General Cigar Co.

While researching tobaccos and techniques for the newest addition to the CAO Classic Series, the brand’s blending team—headed by Agustin Garcia and Rick Rodriguez—came across…

In 2013, CAO released a new blend inspired by car enthusiasts. Named Flathead, after the engine style made famous by Ford and Harley-Davidson, the cigar…

Stepping into General Cigar Co.’s booth at this year’s IPCPR Convention and Trade Show, there was a good bit of mystery would be in the…

In April 2014, Leccia Tobacco announced its third regular production line named Luchador, which debuted in four sizes and featured both packaging and names inspired…

At the 2014 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, General Cigar Co. released a unique cigar named CAO Amazon Basin which relied heavily on Bragança, a tobacco…

In early April, General Cigar Co. launched a new line to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Hoyo de Monterrey brand. Rolled at General Cigar’s factory…

For the newest addition to the Punch line, General Cigar Co. created what it is calling its finest creation yet for the brand, a full-bodied…

Last September, when it was announced that General Cigar Co. would be purchasing the Toraño brands, most details were figured out. General claimed the blends…

General Cigar Co.’s Foundry has been one of, it not the most interesting projects of the last few years. It’s taken on many different names, many…

Released every year in February since 2001, the Punch Rare Corojo blend features a Sumatra wrapper from Ecuador covering a Connecticut broadleaf binder and filler tobaccos from the…

Christmas season has come again, and for the second year in a row General Cigar Co. has released special holiday themed line extensions, this time…