Gigantes? Gordos? Grandes? Call them what you want, but they’re 6 inches long and have a ring gauge of 60. These are the hot new sizes in the cigar market, according to Cigar Aficionado, and the amount 6×60 cigars hitting retailer shelves is on the rise, particularly based on what came out last week at [...]
You’d think the man man who’s family once owned the H. Upmann Factory in Havana, Cuba would have gotten sick of cigars. But Benjamin “Benji” Menendez is just getting started. The 74-year-old cigar maker saw his family’s company take by Castro and now runs General Cigar, Co. making some of the finest cigars in the [...]
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General Cigar donated $20,000 on behalf of the IPCPR to Ducks Unlimited. The funds will help the organizations habitat restoration efforts around the Gulf of Mexico. According to Debo Mukherjee, General Cigar’s vice president of marketing:
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Although the Redskins performance has been disappointing to the fans owner Daniel Snyder feels he knows how to keep them coming back. Lack of performance put aside Snyder allowed the continued operation of the Montecristo Club lounge at FedEx Field. The 1,000-seat facility once sponsored by General Cigar and called Club Macanudo now sponsored by [...]
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What are you doing in February? Sure, it’s a bit early, but if you want to go to the ProCigar Festival next year, you might want to start nailing down the details now. The festival runs from February 6 – 11, 2010 in the Dominican Republic … and everyone will be there!
General Cigar’s law firm, DLA Piper, recently announced that it was successful in restoring General Cigar’s exclusive right to market and sell Cohiba branded cigars in the United States. This decision reverses an injunction that prevented General Cigar from using the Cohiba trademark. However, this victory did not come easily for General Cigar. In 1997, [...]
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Interested in trying out Macanudo, Punch, Partagas, Hoyo de Monterrey or La Gloria Cubana? Well, here’s your chance.: In celebrating its 50th anniversary, General Cigar is going to have a ten (10) city tour in smoke-friendly places across the U.S. Here’s the full event schedule via their website www.cigarcelebration.com. Benji Menendez, the master cigar blender, will [...]
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On Wednesday, General Cigar won against Cubatobaco, a State-owned Cuban company, in their latest battle over the Cohiba trademark. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed that General Cigar is the rightful owner of the Cohiba trademark in the United States. Dan Carr, the chief operating officer of General Cigar, said: “The [...]
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DC lawyers sure love whiskey and cigars. The Young Lawyers Section of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia, Beam Global, and General Cigar Company is hosting a Scotch, Bourbon, and cigar tasting at the offices of Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP. We could use more lawyers to help us rally against all those [...]
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