NEWS RELEASE July 11, 2011
C.Gars Ltd/Decent Cigar Emporium secure UK distribution of Arturo Fuente brand
C.Gars Ltd has signed its first exclusive UK cigar brand distribution - for Arturo Fuente's entire range.
'We are delighted to represent Fuente in the UK,' said Mitchell Orchant, Founder of C.Gars Ltd, ' for they are consistently rated as one of the world's finest cigar brands.'
This historical marriage of two of the most highly rated cigar businesses in the world was brought about by Decent Cigar Emporium, C.Gars Ltd's partner company in Ireland set and up and run by Guy Hancock 18 years ago.
UK distribution of the Fuente brand will now be done jointly under the banner: Decent C.Gars Ltd.
Joshua Meerapfel, a member of the Meerapfels' tobacco dynasty from Belgium, whose company imports Fuente cigars for every country in the world, except the USA, said, ' It's a pleasure doing business with Mitchell Orchant and his partner, Guy Hancock. My family has been in the tobacco business for over 135 years – fine tobacco runs through our veins and is in our souls. Although Mitchell and Guy are relative newcomers, I'm sure cigars are in their soul too.'
NOTES FOR EDITORS:
C.Gars Ltd was launched in 1997 and is now one of the world's largest specialist cigar merchants. It sells premium cigars and related goods from its website, 24/7, every day of the year and runs ten specialist tobacco shops in the UK and Germany, and has an associate company, Decent Cigar Emporium, in Ireland.
The Arturo Fuente cigar brand was established in 1912 in Ybor City, in Tampa, Florida. Until the 1960s, Fuente cigars were made with Cuban tobacco and switched to Dominican tobacco after the U.S. Cuban Embargo.
In 1980, after briefly producing cigars in Tampa, Florida, Fuente's production moved to the Dominican Republic which today remains the centre of the family's tobacco production. The company employs 2,000 staff, owns six factories, and four plantations.
The Fuente Opus X, introduced in 1995, is the Fuente family's renowned flagship cigar. Known for its quality control, Fuente pack every box of cigars with an advanced humidification device to help ensure the stability and freshness of the end product.
For further information please contact the C.Gars Ltd Press Office on 0207 372 1865 (+44 1 207 372 1865) or email:
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