zody wrote:I don't know why old man Cano sold ( other than the payday )
Because the kids couldn't keep the plates spinning and the jig was up. Everyone that knew a good cigar from a crummy one knew CAO had been drinking their own kool-aid. In order to make boatloads of cash off of the backs of rubes they diminished the name brand and watered down the product. The overall product from one line to another suffered as they're busy hyping the next product, greasing hands and patting themselves on the back so fan bois don't have to!
If CAO didn't have a new cigar line every month then the spotlight was shining on the old lines and how lackluster they had all become. The sham even went so far as to rebrand the older lines to make the fan bois happy. I can only guess that they were cigar band collectors and not cigar smokers because if they actually took the time to smoke more than one their own tastebuds wouldn't lie to them.
If you thought the CAO game was a one time game...I give you the same operators over at Crowned Heads. They too can only make a 1st run production home run. After that it's construction issues and taste profiles that aren't even close.
Sometimes the "emperor" isn't wearing any "clothes" and someone needs to tell "him".
I just don't buy the hype and now...nor the product.
Seems like Padron, Fuente and Perdomo are the only ones that aren't willing to compromise their name brand for a quick buck.