Meier & Dutch Get Exclusive on Oliva Viejo Mundo

Oliva’s recently-announced Viejo Mundo will be offered stateside exclusively through Meier & Dutch/Cigars International. A representative from the company confirmed to halfwheel the company would have exclusive rights to the cigar for around a year, until IPCPR 2014. The machine-made “dry cigar” is expected to be offered for sale in around month by the Pennsylvania-based retail giant.

The company showed off the cigar at last September’s Inter-tabac festival in Dortmund, Germany, but it wasn’t until this month Oliva announced plans to sell the cigar. It will head to Germany, the Netherlands Poland and Switzerland this month before expanding to the U.K., U.S. and other markets.

Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.