Easton 11/24/2010 12:00:00 PM
News / Business

Famous Smoke Shop opens holiday shopping season with Rocky Patel cigars promotion

Four week campaign will feature cigars blended by Amilcar P. Castro

Just in time for two of the busiest holiday shopping days of the year, Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Famous Smoke Shop has unleashed an unprecedented four week promotion featuring four editions made at Rocky Patel's Tabacalera Villa Cuba by master blender, Amilcar P. Castro. The featured cigars include Rocky 1961, Patel Bros. Next Generation, Famous Signature Series by Rocky Patel, and VUDU, all of which will be presented with free shipping on box orders and bonus offers through mid-December.

In addition to promoting the cigars, another goal of the campaign is to introduce cigar smokers to Señor Castro who has worked alongside such distinguished master blenders as Pepin Garcia and Ernesto Perez-Carrillo. Moreover, appearing throughout the Famous Smoke Shop website is a banner reading "Who is Amilcar P. Castro?" that when clicked takes premium cigar buyers (actually it will take everyone, whether they’re a premium cigar buyer or not!) to an Amilcar Perez Castro web page where they can learn more about this new cigar industry success story, while taking advantage of the specials on the four featured cigars.

Born in Baez Las Villas, Cuba in 1973, Amilcar Perez Castro comes from a tobacco-growing and cigar making family. He entered the Cuban cigar business in1991, and by 1997 emigrated to Miami finding work at the La Gloria Cubana factory. In 2008 he set up shop in Estelí, Nicaragua and opened Tabacalera Villa Cuba S.A. Among the first cigars made there were the "Outstanding" 91-rated Rocky Patel 1961, followed by the critically-acclaimed Rocky Patel 15th Anniversary cigars. Shortly afterward, Amilcar and Patel became partners in the Estelí operation.

"His knowledge and skill in cigar construction is second to none," says Patel. "Amilcar is not only a talented buncher/roller, but he has a gift of being able to teach his skills to all the cigar rollers in his factory. The precision in his tubular bunching technique, coupled with his unique triple-cap process, produces a perfect cigar every time."

For those who want to get a taste of all four Amilcar-blended cigars at a nice price, Famous Smoke Shop is also offering an eight-cigar Amilcar sampler for only $14.95. Listed at $52, it comes with two each of the 1961, Patel Bros. Next Generation, Signature Series by Rocky Patel, and VUDU.

For complete details on the promotion visit the Rocky Patel Cigars/Amilcar P. Castro web page at  www.famous-smoke.com/amilcar.


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