Man O War et al.

[badwhale]

Sorry, Sam worked at Oliva and came up with the "Nub," one of best cigar marketing efforts in recent memory. There was a parting of ways between Sam and Oliva a few months ago, and now he's back in the industry.

ETA: Jamie, you'll love Sam's press release, see pic at thecigarfeed.com/?p=6484

Recent memory, yes. Fuente pulls marketing bullshit all the time with Opus and Anejo. Dare I even say that the Padron family reserve stuff is marketing bullshit too. There's some guy named Pete and some tat-something cigars that come to mind too.

Will

[denver24]

Recent memory, yes. Fuente pulls marketing bullshit all the time with Opus and Anejo. Dare I even say that the Padron family reserve stuff is marketing bullshit too. There's some guy named Pete and some tat-something cigars that come to mind too.

Will

I agree Will. I can say that I believe that the increase in marketing gimmics and campaigns are the result of crowding in the cigar marketplace. Most of these guys are looking for any competitive advantage they can find and new lines every year, limited editions, and marketing crap seem to be what they reach for. From a business standpoint I get it, from a cigar smoker standpoint I sometimes get a laugh out of it but most of the time it's just more noise.