12/19/2006 - Cusano Cigars - Worldwide?
Cusano announced the release of the Cusano DSG (Dominican Sun-Grown). It has a release date set for April 2007 and is like nothing else Cusano has eve... read more

10/13/2006 - Tobacco Legend - Alfons Mayer Died October 11, 2006
Richmond, VA—General Cigar Co. Inc. regrets to report that Alfons Mayer, age 79, died peacefully after a brief illness.

Alfons spent... read more

9/28/2006 - CAO ANNOUNCES NEW COMPANY PRESIDENT
CAO Names Tim Ozgener As New CAO President Nashville, September 27, 2006: CAO, one of the world’s foremost premium cigar manufacturers, announce... read more

9/20/2006 - CAO ‘GIRLS GO WILD’ IN SUPPORT OF FLAVOURS
CAO Flavourettes Kick Off U.S. Tour In Lubbock, TX Nashville, September 19, 2006: CAO, one of the world’s foremost premium cigar manufacturers, ... read more

9/6/2006 - Montecristo Sole Cigar Sponsor for VMA Event
Altadis U.S.A. announced today that its flagship Montecristo brand was the exclusive cigar sponsor at Common and Carmen Electra’s MTV Video Musi... read more

7/1/2006 - General Cigar Announces Cohiba Black
New York, NY—On the heels of the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling which affirmed General Cigar’s exclusive ownership of the COHIBA br... read more

6/19/2006 - CAO Vision Release at 2006 RTDA
On July 17, CAO will unveil its newest premium cigar line - "CAO Vision" - to the cigar world at the RTDA 74th Annual Convention and Interna... read more

5/16/2006 - GENERAL CIGAR FILES SUIT AGAINST ALLEGED COUNTERFEITERS OF COHIBA CIGARS
New York, NY— General Cigar Co., Inc. announced today that the company has filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Ne... read more

4/20/2006 - CAO TO HOST THE ULTIMATE CIGAR PARTY IN LAS VEGAS
Annual CAO RTDA Party To Feature Tommy Lee and DJ Aero CAO, one of the world’s foremost premium cigar manufacturers, announced today that it wil... read more

4/3/2006 - PIRATES ADD TO PITTSBURGH BASEBALL CLUB LEVEL OFFERING WITH OPENING OF MONTECRISTO CLUB
Pittsburgh Pirates partner with Altadis USA and Southern Wine & Sprits to create new sophisticated social destination The Pittsburgh Pirates today... read more

3/22/2006 - ARRESTS UNDER FEDERAL ANTI-COUNTERFEITING STATUTE OF INDIVIDUALS CAUGHT DEALING IN COUNTERFEIT CIGARS
Altadis U.S.A. Investigation is Ongoing Ft. Lauderdale, FL – March 22, 2006 – Today, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents... read more

3/17/2006 - FIVE INDICTED FOR TRAFFICKING IN COUNTERFEIT GOODS
R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Jesus Torres, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Cust... read more

2/25/2006 - INTRODUCING PERDOMO/PERRY ELLIS GUAYABERAS
Companies to co-market Perdomo-branded ‘Cubavera’ apparel MIAMI –Tabacalera Perdomo, S.A. have announced that they have forged a mar... read more

2/10/2006 - BROWARD SHERIFF’S OFFICE ARRESTS LOCAL RETAILERS CAUGHT DEALING IN COUNTERFEIT CIGARS
Police, working with cigar giant Altadis U.S.A., crack down on cigar counterfeiting Ft. Lauderdale, FL – February 8, 2006 – The Economic C... read more

2/10/2006 - ALTADIS U.S.A. TO DONATE CIGARS TO TROOPS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
Altadis U.S.A. has announced that it is donating nearly 20,000 premium cigars to the U.S. Marines serving on the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan. ... read more

2/10/2006 - JUAN LOPEZ, GISPERT AND A. TURRENT MAKE CIGAR AFICIONADO’S BEST OF LIST
In its February issue, Cigar Aficionado magazine named three Altadis U.S.A. cigars to their list of top cigars of 2005. A Juan Lopez Epicure No. 1 was... read more

2/10/2006 - MONTECRISTO PLATINUM PHOTOGRAPHY TOUR GOUING TO PITTSBURGH
Want to have your picture taken next to a naked, platinum-painted model? Then just come on over to Allegheny Smoke Works on March 8th from 5 to 8 PM. ... read more

2/10/2006 - TEAM TE-AMO’S DANA QUIGLEY WINS CHAMPION TOUR SKINS GAME
Rarely seen without his favorite Te-Amo cigar, Dana Quigley teamed with Raymond Floyd to win the Wendy’s Champions Tour Skins Game held on Febru... read more

2/10/2006 - RESTAURANTEURS FEAR LOSS OF BUSINESS FROM ILLINOIS SMOKING BAN
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. Eddie Sholar doesn’t like all this talk about smoking bans. In his Alton bar, Fast Eddie’s Bon Air, about half the custo... read more

2/10/2006 - COHIBA CELEBRATES IT’S 40th BIRTHDAY
Cuba’s Cohiba brand is turning 40, and the Cuban cigar industry plans to celebrate with a commemorative cigar that could rival the legendary 30t... read more

2/10/2006 - ALTADIS U.S.A. BRINGS BACK QUINTERO, AN OLD CUBAN CIGAR BRAND.
Named for the Quintero brothers, Cuban cigar makers, and originally created in Havana in the 1940’s, Quintero cigars are being reintroduced to t... read more