CAO Last Stick Standing Promotion
Promotion Gives Fans a Chance to Choose New Blend
CAO’s senior brand manager Ed McKenna explains, “Rick Rodriguez has been developing blends with our team in Nicaragua and has come up with three which we think are all great. So we’re calling on CAO fans to help us pick the blend that will ultimately be launched as a new CAO collection, to be released late this year, or in early 2013.â€
A dedicated website (Last Stick Stanging CAO Cigars) will serve as a virtual voting booth, allowing cigar smokers to rate each cigar on certain criteria, such as flavor, body, construction and overall experience.
For every rating submitted, consumers will be entered to win a box of the winning CAO blend before it’s available for purchase, or the grand prize, an all-expense paid trip for the winner and a guest to the CAO factory in Nicaragua. Sharing entries on the Last Stick Standing Facebook page will provide consumers with multiple entries to win.
CAO cigars are produced by General Cigar Co. Inc., a division of Scandinavian Tobacco Group, which manufactures and markets handcrafted cigars for the premium market. Committed to delivering cigars of the finest quality, General Cigar’s skilled artisans produce Macanudo®, Cohiba®, La Gloria Cubana®, Punch®, CAO, Partagas®, Hoyo de Monterrey®, Excalibur® and several other leading premium brands in the company’s Dominican, Honduran and Nicaraguan factories. In addition, the company cultivates proprietary tobacco which is used exclusively in its blends. General Cigar also operates Club Macanudo®, a cigar bar in New York City. Based in Richmond, VA, General Cigar sells through tobacconists nationwide and also exports select products to 62 countries. For more information, please visit www.cigarworld.com.
® Macanudo, Cohiba, La Gloria Cubana, Punch, Partagas, Hoyo de Monterrey, Excalibur and Club Macanudo are registered trademarks of General Cigar Co. Inc.
Ashton VSG Pegasus
If you’ve followed me on Twitter or friended me on Facebook, you have seen this cigar often. I also have this cigar on my Top Cigars of 2011 list. I haven’t put a review in yet for it and, honestly, it wasn’t scheduled for this week either, but last week we got word that Manny Ferrero, Senior VP for Ashton, passed away while on the dance floor with his beloved wife, Rose in Mexico. So as a tribute to Manny, I’ve decided to do the review of the Pegasus now in honor of Manny. Thanks to The Cigar Shop in Biloxi, MS for the cigars.
Ortega Serie D Sampler Contest Winner
We would to congratulate the winner of our contest for the Ortega Serie D Sampler courtesy of Buckhead Cigars…..and the winner is……
Rob Gianelli
Thanks to all that entered and keep looking out for our next contest which will happen soon.
Don’t forget to check out Buckhead Cigars for all your cigar needs.
Buckhead Cigars
404-844-0400, or on Twitter @buckheadcigar and their website:Â http://www.askthecigarguys.com/.
General Cigar Introduces the Partagas 1845
Richmond, VA—General Cigar is proud to introduce Partagas 1845, a new, four-cigar collection which embodies 167 years of heritage and expert cigar making. This exciting new take on the venerable brand is a departure from the traditional Cameroon-wrapped expressions of Partagas®, and is set to make its retail debut on April 9, 2012.
 
Puros Indios Siembra de Oro Short Maduro
Sunday, March 19, 2012 we lost a legend in the cigar industry. Rolando Reyes Sr passed away Sunday in Miami, FL of natural causes at the age of 89. Rolando had been in the cigar industry for 80 years. Yes, do the math, he has been involved in cigars since he was 9 years old! Rolando was very involved in his cigars. He worked mainly at night. “I start at 10 at night, and I’m done at 4 or 5 o’clock in the morning,†he said in the Cigar Aficionado interview. “I am quality control. I like to work at night, because there’s no one to bother me, and I can concentrate better in detail on what’s wrong with a cigar…You have to concentrate. I like to inspect every cigar.â€
To pay my repspects to Mr Rolano Reyes Sr. I am going to have a look at the Puros Indios Siembre de Oro Short Maduro.
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Rocky Patel to be featured on Stossel on Fox Business this Thursday night
Rocky will be on the John Stossel show this Thursday night at 9:00 pm EST on Fox Business to talk about the state of the Cigar Industry and the effect the FDA could possibly have on it.
The show also re airs Saturday & Sunday at 9pm & midnight EST. Make sure you tune in and check it out. This is an issue that is of great importance to every cigar smoker.
La Aurora to introduce the 107 Puro Vintage Salomon
March 14, 2012 (Miami, FL) – The 107 is getting a line extension, albeit in a limited edition. Miami Cigar & Company today announced the cigar that helped re-invent the oldest cigar
factory in the Dominican Republic would be released in a salomon. The La Aurora 107 Salomon will be 7.25 x 52 which was the same size that was used for the Puro Vintage 2003.
Originally released 2 years ago on the 107th Anniversary of La Aurora the 107 consists of a Ecuadorian Sun Grown Wrapper with Dominican binder over filler consisting of Dominican and
Nicaraguan tobacco. The cigar will be available to limited accounts nationwide. According to Hector Paz, National Sales Manager for Miami Cigar & Company, “We would like to use this limited edition to thank
those retailers who have supported the 107 line since the beginning.â€
The cigars which come in boxes of 8 will have a MSRP of $12.00 and are expected to ship to retailers in Mid-June, 2012.
About Miami Cigar & Company
Miami Cigar & Company, founded in 1989, is the exclusive US distributor of La Aurora brands
which include Guillermo Leon & Leon Jimenes. They are also the worldwide distributor of
Tatiana, Don Lino, La Sirena and Nestor Miranda line of cigars.
Ben: Below is some pictures I took of the 107 Puro Vintage at the Atlanta Tweet Up at Buckhead Cigars. To me, it took the best of the lancero (smooth spiciness) and the best of the corona (nice creamy sweetness) and merged them into one really good cigar. The last photo is of Guillermo Leon (aka El Gato Grande), President of La Aurora Cigars, who gave me the cigar to smoke.
Ortega Serie D. No .6 – CONTEST – Win a Ortega Serie D sampler!
Eddie Ortega was part of the duo of EO Brands that make the 601, Murcielago and Cubao cigar lines with partner Erik Espinosa. Late last year, Eddie left EO Brands to create his own cigar company with his first cigar line being the Serie D. Featuring a dark Mexican maduro wrapper with Nicaraguan binder and fillers, this cigar was created to be a high quality cigar at an affordable price. Soon as I could, I ordered a sampler of the cigars from Buckhead Cigars in Atlanta, GA. I immediately smoked each size in about 2 days to find which size I like the best. For me, that was the No. 6. The No. 6 is a petit robusto/rothschild that seemed to really concentrate the flavors and give great smoke volume. The cigar burned great and had flavors of cocoa, leather, raisin, cayanne and cedar with a full body. You can watch the video for a more full review. Also, don’t forget about the contest. You can win a sampler of these cigars (one of each size) by simply:
- Commenting on this review on NiceTightAsh.com
- Commenting on our Facebook page
- Retweeting this message on Twitter:
“Check out the review of the new Ortega Serie D No. 6 at @NiceTightAsh ! http://tinyurl.com/7v9ph8h”
Do all there and you get 3 entries in the contest! Good luck!
UPDATE: For those that don’t know, Buckhead Cigars does ship. Their phone number is 404-844-0400, or on Twitter @buckheadcigar and their website: http://www.askthecigarguys.com/.
Zino Black Carpet event at The Cigar Shop in Biloxi, MS – October 6, 2011
Great event. If one comes to your area, don’t miss it.
Viaje Winter Classic
In the 5th installment of the White Label Project, Viaje introduces a cigar that is the smallest of the series so far. Called the Winter Classic, this cigar was made for colder months of the year, mainly in the northern states, where the weather shortens a person smoking time. Because of this, Andre Farkas, the owner of Viaje, wanted to make a cigar that wouldn’t take longer than an hour to smoke, but still be full in flavor. Here is what he had to say on the Winter Classic:
“I blended WC with the colder states in mind. I wanted something on the smaller side that delivered flavor without being overpowering.” – Andre Farkas
This cigar uses a Nicaraguan Corojo wrapper with a Nicaraguan binder and filler. The strength of the cigar is medium-full and took me about 45 minutes to smoke.
