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Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Leaves General Cigar
Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, the longtime maker of La Gloria Cubana cigars and one of the best known names in the premium cigar business, is leaving the General Cigar Co./Swedish Match AB umbrella. He will officially leave the company on March 15. January 23, 2009
An Interview with Ernesto Perez-Carrillo
Owner, El Credito Cigar Co., makers of La Gloria Cubana, La Hoja Selecta, El Rico Habano and Dos Gonzales cigars. May 31, 1997
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EXCLUSIVE: Crowned Heads Pair with Ernesto Perez-Carrillo
Crowned Heads LLC, the Nashville, Tennessee, cigar company formed by former executives from C.A.O., has joined with Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, the veteran cigarmaker who once rolled La Gloria Cubana cigars in Miami. Perez-Carrillo is going to make Four Kicks, the first cigar for Crowned Heads. August 4, 2011
Smoking with Ernesto Perez-Carrillo
I’m always happy when Ernesto Perez-Carrillo comes to New York. I’ve known him since my early days at Cigar Aficionado , and El Credito Cigars in Miami was the first cigar factory I ever visited. On that first meeting, he welcomed me with a baggie of unbanded lonsdales that blew me away with power, spice and flavor. April 8, 2009
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Second Short Run from Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Debuts
Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, the man who once made La Gloria Cubanas in Miami, has launched his second E.P. Carrillo Short Run cigar. The smokes are on their way to cigar stores now. June 23, 2011
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Litto Gomez and Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Join ProCigar
Two of the world's best-known cigarmakers have joined ProCigar, the association of Dominican cigar exporters. February 5, 2013
Sitting Down with La Gloria’s Ernesto Perez-Carrillo
Being in Little Havana just isn’t complete without a visit to Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, the maker of La Gloria Cubana cigars. I stopped by El Credito Cigars, his cigar factory and shop on Calle Ocho, near the corner of 11th Avenue, earlier this week for some lunch and a chat about cigars. September 7, 2007
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New Line from Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Scores 92 Points
Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, the longtime maker of the La Gloria Cubana brand, has finally begun shipping his regular production cigar line, and it opened to a big score in Cigar Insider. November 5, 2010
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Perez-Carrillo Releases Small Batch Cigar
Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr., former owner of the iconic La Gloria Cubana cigar brand, recently released a follow-up to his new cigar brand. It's not his core line, as expected, but a small-batch production brand known as EP Carrillo Short Run. June 23, 2010
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Perez-Carrillo Rolls Connecticut Shade Cigar
Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, best known for working with Cuban seed and other fuller flavored tobaccos, is looking to the cigar world's mildest leaf, Connecticut shade, for his newest project. March 21, 2011
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E.P. Carrillo Adds Broadleaf Maduro
Ernesto Perez-Carrillo has been slowly increasing the breadth of his product line, but there was one thing missing—a maduro. This week at the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers trade show, he unveiled his version of a maduro cigar, and it's shipping at the end of next week to cigar stores. July 22, 2011
E.P. Carrillo Elencos Edición Limitada 2010
January 3, 2011
January 9, 2012
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E.P. Carrillo Releases Full-Bodied Cardinal Series
Cigarmaker Ernesto Perez-Carrillo has just released the E.P. Carrillo Cardinal Series, and he claims that it’s the strongest, most full-bodied cigar in his entire brand portfolio. His company handed out samples of the new blend over the summer during the IPCPR trade show, and the cigars began shipping to tobacconists last week. “We wanted to round out the E.P. Carrillo portfolio with a full-body cigar, and this is how the Cardinal Series came about,” said Perez-Carrillo. “It is a blend of tobaccos from three different farms in Nicaragua.” Cardinal comes in two varieties: natural, which is made with an Ecudador Sumatra wrapper, and maduro, with a darker Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper. Both use bold, Nicaraguan filler tobaccos and come in three sizes: Cardinal 52, 5 inches by 52 ring; Cardinal 54, 6 by 54; and Cardinal 56, 5 1/2 by 56. They retail from $7.25 to $8.75 and are packaged in striking scarlet boxes of 20. October 15, 2012
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EP Carrillo Cigar Shipping to Stores
First shipments of the new EP Carrillo Edición Inaugural cigar were sent out on December 2 to retailers across the United States. The new brand is the first undertaking of legendary cigar maker Ernesto Perez-Carrillo since parting ways with General Cigar. December 8, 2009
E.P. Carrillo Elencos Series Don Rubino
January 7, 2013
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E.P. Carrillo's Newest Line Combines Maduro and Natural
Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, the man behind the E.P. Carrillo brand and the former maker of La Gloria Cubana cigars, is coming out with a new Short Run cigar. The new release, which will ship to retailers beginning in two to three weeks, will combine elements of the company’s New Wave Connecticut (which features a light-hued natural wrapper) and the company’s Core Maduro, a dark smoke wrapped in hearty Connecticut broadleaf. The new cigar, called E.P. Carrillo New Wave Connecticut Short Run 2012, takes a light Ecuadoran Connecticut wrapper (the same found on the New Wave Connecticut) and combines it with Connecticut broadleaf binder (the wrapper from the Core Maduro line). The filler is also from Core Maduro, a combination of Nicaraguan and Dominican leaves. February 9, 2012
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First Look: Inch by E.P. Carrillo
Ernesto Perez-Carrillo's newest cigar takes the fat cigar trend to new heights. July 13, 2012
That cigar you're smoking may have been blended by a man—or woman—representing the industry's growing youth movement October 1, 2009
Visiting a Cigar Master in the Dominican Republic
I spent Monday afternoon in Santiago, Dominican Republic, with one of the true masters of the cigar business, Ernesto Perez-Carrillo. You know him from his years at La Gloria Cubana, first in Miami, later in the Dominican Republic. February 15, 2010
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Inching Up: Thicker Smoke From Ernesto Perez-Carrillo
Ernesto Perez-Carrillo is making one of his biggest cigars ever, an inch-thick Dominican smoke that boasts a 64 ring gauge. May 9, 2012
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Big Smoke Saturday Seminars: Brand Builders
Building a successful brand is the key part of any product strategy, especially in ultra-competitive business markets like the cigar industry. After all, profits aren't made by factories, but by relationships with the customer, which brand names help to secure and maintain. November 17, 2010
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Cigar Aficionado's Hall of Fame Class of 2012
For the first time since 1997 we reopen the doors of the Cigar Aficionado Hall of Fame, welcoming nine new members: Carlos Fuente Jr., Hendrik Kelner, Robert Levin, Benjamin Menendez, José Orlando Padrón, Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, Nestor Plasencia, Manuel Quesada and José Seijas. November 6, 2012
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Part Three: Las Vegas Big Smoke Sunday Seminars
Michael Giannini, left and Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, right, pose with grand-prize winner Gerry Curry. A well-fed horde of cigar enthusiasts made a mass exodus from the Versailles room to the Champagne ballroom of the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas. November 10, 2005
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Florida's Little Havana is emerging as a showcase and "mad lab" for major brands that use boutique fabricas to roll cigars — sometimes quirky ones — and introduce visitors to the theater of cigar making April 21, 2009
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