NICARAGUAN CIGAR IMPORTERS LAUNCH IN CANADA
August 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A COMPANY importing quality cigars from Nicaragua has been launched in Toronto, Canada. Former investment bank researcher Markus Raty has become president of Mombacho Cigars, which is backed by the president of independent beer-maker Steam Whistle Breweries Co - Cameron Heaps. Mombacho sells the cigars at CDN$385 (USD$367) for a box of 24. The company was formed after Heaps visited Nicaragua where he met cigar-master Silvio Reyes, whose family has long produced quality cigars. Mombacho's challenge has been to secure quality packaging and export ...
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