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NEWS
RELEASE
Toraņo
Cigars
7440 S.W. 50th Terrace
Suite 106
Miami, FL 33155
Phone: 800-7-CIGARS
Fax: 305-661-9083
Web: www.torano.com
Contact:
Charlie Toraņo
FOR RELEASE: September 23, 2005
Toraņo
Cigars Scores at Two Major International Events
Toraņo
Cigars enjoyed the spotlight at two prestigious events recently,
enhancing their visibility and reputation on the international
scene. The
fourth-generation family-owned
premium cigar producer is
the only company to own factories in all three major cigar-producing
countries: Honduras, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic.
The
Toraņo family took top honors at the 2005 annual “Cigar Awards”
evening, sponsored by Europe’s most widely-read cigar publication,
European Cigar Cult Journal.
Coinciding with RTDA 2005, the awards presentation was held
on August 7, at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel.
The Austrian publication’s Editor-in-Chief, Reinhold
Widmeyer, presented the award for “Best Honduran Brand" to
Vice President Charlie Toraņo.
The award was based on results of extensive tasting by a
panel of experts, and reflected the Toraņo’s overall
superiority as a Honduran cigar maker.
It was determined largely on the quality and performance of the Toraņo
Exodus 1959 and Exodus 1959 Silver Edition, two cigars that have
earned top ratings in other cigar publications.
Vice President Charlie Toraņo, in accepting the trophy,
expressed “gratitude and pride at being chosen to represent
Honduras and its great tradition of cigar making.”
In
addition to being honored for cigars with their own name, the
company also manufactures CAO International’s Criollo Mancha
cigar. This cigar not
only
was honored as this year’s
“Best Toraņo
Cigars wins 2005 European Cigar Cult
Nicaraguan Cigar,” it is the first cigar in
Journal trophy for “Best Honduran Brand”
the Journal’s 10-year history to score a
perfect “5 Star" rating.
Toraņo is also the first cigar maker to be honored with
nominations (in 2001) for top honors in more than one “Best
Cigar” category, for their cigars from Honduras and Nicaragua.
 The
second event was the 13th annual TELUS Skins Game™, a celebrity
ProAm competition that drew some of golf’s legends
together for a relaxing game, away from the pressures of the
tournament circuit. Jack
Nicklaus, Vijay Singh, John Daly, and Stephen Ames
were featured players, and the event drew 50,000 spectators,
who bought out the box office in 30 minutes.
The outing was held on July 4-5, at the Nicklaus North golf
course in Whistler, British Columbia, a popular tourist spot in a
spectacular mountain setting.
Toraņo
Cigars was the sole cigar brand invited to participate, and they
scored a hit with the celebrity players, by presenting each of the
four featured stars with a box of Toraņo Reserva Selecta cigars,
trimmed out with personalized brass plaques.
Toraņo hosted the Cigar Bar at the VIP Players banquet at
the Fairmont Chateau Whistler Resort , handing out 200 cigars to
distinguished dinner guests, as well as cigars to the 40 VIP
attendees.
Golf
star John Daly, with his presentation TELUS
purchased the cigars from Nuestra Familia Cigar
Toraņo
Cigars wins 2005 European Cigar Company, Ltd., Toraņo’s
Vancouver-based exclusive Canadian
Cult Journal trophy for “Best
Honduran
distributor. The Canadian businessmen/owners of the
Brand”
company also own ROBUSTO, a year-old Vancouver cigar
store and
lounge that features the “Toraņo Experience,” a
walk-in
humidor devoted entirely to displaying every brand
the company manufacturers.
Canadian
telecommunications giant TELUS
is the Skins Game title sponsor and Canadian rights holder /
owner. The event, which
offered a $360,000 purse, also enjoyed sponsorship and products by
leading names like PGA British Columbia, Cobra , Infiniti, and Avis.
Televised live nationwide, the Skins Game benefitted KidSport’s
TELUS Little Links program, which provides registration fees and
equipment purchases to Canadian youth who otherwise could not afford
them.
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