General Cigars
The CAO Pilon Añejo was a limited edition released by General Cigars not too long ago. Now the line is promoted to a regular production, but available in limited quantities....
Published July 2023
West Tampa Tobacco Co. leans heavy on its past with General Cigars/STG. The owners and founders are Gus Martinez and Rick Rodriguez, both former long-time General Cigars employees. International Sales...
Published July 2023
Tatuaje, Davidoff and Oliva Cigars already have advent calendars, HENK Cigars was the first one years ago and now General Cigars is following that idea with the CAO 12 days...
Published October 2022
General Cigars is releasing a Macanudo with a binder that has been aged in barrels. Wine barrels in this case. From Flint Knoll, a winery in Napa, California. The new...
Published October 2022
Limited edition cigars all for under 5 dollars each. The sixth and final instalment is ready to be shipped early October. The final cigar in the series is called Porcellino....
Published September 2022
This time General Cigars is using spent barrels to age tobacco for the Weller by Cohiba 2002 Toro, a 6×50 cigar with Ecuadorian Sumatra tobacco over a Connecticut broadleaf binder...
Published September 2022
The entire non-Cuban Sancho Panza line from General Cigars/STG has been modernized and the brand’s three updated collections have begun shipping this week. Matt Wilson, senior brand manager of Sancho...
Published July 2022
General Cigars is releasing a limited edition Macanudo Inspirado that will use a tobacco that started life as a Habano-seed from the Jamastran Valley in Honduras, but was planted in...
Published June 2022
In the last few years, General Cigars has been doing collaborations with boutique cigar makers to captivate the market that these smaller brands operate in. They worked with the likes...
Published June 2022
General Cigars is releasing a new La Gloria Cubana, the Serie S. It is a line exclusively for the United States due to trademarks. Outside the United States, La Gloria...
Published June 2022
Sazerac is the owner of Buffalo Trace, and General Cigars, a subsidiary of STG, has made cigars for Buffalo Trace and Weller Bourbon before. Weller Bourbon is also part of...
Published May 2022
Forged Cigar Co., a subsidiary from General Cigars, which is a subsidiary from STG, is adding a new line of fat cigars to its portfolio. The new line is an...
Published May 2022
Macanudo releases Vintage 2010. Every few years, there is an extraordinarily good year. Just like in wine and port, these years are worthy of the label vintage. And the company...
Published July 2021
The portfolio will be divided between General Cigars and the newly formed Forged Cigar Company. Internationally nothing will change, as STG never uses the General Cigars name in international markets...
Published January 2021
La Estrella Polar coming to Europe. The cigar is being rolled out in Europe as we speak. And it’s available in select Asian markets as well. In the USA we...
Published May 2019