Cigar & Packaging Deletions for 2010

[bnelly]

yeah
i have to stock up... gonna get a box or two of each of the conns.... the 1s are my second favourite partagas next to lusitania

I guess there's simply an oversupply of these and it's possible they'd be bought back once stock levels fall again ?

[cohibaIV]

Nooooooo!!!

Not the Punch Churchill?????

[trevor2118]

Cheers for the info Trev, nice of you to keep us up to date. Surprised at the Punch Churchill, like the others.

The list has been officially confirmed....however there is a rear-guard action trying to overturn the decision.

However, there is also a back-room brawl about deleting a large number of brands (around 8)....mainly those that BIT does not have the US rights to.

There may be blood in the streets!

[tippexx]

Eight Brands? Crazy!

[MaledettoToscano]

The list has been officially confirmed....however there is a rear-guard action trying to overturn the decision.

Thanks for the update Trevor

However, there is also a back-room brawl about deleting a large number of brands (around 8)....mainly those that BIT does not have the US rights to.

Do you know which ones these are by any chance.

Sounds like the "high up arseholes", ehm I meant decision makers , are getting ready for the embargo to be dropped.

[tippexx]

Thanks for the update Trevor



Do you know which ones these are by any chance.

Sounds like the "high up arseholes", ehm I meant decision makers , are getting ready for the embargo to be dropped.

Then you can say goodbye to most of the smaller gauge vitola too!

[trevor2118]

Thanks for the update Trevor

Do you know which ones these are by any chance.

Nothing official.....but last year 3 brands were considered: Rafael Gonzalez, Sancho Panza, Vergueros. Also La Gloria Cubana was to be reduced to only a single Medaille D'Or No.2.

The talk/discussion/argument is about: Fonseca, Sancho Panza, La Gloria Cubana, Diplomatico, Saint Luis Rey, Juan Lopez, Ramon Allones, Rey Del Mundo.

[daverave999]

The talk/discussion/argument is about: Fonseca, Sancho Panza, La Gloria Cubana, Diplomatico, Saint Luis Rey, Juan Lopez, Ramon Allones, Rey Del Mundo.

I'm surprised to see Ramon Allones on there. I guess it's not just about aficionado sales...

[Kdot]

The talk/discussion/argument is about: Fonseca, Sancho Panza, La Gloria Cubana, Diplomatico, Saint Luis Rey, Juan Lopez, Ramon Allones, Rey Del Mundo.

Imagine the uproar if there was no more JL2!

[whisky77]

Strike.

Imagine the uproar if there was no more JL2!

Let`s organise a strike!

That`ll show them.

[tippexx]

Strike while the irons still there to be struck you mean Whisk. Two or three on that list well worth laying in a few boxes of!

[tippexx]

Hold on, hold on! This is suisidal. Loose all thoes brands and they loose the blends. What happens to all the leaf, does it all go into a couple o' factories to become one generic component. The NC's for their part have got it right, they've realised gar smokers arn't like fag smokers who stick with one brand for life and that diversity, discovery and appreciation of difference is wot keeps the pennies rolling in!

A bit like the Premiership here. A four horse race is OK for a bit. But boring an' predictable over the long run!

[MaledettoToscano]

Nothing official.....but last year 3 brands were considered: Rafael Gonzalez, Sancho Panza, Vergueros. Also La Gloria Cubana was to be reduced to only a single Medaille D'Or No.2.

The talk/discussion/argument is about: Fonseca, Sancho Panza, La Gloria Cubana, Diplomatico, Saint Luis Rey, Juan Lopez, Ramon Allones, Rey Del Mundo.

That's quite a big chunk of the Habanos brands right there. As Dave mentioned it is surprising to see the Ramon Allones there, but also Diplomaticos, since to my knowledge this is a brand that only Habanos prduces so there would be no issues with brand ownership .

I hope those brands will still be made, but if they need to be cancelled for legal reasons hopefully Habanos can come up with new brands instead.

[Hot_Sauce]

That would be a sad day if Habanos whiped out those 8 brands. When I first started out I shy'd away from those lines but now I have started smoking more stuff and have added a few boxes of SLR's, Dips, RG's, RA's, ERDM's and LGC's to rotation. I will really miss them if that happens.

[shotgunbrookd]

Churchills!!!!!

See now that's just cruel, i got back from cuba 8 months ago. And loved nothin more than a Short churchill, while sittin enjoying a Mahito...Deletion...means discontinued right???