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Press Release: General Cigar Prevails over Cubatabaco in Trademark Dispute

March 28, 2013 (Richmond, Va.) — General Cigar was recently vindicated by the courts again in the nearly 16 year old legal battle waged by Cubatabaco to determine rightful ownership of the Cohiba® trademark in the United States. After losing its legal battle in the Second Circuit, Cubatabaco continued to exhaust all available legal channels [...]

Press Release: Federal Cigar Announces My Father Special F

March 13, 2013 (Portsmouth, N.H.) – Federal Cigar is honored to announce the upcoming release of the My Father Cigar Company’s Special F to commemorate Federal’s 92nd Anniversary event on Saturday, March 16th 2013. Blended by the Pepin family, this cigar is a prime example of the history of excellence for which the My Father [...]

Press Release: Black Patch Kenbano Features Kentucky-grown Habano

March 9, 2013 (Pikeville, Ky.) — The Black Patch Cigar Company, located in Pikeville, Kentucky, recently released a cigar with a proprietary Habano seed grown in the fertile soils of Western Kentucky. This new cigar, appropriately called, Black Patch Kenbano, was first released in September-October of 2012 and is currently shipping nationwide. Only two sizes [...]

Press Release: Room101 Namakubi Heads to Ecuador

March 7, 2013 (Tampa, Fla.) — Room101 is extending its popular Namakubi franchise with a bold and exciting new blend due out in early March 2013. The new Room101 Namakubi Ecuador is a fusion of wrapper and binder tobacco from a recent, highly rated Room101 release combined with the filler tobaccos of the original Namakubi [...]

Press Release: Punch Rare Corojo Returns with New Frontmark

March 7, 2013 — General Cigar announces that Punch® Rare Corojo is making its anticipated annual return to retail, this time with a new, strikingly-packaged figurado that is only available as part of the Honduran brand’s 2013 release. A total of eight Punch Rare Corojo frontmarks are now available, with suggested retail prices ranging from [...]

Press Release: Sindicato Cigar Group – Join the Cigar Evolution

March 6, 2013 (West Palm Beach, Fla.) — TRUST. This is the cornerstone of the foundation of Sindicato Cigar Group LLC (“Sindicato Cigars”). Sindicato Cigars was officially launched January 16, 2013 when a group of passionate cigar loving Tobacconists decided to extend their cigar knowledge and experience into making cigar brands. Their goal is to create a cigar company [...]

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 [...]

Press Release: Iconic Leaf Recluse Draconian

March 4, 2013 — We are pleased to announce that we have completed the blend for our upcoming special edition release of Recluse. It is called the Recluse Draconian. It will be made in three vitolas called Sidewinders. Sidewinders are another new shape that we have created. As we did with our Kanu’ shape, the [...]

Press Release: Humidor Auction Raises Over $1 Million for Cuba’s Healthcare System

March 3, 2013 (Havana, Cuba) — Over a million dollars (890,000 euros) were raised during the traditional auction at the end of the Habano Festival, with all the funds going into Cuba’s Public Healthcare System. Six lots of deluxe humidors were sold under the gavel during the gala night dedicated to the Partagas brand. More [...]

Press Release: Flashback Friday Brings You: El Centurion

March 1, 2013 (Doral, Fla) — My Father Cigars brings back the cigar that left everyone wanting more. Back in 2007, the company released the Centurion in 3 sizes as Don Pepín’s first ever limited edition. At the time, only 850 boxes of each size were made. Many of our supporters have asked for us [...]