Angola gets Cornelius & Anthony. Cornelius & Anthony is branching out into Africa. Courtney Smith, director of brand development for the Virginia based tobacco company confirmed to us that the Angolan distributor Primazia Decorama will distribute the brand in the west southern African country.

Cornelius & Anthony is the premium cigars division of S&B Brands, a family business that has been growing and cultivating tobacco for a century and a half in Virginia, USA. A few years ago the company decided to add premium handmade cigars to their portfolio. Most of the cigars are made at Erik Espinosa’s factory, La Zona, in downtown Esteli, Nicaragua. Other lines are produced in the cozy factory of El Titan de Bronze on the famous 8 SW street in Miami, better known as Calle Ocho. For those that not know El Titan de Bronze, that’s the factory where Drew Estate’s Willy Herrera made his first steps into the tobacco business.

International growth

In the last few months, Cornelius & Anthony secured distribution in The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Norway while a few other distribution agreements still have to be confirmed.

Cornelius and Anthony has a few core lines. The Cornelius is made at El Titan de Bronze. The Daddy Mac, Venganza, Meridian, Aerial and the Señor Esugars are made at La Zona. Last summer the company also released The Gent and The Mistress, both made at La Zona. Both lines are exclusively available for retailers that visited the IPCPR trade show in July 2018. If those cigars are available for international accounts is yet unclear.

Primazia Decorama is one of the fastest growing distributors in Angola, with a flagship store Mens Emporium in Luanda, the capital of the country. In recent months, the company signed agreements with Gurkha, A. Turrent and Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust. Now Cornelius & Anthony is added to the family, that also includes Oliva, Plasencia, Joya de Nicaragua, Padron, Drew Estate, C.A.O ., and Macanudo.