For the past few weeks CAO has hinted about a new edition to its World Blend Series. The CAO Colombia is set to become a regular production offering and take its place among such offerings as CAO America, CAO Brazlia, and CAO Italia. The announcement of the CAO Colombia came at the 2014 IPCPR Trade […]
CAO Flathead Sparkplug 450 The CAO Flathead Sparkplug 450 is a line extension to CAO’s Flathead line introduced in 2014. At the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show, CAO launched the Flathead line. This would be the third regular production release of the Rick Rodriguez era with the CAO brand. For this release, Rodriguez blended his first […]
Welcome to our 2014 IPCPR Trade Show Preview. During the next few weeks, we are providing a preview into the cigar industry’s biggest event – the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show that begins on July 19th in Las Vegas, Nevada. During this time, we’ll continue our weekly preview from an industry standpoint. In between, expect lots […]
Cohiba Comador – Toro The Cohiba Comador was a cigar project that was introduced in late 2013. The Comador generated considerable attention because it was done as collaboration between General Cigar Company’s Cohiba brand and musician Shawn “Jay Z” Carter. In fact the cigar is being positioned under a spinoff brand called “Comador Cigars”. The […]
Even before CAO Cigars was acquired by General Cigar Company, they had been famous for their sampler packs. Now CAO is teaming up with Flying Dog Brewery to pair four robusto-sized cigars with four beers from the Brewery. The CAO “Art of Craft” will be launched on July 1st and will be exclusively sold at […]
CAO Cigars has announced a limited edition seasonal release as an off-shoot to its CAO America line. The CAO Sinister Sam will be a brick and mortar release and it is currently shipping to retailers nationwide. The Sinister Sam is described as a blend similar to the CAO America, but “amped up with fuller body”. […]
The Cohiba Comador, a line of cigars done in collaboration between General Cigar Company’s Cohiba brand and musician Shawn “Jay Z” Carter will be adding two new sizes. This will bring the total number of vitolas to three. The cigars are now also being offered in standard 20 count boxes and have begun going to […]
Partagas 1845 Extra Fuerte – Robusto Gordo The Partagas 1845 Extra Fuerte is one of new two new blends introduced into the Partagas 1845 series. The line was actually introduced back in 2012 with the launch of the Partagas 1845 Heritage. From its presentation to packaging, the Partagas 1845 Heritage marked a different cigar than many had been accustomed […]
CAO Natural Disasters Series: Clockwise from Left(CAO Hurricane, CAO Heatwave, CAO Cyclone,CAO Earthquake) – Photo Credit: Rick Rodriguez Facebook Over the past few weeks, CAO Cigars has quietly shipped a regional release called the CAO Natural Disasters series. The cigars each have a theme of a “natural disaster” event for the particular region it is […]
1907 by Dunhill Robusto Back in February, we noted that Dunhill Cigars was releasing a new line called the 1907 by Dunhill. General Cigar Company, who distributes Dunhill announced that the 1907 by Dunhill will hit retailer shelves in May, 2014 and provided some additional context around the release. The 1907 by Dunhill marks the […]
