(Basel, March 21, 2016) Oettinger Davidoff has unveiled its new line of long filler cigars, Cusano Dominican Maduro, blended with fine Dominican filler tobaccos and a Mexican Maduro wrapper. “With the release of this new Cusano Dominican Maduro range, we aim to delight aficionados looking for a fine maduro cigar at great value,” said Charles Awad, Senior Vice President of Global Marketing & Innovation at Oettinger Davidoff AG. CIGAR AND BLEND Wrapper: Negro San Andrés […]
GRANADA, NICARAGUA – March 17, 2016. Mombacho Cigars is excited to announce that they have started shipping prerelease boxes of their new line, the Mombacho Liga Maestro to the United States, Canada and Europe. The Liga Maestro is a Nicaraguan puro originally created in 2013 exclusively for the Italian market. After a successful Italian introduction, distribution is now expanding throughout continental Europe and North America as part of the company’s tenth anniversary schedule. The new […]
Pfeffikon/LU, March 15, 2016 –Heinrich Villiger, Chairman of the Board of the Villiger Soehne AG hands over his function as CEO of the Villiger Group after 65 years in charge. The new CEO of the Villiger Group is Robert Suter (M.sc. Swiss Instiute of Technology) who has extensive experiences in international Swiss industries. In his last position he successfully acted as Group CEO of Conzzeta AG a Swiss holding company. “We are very pleased that […]
General Cigar will launch a new version of Hoyo de Monterrey exclusively for brick and mortar retailers. The new collection called Hoyo will be available in four sizes ranging in price from $5.49 to $6.99 and begins shipping to all retailers on April 1. According to Alan Willner, vice president of marketing, “We’re taking the legendary brand Hoyo de Monterrey and moving it into the future. The new Hoyo is about keeping the brand’s rich […]
(Miami, Florida) March 11, 2016 – La Aurora is pleased to announce that they will begin to ship the Puro Vintage 2006 111 Aniversario Master Case Series today Friday, March 11. Limited to only 500 cases, the Master series features replica packaging of the same boxes that La Aurora used in 1906. The Master Series houses the Puro Vintage 2006 111 Aniversario expressed in three different vitolas (Salomon: 6 1/2 x 50/60, Toro: 5 3/4 […]
According to an email sent out by General Cigar, CAO Steel Horse is unveiling two new vitolas. The line which is a spinoff of the CAO Flathead, will see the addition of two smaller size smokes. Both the Handbrake (4.5 x 50 – $6.99 SRP) and Roadkill (5.5 x 54 – $7.00) will reach retailers in mid March. The CAO Steel Horse is wrapped in a proprietary Connecticut Habano Grueso leaf and features a four-country […]
Introducing the new AVO 90th Classic Covers Volume 3: An exceptional new blend in celebration of an exceptional milestone, Avo Uvezian’s 90th Birthday PINELLAS PARK, FL – MARCH 7, 2016. AVO Cigars, the globally renowned cigar brand, is proud to announce the third limited edition release under its Improvisation Series, the new AVO 90th Classic Covers Volume 3. A true embodiment of the jazz-loving musician and cigar impresario Avo Uvezian, the 90th Classic Covers invites […]
NEW YORK CITY, MARCH 4, 2016—Colibri Group, world-renowned maker of cigar accessories, has appointed David Lampert to Vice President of Sales in the United States. David Lampert will oversee the Company’s day-to-day sales operations and will lead a newly-formed national sales team to service the Company’s wide network of cigar and tobacco retailers and wholesale distributors. David Lampert joins Colibri Group with 22 years of experience in the tobacco, cigar and cigar accessory industries. He […]
NEW YORK (March 3, 2016) – Nat Sherman, tobacconist to the world since 1930, is adding three new vitolas to the Nat Sherman Panamericana line of cigars bringing the total number of facings of the Panamericana blend to seven. The three new sizes, the Robustico (4” x 54), Belicoso Fino (5.5” x 52), and Gordo (6” x 60), will be packed in the same 10-count boxes as their predecessors and priced in the $10-$12 range, […]
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 — Miami, FL – Today, Drew Estate announced a new line extension within their Herrera Estelí line. This new cigar, called the Herrera Estelí TAA Exclusive, will be launched at the TAA Convention and Tradeshow, held March 6 – 10, 2016 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and will begin shipping to TAA members in April 2016. The new Herrera Estelí TAA Exclusive is a 6×52 vitola, packaged in 12-ct boxes, and will […]