez Cigars is returning to the cigar industry. Andrews announced on his Facebook page, he has accepted a Creative Marketing Position at General Cigar working along side Michael Giannini. Andrews commented on his Facebook page: I am happy to announce that I have accepted […]
Cigar News: STG Names Regis Broersma President of General Cigar and Craig Reynolds EVP for Global Handmade Business
Regis Broersma has been named the new President of General Cigar Company. Broersma succeeds Dan Carr who has departed General Cigar and STG. In addition to Broersma’s appointment, Craig Reynolds, the President of Cigar International has been named Executive Vice President for its global handmade cigar business. The announcements were made via a press release by […]
Cigar News: Dan Carr Out as General Cigar Company President
Dan Carr, who has served for the past five years as President of General Cigar Company is out of that position. While the company is expected to make a formal announcement next week, Cigar Coop has confirmed through various sources close to the company that this move has taken place. Alan Willner, General Cigar Company’s […]
Cigar News: CAO Wicked Winter and Stingy Scrooge to be 2015 Christmas / Winter Themed Releases
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 […]
Agile Cigar Review: Partagas 1845 Extra Fuerte Double Corona
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 Review: Macanudo Estate Reserve 2015 No. 9
At the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show, General Cigar Company unveiled its Macanudo Estate Reserve 2015 line. This marked the third installment of the Macanudo Estate Reserve series, a ultra-premium limited edition offering introduced at the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show. Each installment of the series is intended to be a “one and done” blend featuring tobaccos that […]
Cigar News: CAO Honor Proceeds to Support Amazing Surf Adventures
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 […]