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Press Release: Gurkha Chosen as Official Cigar of the Delta Forces

December 3, 2012 (Fort Lauderdale, FL) – The Gurkha Cigar Group, Inc., makers of the world famous cigar brand “Gurkha,” have been selected to make the official cigar of the super-elite military group: the Delta Forces. This highly classified tier of the military are held in the highest regard for their specially trained combat skills [...]

Press Release: Gurkha Wins Prestigious Golden Label Printing Award

October 22, 2012 (Fort Lauderdale, FL) – Gurkha Cigar Group, Inc., makers of the super premium cigar brand Gurkha, was recently awarded a prestigious Golden Label Award for the printing, design, innovation and technical execution of the 125th Anniversary cigar band. The coveted Golden Label Award ceremony was held at the contemporary Vienna Platinum Center [...]

Review: Gurkha 125th Anniversary Rothchild

Since late 2011, shortly after Gary Hyams began his tenure at Gurkha, there were murmurs of an anniversary cigar for Gurkha. While Kaizad Hansotia has only owned the brand since 1989, the brand has used the 1887 date for a while, which is the claimed birthdate of the brand. In July, short before IPCPR, Gurkha [...]

Press Release: Gurkha Cigar Group to Release 125th Anniversary Cigar

July 23, 2012 (Miami, FL) — Gurkha Cigar Group, Inc, makers of the super premium cigar brand Gurkha, are proud to announce the momentous launch of the Gurkha 125th Anniversary Edition cigar, which will be unveiled at this year’s IPCPR trade show at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL on August 2-6, 2012. [...]

Press Release: East India Trading Company to Release the Red Witch

July 3, 2012 (Miami, FL) — The East India Trading Company, a subsidiary of the Gurkha Cigar Group, Inc are proud to announce the upcoming launch of the ‘Red Witch’, which will ‘set sail’ at this year’s IPCPR trade show at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL on August 2-6th. Red Witch is [...]

Press Release: Beach Cigar Group Changes Name To Gurkha Cigar Group, Inc

March 13, 2012 (Miami, FL) — The Beach Cigar Group, makers of the super premium cigar brand Gurkha, is proud to announce that they have officially changed their name to the Gurkha Cigar Group, Inc. Effective immediately, this decision was made to re-emphasize the link between the brand and company name. “This is a natural and progressive move [...]

Weekly News (March 12, 2012)

Editor’s Note: March is in full swing. As has been mentioned a few times here before, this should be no surprise. In halfwheel news, we would like to welcome Prometheus as our newest sponsor. For the next few days, Brook and I will be meeting at the super secret halfwheel offices in Dallas, before I [...]

Press Release: Beach Cigar Group Set To Release The ‘Wicked Indie’

  November 2nd, 2011 (Miami, FL) — Be on the lookout for the Goblin as the Beach Cigar Group, makers of the super premium cigar brand Gurkha, proudly announces the release of the much anticipated ‘Wicked Indie,’ that arrives at cigar stores nationwide this November. The Wicked Indie is the first cigar release under the [...]

Review: Gurkha Triad Platinum Maduro

For those of you that don’t know… I know, I know… I promised myself I would try not to review another Gurkha cigar as long as I lived. But then, a BOTL offered to trade a Gurkha Triad Platinum for some sticks he was looking for, so I took him up on it, threw the [...]

IPCPR 2011: Gurkha

Things seem to be changing at Gurkha, and the IPCPR show was a sign of that. The glitz that one comes to expect, just wasn’t there this year, instead there seemed to be a focus on cigars, and cigars that sell. Instead of the Gurkha Raja, a cigar expected to sell in silver boxes at [...]