CAO Hommage to Nicaragua Heading to International Markets
Last year there was the CAO Estelí and then CAO Nicaragua, now there’s a CAO Hommage to Nicaragua. Select markets outside the U.S. will be…
CAO Orellana Arrives in Stores
The next cigar in CAO’s popular Amazon Basin Series has arrived in stores. It’s called the CAO Orellana, a reference to Francisco de Orellana, the…
CAO Session Debuting at IPCPR 2019
For the first time in quite some time, there will be a non-infused CAO being made in the Dominican Republic. At this week’s IPCPR Convention…
CAO Flathead V19 Debuting at IPCPR 2019
CAO’s popular Flathead is getting a follow up this year. It’s called the CAO Flathead V19 and uses tobaccos from Connecticut for both the wrapper…
CAO Brazilia Select Heading to TAA Stores Later This Year
General Cigar Co.’s exclusive release for members of the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) this year is a CAO. The CAO Brazilia Select is a…
Cano A. Ozgener, CAO Founder, Dies at 81
Cano Aret Ozgener, the founder of CAO, passed away Saturday at the age of 81 following a long battle with cancer. Ozgener was born in…
CAO Estelí
For its contribution to the 2018 Tobacconists’ Association of America (TAA) Exclusive Series Program, General Cigar Co. released a new cigar for its CAO brand,…
CAO Estelí Arrives at Retail
The CAO Estelí has begun to arrive in stores, a full four months early than originally announced. When General Cigar Co., the parent of CAO,…
CAO Zócalo
CAO has nearly 25 years in the cigar market, consecutively at least, and yet, the brand’s library of releases has never included a cigar with…
CAO Estelí Slated for TAA Release
General Cigar Co.’s release for TAA members will be a CAO. Later this month, the company will offer the CAO Estelí as an exclusive to…
CAO Adds Mexico-Inspired Zócalo
For the first time in its history, CAO will be using Mexican wrapper on one of its cigars. It’s called the CAO Zócalo, a limited edition…
