In advance of the upcoming Chinese New Year, General Cigar Company has released its fifth annual limited edition cigar to commemorate the occasion, the Punch Spring Roll. This packaging is themed according to the approaching Chinese New Year, the Year of the Rabbit. The Punch Spring Roll is a throwback to 2019’s Punch Egg Roll. […]
The U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) cancelled a trademark registration for Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG)’s Cohiba brand. The ruling was the result of a petition made by the TTAB and is the latest development in an ongoing battle between Empresa Cubana Del Tabaco (d.b.a. Cubatabaco) and STG. The grounds for the cancellation given […]
In 2014, CAO Cigars released a limited edition cigar known as the CAO Amazon Basin. The cigar incorporated a rare low-yield tobacco from Brazil known as Bragança. Since then the Amazon Basin has seen some subsequent releases and several off-shoot projects. Now General Cigar will bring a different interpretation of the Amazon Basin blend known […]
Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has announced a special limited edition under its Macanudo Inspirado line to commemorate Chinese New Year. It’s dubbed the Macanudo Inspirado Year of the Rabbit and it will be made available exclusively to select markets in Europe and Asia. Produced at General Cigar Dominicana, the blend features a U.S. Connecticut Shade […]
CAO is a brand that is very much known for innovation. In 2015, CAO Cigars would release a cigar known as the CAO Pilón. With the CAO Pilon, CAO reached for the past – it uses an old Cuban fermentation technique that had been popular in the 19th century, but has not been used much […]
Next month, General Cigar will release the 2022 edition of the CAO Vision. The CAO Vision is a cigar that dates back to the days when the Ozgener family owned the brand. It was highlighted by being packaged in a light-up humidor. The line was eventually discontinued, but in 2020 General Cigar brought back the […]
Scandinavian Tobacco Group has announced four sampler offerings aimed at the Christmas and Year End Holidays. The four brands that will see these offerings are CAO, Diesel, El Rey Del Mundo, and Punch. First up is CAO 12 Days. This is an Advent Calendar style offering designed for the 12 Days of Christmas where each […]
For the third time in a little over a week, Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) is releasing a cigar blend featuring barrel-aged tobacco. This time its the Macanudo brand and Napa Valley-based Flint Knoll winery coming together to create Macanudo Estate Reserve Flint Knoll. It’s a cigar that will be available to retailers beginning October 3rd. […]
General Cigar Company has announced the second iteration of Weller by Cohiba. This marks the second limited edition collaborative release between Cohiba and Weller Bourbon, but unlike last year’s iteration, the 2022 Weller by Cohiba incorporates bourbon barrel-aged tobacco into the blend. The cigar features a Connecticut-grown Broadleaf binder leaf that has been aged in […]
The Warzone Rabito, the fourth size in the limited edition collaboration Warzone series between General Cigar and Espinosa Cigars, is heading to retailers. The two companies have also announced that this will be the final release of the Warzone Series. The Rabito is actually a signature size found in the Espinosa portfolio. The vitola measures […]
