For Release
10:00 AM, March 3rd, 2014
Contact: Johnny Brooke
Drew Estate
Phone 786-581-1800
jbrooke@drewestate.com
12415 SW 136th Ave
Suite 7
Miami, FL 33186
Drew Estate Press Release
Agio Cigars and Drew Estate Proudly Announce
Distribution Partnership
Miami, FL
March 3, 2014:
Royal Agio Cigars and Drew Estate Tobacco Company are
pleased to announce exclusive distribution agreement
effective
April 1st 2014. Drew Estate will market, sell,
and distribute all Royal
Agio Cigar brands in the United States.
This agreement expands Royal Agio Cigars’ reach across the
broad
channels of tobacco distribution throughout the U.S. and
provides the
opportunity to market Panter, Mehari’s and Balmoral brands
in the
optimal way.
Boris Wintermans, CEO of Royal Agio Cigars explains:
“Although our comp
anies are quite different, there was an immediate chemistry
between our two
family businesses. Both companies aim for creating purposeful
brands for the
long run and are committed to making a difference. We both
have the ambition
to expand in the U.S. market and the Royal Agio portfolio
compliments the Drew
Estate brand portfolio perfectly.”
“Drew Estate Tobacco Company, including both the Drew Estate
premium division
and the popular market side called, “Half a Sandwich” has
tremendous respect for the
Royal Agio team and the special family tradition behind all
of their fine cigars,” explains
Jonathan Drew, co-founder.
“At Drew Estate, we understand that success comes through
purposeful collaboration.
That’s why we are so excited about this new partnership with
Royal Agio,” according to
Drew Estate President, Michael Cellucci.
About Drew Estate:
Founded in New York City in 1996 by two former college fraternity
brothers, who
shared a dream to become world-class cigar makers. Jonathan
Drew and Marvin
Samel led Drew Estate to become one of the largest and
fastest growing cigar companies
in the world. Under their mantra “The Rebirth of Cigars”™, Drew Estate has defied the
odds by innovating new elements
to the cigar industry with their unique tobaccos and blending
styles that have attracted new
and old cigar enthusiasts.
In their Gran Fabrica Drew Estate, the Nicaraguan
headquarters, Drew Estate produces successful brands such as ACID, Herrera Estelí, Java by Drew Estate,
Kentucky Fired Cured, Liga Privada, My Uzi Weighs a Ton, Natural, Nica Rustica, Tabak Especial and Undercrown.
About Royal Agio Cigars:
Royal Agio Cigars is a leading global cigar manufacturer
offering internationally renowned brands such as Mehari’s, Panter and Balmoral. Established by
Jacques Wintermans in 1904 and headed by 4th generation Boris Wintermans, Royal Agio
Cigars has always been an independent family company.
At the centennial, her Majesty Queen of the Netherlands
awarded Agio Cigars with the Royal warrant of appointment. From its home base in the Dutch town of Duizel,
cigars are being sent to more than 100countries worldwide. Production facilities in the
Netherlands, Belgium, Sri Lanka and the DominicanRepublic combine state of the art technology with the best tobaccos
available to result in the highestquality cigars for cigar lovers all over the world.
For more information on both companies, please visit our
websites:
www.drewestate.com
www.agiocigars.com
