CAO Amazon Basin At the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show, CAO Cigars unveiled a limited edition cigar called the CAO Amazon Basin. It was one of two new cigars launched with a South American theme with the other being a new regular production cigar called the CAO Colombia. The Amazon Basin is a small batch, limited […]
In 2015, the Hoyo de Monterrey brand is commemorating its 150th anniversary. It was in 1865 when Jose Gener, one of Cuba’s most well-known growers created the first Hoyo de Monterrey. While today the Cuba still produces Hoyo de Monterrey, there is now a non Cuban Hoyo brand that is produced in Honduras by General […]
Charlie Torano Captiva Robusto At the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show, Torano Family Cigars showcased a cigar called the Charlie Torano Captiva. As the name indicates, it was intended to be an eponymous cigar for then company president Charlie Torano. Plans were to release the cigar post IPCPR, but then things changed when it was announced that General […]
To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Hoyo de Monterrey brand, General Cigar has announced a new limited edition cigar called the Hoyo de Monterrey Edicion de Cumpleanos 150. The cigar will make its debut at retail shops on April 1st. It marks the first release under the Hoyo de Monterrey brand since 2010’s Hoyo de […]
Charlie Torano Capitva Churchill Former Torano Family Cigars President Charlie Torano had to wait a little longer, but the cigar bearing his name has finally made it to market. Several retailers have been informed that they have received shipment of Torano’s eponymous named cigar, the Charlie Torano Capitva. This marks the first significant release of a Torano product since General […]
General Cigar Company is reporting that teams of special agents from the Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco (“ABT”) conducted a series of raids and arrests throughout Florida relating to the manufacture, distribution and sale of counterfeit versions of General’s products. In a press release by the company, the company says the ABT has […]
Cohiba Nicaragua N50 En Crystale The Cohiba Nicaragua is a new line that was launched by General Cigar Company at the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show. Over the past year, the General Cigar’s Cohiba brand has made a lot of headlines. Most recently, a blow was dealt to the brand when the U.S. Supreme Court has […]
General Cigar has announced the final details as well as availability of the Punch Signature. Over the past few weeks the company has slowly trickled out details around this major launch of the brand. Today, the sizes, prices, and box counts were revealed. The company has said the Punch Signature is something that was inspired […]
Over the past week, a new limited edition cigar set has been showing up at retailers by General Cigar’s La Gloria Cubana brand called Tres Puros. La Gloria Cubana Tres Puros is a set of 36 cigars made from the major manufacturing countries outside of Cuba – Honduras, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic. General Cigar […]
Recently, we reported on a new cigar being launched by the Punch Cigar brand of General Cigar Company called the Punch Signature. At the time, many of the details of the launch were still to be announced. Today, General has unveiled the details of the cigar blend, but at press time still isn’t letting the […]
