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News: CAO Hurricane Appears

The CAO Hurricane has begun appearing at retailers, including TopQualityCigars.com, the online presence of Casa de Montecristo in Countryside, Ill. The cigar was first mentioned on halfwheel in October 2012, when a representative from General Cigar confirmed that a tweaked version of the ‘O’ blend from CAO’s “Last Stick Standing” promotion that ran from April [...]

Press Release: CAO Amps Up Kid Rock’s Chillin’ The Most Cruise

March 5, 2013 (Glen Allen, Va.) — CAO will deliver a smokin’ experience to guests aboard the Kid Rock “Chillin’ The Most” cruise which departs Miami today, March 5, 2013. As the winner of the CAO Concert launch sweepstakes, Justin Harris of Nashville, TN and a guest will set sail for the Bahamas on the fourth annual [...]

News: CAO Brazilia Carnivale Nears Arrival at Retail

In late January we broke news of a new cigar coming from CAO, the Brazilia Carnivale, and while details were limited at that point, specifics about the cigar have recently been confirmed. The CAO Brazilia Carnivale is a single vitola, 6 1/2 x 60 box pressed vitola that will be available exclusively to brick and mortar [...]

News: CAO Right Coast Headed to Southeastern U.S.

General Cigar Co.’s growing list of regional editions has its newest entry, the CAO Right Coast. Following the release of the 6 3/4 x 72 trapezoid-shaped CAO Left Coast, CAO is scheduled to begin shipping an East Coast counterpart to retailers in 10-12 Southeastern states in the coming weeks. The cigar is the same size [...]

Weekly News (January 28, 2012)

Editor’s Note: This week, the 2013 list of new releases will be updated, it’s a task and one that we’ve been a bit relaxed on launching, but by Friday a pretty good synopsis of what we know about will be out. It’s been a quiet January in terms of shipped releases, more so than the [...]

News: CAO Brazilia Expands with Carnivale

CAO will soon be introducing a new addition to their Brazilia line, the CAO Brazilia Carnivale. The Carnivale is described as an updated and more powerful Brazilia blend that uses ligero from three different countries. The current CAO Brazilia blend is comprised of a Brazilian wrapper with binder and filler from Nicaragua. The CAO Brazilia [...]

Weekly News (December 10, 2012)

Editor’s Note: Thanks to all those who made it to the halfwheel Holiday Party Pt. 1 at Tobacco Grove this past weekend. It was lots of fun and we found out that Brooks and I should probably remain in Dallas, where it only snows once a year. Details on Pt. 2, which will be on [...]

News: CAO to Show Left Coast Love

CAO is joining the regional release trend and pushing the cigar size barrier at the same time with a cigar slated for stores in the Western region of the United States. The CAO Left Coast is a trapezoid-shaped cigar that measures 6 3/4 x 72, continuing the trend of large ring gauge regional releases from [...]

Weekly News (October 15, 2012)

Editor’s Note: We changed how the RSS feed works, here’s why. Liga Privada Único Serie Velvet Rat Comes to Chicago This Week — Story here. 601 & Murcielago Move Factories — Exclusive here. CAO Hurricane Scheduled for November — Story here.  Tatuaje HCS Maduro Coming Later this Month — The above via Holts’ Anthony Mazzola. [...]

News: CAO Hurricane on the Horizon

A representative from General Cigar Company confirmed the development of a new cigar from CAO, dubbed Hurricane, which will be released in November. The blend was developed by Rick Rodriguez, head of product development for CAO, and is a tweaked version of the ‘O’ blend from the company’s “Last Stick Standing” promotion which ran earlier [...]