Cigar Aficionado

The Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur brand turns 40 this year.

General Cigar Co. is honoring five decades of production of the Hoyo de Monterrey brand in Honduras with a new line called Epicure Selección and it is shipping to retailers now.

Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S, the Danish tobacco giant, saw sales increase and profits climb in the double digits despite a decrease in volume for handmade cigars.

General Cigar has decided to give the sleepy Hoyo de Monterrey Dark Sumatra brand a new life and a new name by turning the line over to cigarmaker A.J. Fernandez.

For the third consecutive year, General Cigar has collaborated with cigarmaker and tobacco grower A.J. Fernandez to create a Hoyo La Amistad release. This year’s version is called Hoyo La …

General Cigar has collaborated with cigarmaker and tobacco grower A.J. Fernandez to help create the Hoyo La Amistad—perhaps the most full-bodied Hoyo de Monterrey to ever hit the market.