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Join us Friday, October 7th, 2011, & experience the discovery at Cigar Explorer's "Experience The Discovery" Cigar Rights of America Charity Event.

***GREAT NEWS***

FOR ONLINE TICKET PURCHASE $150/ticket, WE WILL GIVE A FREE EXTRA CIGAR AT DOOR!!
You will get free 17 premium cigars!!

Also now Ticket for a Couple on sale!! ($200 for one cigar lovers and spouse or friends)

The event starts at 5:30 pm and will run well into the night. With your entry you will receive a one year membership to the Cigar Rights of America, 10 premium cigars from leading manufacturers, and the chance to meet & greet VIP guests from Cigar industry!!

October 7th, Friday, at Renaissance Columbus Downtown Hotel  in Downtown, Columbus, Ohio.

This private party is co-hosted by the Cigar Rights of America (CRA) and proceeds from the event will go to support all that they do for the cigar industry.   Cigar Rights of America (CRA): Let Your Voice Be Heard, Protect Your Freedom to Enjoy Cigars

All of attendees will be members automatically at end of the event. (A $35 value).

• Share a delicious Cuban style cuisine
• Special VIP guests from cigar industry.

Renaissance Columbus Downtown Hotel     *Special Rate $109.- available

We have many other things planned, that are yet to be announced.
We want to welcome all our old friends, and make lots of new ones.

So please, come experience the discovery with us,

Cigar Explorer

For the third straight year, premium cigars AND wine will be featured in the county’s premiere cigar and wine event: Crush & Roll West. Hundreds are expected to turn out September 16 and 17 at the Paso Robles Fairgrounds to taste the best premium wines and cigars in the world. Cigar and wine tasting and cigar rolling demonstrations will entertain and delight, as cigar manufacturers from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Honduras and Costa Rica will be on hand to provide their hand crafted cigars.

For even more fun, we will feature an exciting inaugural poker tourney with great prizes. There will also be entertainment, raffles of cigars, wines and accessories, and educational seminars.

Cost for the 2-day event is just $125 per person and will include wine and cigar tasting, music, live and silent auctions, raffles, seminars, a commemorative wine glass, and more.

Crush & Roll is quickly becoming one of the most popular cigar festivals, and with good reason. It’s attracting COUPLES. Why? Because the festival attracts wine connoisseurs who find out that they also like cigars, and cigar aficionados who enjoy vino. "I am always pleasantly surprised by how many wine drinkers are newly exposed to fine handmade cigars and how many cigar smokers are newly exposed to premium wines. Each year I speak to more people who have smoked their very first cigar at our event," says David “Doc” Diaz, one of the event promoters. “There are so many similarities between the two industries: both are harvestable products, both are blended, fermented, aged, and can be enhanced with proper aging. These are two artisanal crafts and they make excellent partners.”

The festival is priced right too. Tickets are $125 and get you cigars, wine, and a one-year complimentary membership to Cigar Rights of America (one of the event’s sponsors) and all the other festivities of a great event.

Part of the proceeds for Crush & Roll West will go to this year’s benefactor: Project Mañana, a non-profit humanitarian organization dedicated to bettering the lives of impoverished children, their families and communities through nutrition, education, and guidance.

For more information, visit the event website at: http://www.crushandrollwest.com, or
email Christina Fontecchio of The Boss Cigars Arroyo Grande, CA at Christina@crushandrollwest.com or 805-474-1133.

Richmond, VA--Team La Gloria® presents El Perrito War of Flavors, an innovative new cigar handcrafted entirely by hand and shaped without a cigar mold. 

The cigar’s distinctive name is derived from a term coined at the El Credito® Cigar Factory in Santiago, DR.  El Perrito (translation: little dog) was created by two cigar factory supervisors (Robert Batista and Juan Almonte) who brought their concept for a small, powerhouse cigar to El Credito’s Michael Giannini (director of marketing) and Yuri Guillen (director of manufacturing). The supervisors came to Michael and Yuri, raving about how they made the cigars and describing the taste experience as a battle of flavors in the mouth. Michael and Yuri sampled the prototypes and the rest, as they say, is history.

Para Japón Virtual Release Party

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

From the desk of Project Para Japón

On April 29 (Fri), 2011 at ParaJapon.com, with special guest Guillermo Leon, President of La Aurora and Miami Cigar & Co., La Aurora US exclusive distributor, will host a virtual release party for the La Aurora benefit for Japan cigar “Para Japón”.

<FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE>

On March 11, 2011, an 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit the island of Japan -- the biggest earthquake in Japanese official record. The tsunami that followed caused unprecedented devastation on a level unseen by the Japanese people since War World II.

The voices and images of desperation have struck deeply in the hearts and souls of the Dominican people whom, for many decades, have built a close bond with Japan. La Aurora Cigar Factory has echoed the expressions of solidarity of its employees and suppliers, and is glad to announce the creation of a special edition cigar to help the humanitarian response to this disaster. “We are very pleased to lay our helping hand to our brothers of Japan by supporting the humanitarian assistance to this great nation,” says Guillermo Leon, President of La Aurora. “When hurricanes have struck the Dominican Republic, Japan was there for us,” Leon added. Proceeds from the sales of this cigar will be donated to the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief fund through JAPAN TOBACCO IMEX CO. LTD.

The cigar named “Para Japón” or “For Japan” is a 5” x 50, medium to full bodied vitola, made with selected premium tobacco leaves. These cigars have been aged during three years and its blend is something really unique with an exquisite Nicaraguan wrapper. Its package of 25 Sumo Robustos is decorated with special artwork by Mario Takeyama and Dan Reeve, the design team of CigarExplorer.com. Being involved in this project was important and personal to Cigar Explorer, as founder Mario is a native of Japan and still has many friends and family living there.

The “Para Japón” cigar will be available thru La Aurora distributors on April.

For US market, The “Para Japón” cigar will be distributed by Miami Cigar & Company, La Aurora US Exclusive Distributor.

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Opening event at Burn by Rocky Patel, Cigar Shop/Lounge in Naples, FL on November 16, 2010.
Interview with Rocky Patel, Rocky Patel Premium Cigars.

This video was shot by Panasonic GH1 and 7-14mm F4.0 Super Wide Lens.

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Richmond, VA—General Cigar announces that CAO President Tim Ozgener has decided to pursue personal business interests in his hometown of Nashville, TN, thus moving on from his 16-year career in the premium cigar business.

Ozgener, son of company founder Cano A Ozgener, joined the original family business in 1994 and has since been instrumental in building one of the most renowned and respected brands in the premium cigar category.

Dan Carr, president of General Cigar said, “We remain committed to CAO and are grateful to Tim for his contributions, not only to the brand but also for sharing his knowledge with the people who will continue his legacy. While we will miss Tim’s insight and passion, we respect his choice and wish him well.”

 Gary Hyams, chairman of CAO International commented, “It has been a privilege to work with Tim over the last three and a half years and to have had the opportunity to share in his passion for CAO. I wish him and his family all the very best for the future.”

 Ozgener commented, “It is with a heavy heart that I leave CAO.  I look back at my 16-year career with the company with great pride and I will miss the friendships that I have made over the years in the premium cigar industry.  I am confident that the team at General Cigar will carry the CAO brand to new heights and I wish them the utmost continued success.”

 Tim Ozgener was named president of CAO in 2006. He is largely credited with bringing innovative packaging, new flavor profiles and unique marketing concepts to the brand which has continued to thrive since the company’s inception during the cigar boom.

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Miami, FL – Drew Estate Inc. announced today that they have launched their “Drew Estate Kult Store”, an online store dedicated to Drew Estate and Joya de Nicaragua merchandise. The store features branded merchandise, such as cutters, hats, ashtrays, clothing and more. Artwork from Drew Estate’s Subculture Studios in Estelí, Nicaragua, will also be featured, including their custom sneakers and paintings coming in the near future.
When asked about the online store, Drew Estate co-founder Marvin Samel shares, “The store was something our customers kept asking us to create, so we decided to develop a simple, user-friendly kiosk that would feature Drew Estate and Joya de Nicaragua clothing and accessories.”
In addition to frequently creating and adding new products to the store, they are also asking for customer input and ideas for the development of future offerings. These ideas should be submitted through the store’s online contact form. Drew Estate will take this input seriously and strongly encourages their customers to share any merchandise suggestions they may have.

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GRAYCLIFF’S GHOSTLY PIRATE PATROLS THE RAMPARTS!
- An 18th century buccaneer still searches for the Captain who took him prisoner

Nassau, Bahamas (September 30, 2010) -- Every old estate and castle has a story of intrigue and mayhem, and Graycliff, the 18th-century mansion which is the centerpiece of the fabled 5-Star Graycliff Hotel and Restaurant, is no exception.  By all accounts, the Graycliff wraith is focused on finding his tormentor and bringing him to justice, pirate-style.  It is supposed to be the spirit of a seaman, captured by Captain Graysmith, the notorious pirate who retired with his riches and built the mansion on a hill.  Graysmith needed the hilltop site to afford him a full view of the harbor so that he could inspect his fleet from the comfort of his opulent surroundings.  Retired though he was, the pirate in him would brook no confrontation and he ruled his fleet with an iron hand.
 
The legend of the prisoner in the galleon was widespread, but only quietly whispered so as not to reach the ears of the feared Captain.  It is said that a seaman challenged Graysmith on his share of a bounty and in a rage, the Captain had him thrown into the brig of his flagship.  The prisoner was only known as The Voice.  No one saw him after he was locked up and only his jailer heard him speak and clank of his shackles.  The Voice stayed in there until a fearsome storm took the great galleon to its watery grave at the bottom of the Spanish Sea (as the Caribbean Sea was known long ago).
 
Today, The Voice roams the perimeter of the mansion, sometimes knocking on doors, looking for his cruel captor.  If you hear a moaning and a knocking, it might be the wind in the willows... or it might just be The Voice on his determined search starting in the cellar and making his rounds.  Come check it out.  You might get lucky!

After having received the necessary approvals from the relevant competition author- ities, Skandinavisk Holding A/S and Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S on 1 October 2010 closed the transaction with Swedish Match AB which creates the world’s second largest cigar company and an even stronger world leader in pipe tobacco.

On 26 April 2010 it was announced that the parties had signed an agreement to form a new company by combining all the tobacco business of Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S (STG) with the cigars and pipe tobacco business of Swedish Match AB (SM) (with the ex- ception of its US mass market cigars). After having obtained the required approvals from a number of national competition authorities, the transaction has now been completed with effect from 1 October 2010.

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