Cubatabaco has been handed a victory in the long running battle with General Cigar Company over the use of the Cohiba trademark. The United States Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal filed by General Cigar Company, thus handing a victory to the Cuban tobacco company. The case will now move to the U.S. […]
For the 2015 ProCigar auction, General Cigar Company will be donating what it describes as a “once in a lifetime offering” called “The Barn Humidor”. The humidor is a handcrafted mahogany unit that resembles a tobacco curing barn. Inside the humidor will be 120 of the Macanudo Estate Reserve Limited Edition Jamaica cigars – a […]
General Cigar Company seems poised to make a big push around its Punch brand. The company is getting ready for a March launch of its new Punch Signature cigar. The cigar will incorporate a retro-theme and even showcase the famed Mr. Punch character as a part of its marketing. According to Master Blender Agustin Garcia […]
The Punch Rare Corojo, an annual limited production release by General Cigar Company is returning. As a part of the 2015 release, General Cigar will add an eighth vitola to the usual annual offerings called El Diablo. The company will also release a special limited edition release for 2015 called the Rare Lapiz. El Diablo will […]
The 1907 by Dunhill line is getting two new line extensions. The two new line extensions will go against both sides of the spectrum. A short, thick vitola 4 1/2 x 60 called Titan and a long thin 6 1/2 x 42 lonsdale will be added to the line by the beginning of February. The […]
CAO Nasty Nutcracker For the second year in a row, CAO Cigars has released a pair of limited edition Christmas season themed cigars. This year’s releases are the CAO Nasty Nutcracker and CAO Rabid Reindeer. The series made its debut in 2013 with the CAO Angry Santa and CAO Evil Snowman. What is differentiates this […]
“Overall, this cigar is definitely a winner and easily moves to the top of the ranks of Torano Family Cigar releases.” Coming in at #11 is the Torano Exodus 1959 Finite 2013. Back in September, it was announced that General Cigar Company had purchased the brands of Torano Family Cigars. As a result, this technically can be […]
CAO Colombia Vallenato At the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show, the CAO Cigars brand under General Cigar Company unveiled the new regular production CAO Colombia. The CAO Colombia becomes the latest cigar to be a part of CAO’s World line – which pays homage to different regions of the world. It becomes the fourth regular production […]
“Without a doubt, this is one of the better cigar releases that has been released by not only Cohiba (brand), but by General Cigar Company as a whole..” Coming in at #17 is the Cohiba Comador. General Cigar Company returns to the Cigar of the Year Countdown for the first time since 2012, and the company […]
Numerous retailers are reporting receiving a new pair of offerings from CAO. The CAO Gold Nasty Nutcracker and the CAO MX2 Rabid Reindeer are two limited production cigars are targeted to coincide with the Christmas Season. This marks the second consecutive year that CAO has done a Christmas-themed release following 2013’s CAO Angry Santa and CAO Evil Snowman. […]
