Press Release: Arango Cigar Co. Unveils New Private Label Macanudo Clasico and Punch Clasico

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February 1, 2013 (Northbrook, IL) — Arango Cigar Co. has announced its new “Clasico” series of premium cigars, made by General Cigar Company. The four shapes, shared by Macanudo and Punch, are patterned after the top-selling cigar brand sizes from General Cigar Company. The two Clasico lines are proprietary, being distributed only by Arango Cigar [...]

IPCPR 2012: General Cigar Co.

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For General Cigar Co., IPCPR 2012 was about FOUNDRY and FOUNDRY. Or so was the case outside of the large booth of the company that parents CAO, Cohiba, Hoyo de Monterrcey, La Gloria Cubana, Macanudo, Partagas, Punch and others where all anyone wanted to talk about was the center of the General booth. Inside there [...]

Press Release: Macanudo Vintage 2006

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General Cigar is proud to present Macanudo Vintage 2006, a phenomenal cigar showcasing only the most refined Connecticut Shade wrapper leaves from the 2006 crop. More than 30 years ago, General Cigar created its first Macanudo Vintage cigar to spotlight an exceptional wrapper developed in part by Mother Nature herself. Today, guided by meticulous aging [...]

Weekly News (July 30, 2012)

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Editor’s Note: It’s the last Weekly News before IPCPR 2012 and it’s a busy one. The halfwheel guide to IPCPR will debut Wednesday morning and our IPCPR coverage continue all throughout the week. There will be plenty more tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday—as there is shockingly, a lot more to announce. In addition to visiting halfwheel, [...]

Press Release: Take A Swing At The Macanudo Ultimate Round Contest For A Chance To Win A Trip To Augusta

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July 23, 2012 (Richmond, VA) — Macanudo®, America’s best-selling premium cigar brand, is going to award eight lucky consumers and their guests with an all-expense paid trip to Augusta to watch the 2013 Masters Golf Tournament live and in person, as part of the Macanudo Ultimate Round Contest. Between now and October 31, consumers 21 years of [...]

Weekly News (February 6, 2012)

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Editor’s Note: This one is pretty simple. There are some technical issues plaguing the site currently. We know of two somewhat major issues. First and foremost, commenting from a computer seems to not be working, although commenting from mobile devices seems to be working fine. We are trying to resolve this issue and think we [...]

News: Macanudo Gigante to be Offered in Café & Maduro Lines

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General Cigar Co. has announced that they are adding the Gigante (6″ x 60) size to their Macanudo Café and Macanudo Maduro lines. Macanudo already has a 6″ x 60 in the Cru Royale and 1968 lines, also known as Gigante. Both new additions are offered in boxes of 25 with MSRP set at $7.99 [...]

News: General Cigar Announces Price Increases

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General Cigar is the latest company to announce price increases to the majority of their cigars, citing rising costs of tobacco, manufacturing and logistics as the impetus for the increase. The effective date of the increase was Monday, January 16th, so all orders placed going forward will be subject to the increase. While there isn’t [...]

Weekly News (August 8, 2011)

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Editor’s Note: Yes, we are still here. There was some thought that we were going to have to move servers and guess what I spent my weekend doing… After countless hours of php, SQL and SSH, all of which are still foreign to me, it sounds like we aren’t going to have to move servers [...]

Lancero50 Redux

Some Random Thoughts… Lanceros are a Pain in the Ass to Photograph — Or at least if you try to stand them up. They are long and thin. Light enough for any bit of wind to pick them up and blow over, and a tiny base makes it difficult for them to even stand up. [...]