好友（Hoyo de Monterrey）,、潘趣（Punch）這兩個(gè)著名雪茄品牌是費(fèi)爾南多·帕里西奧（Fernando Palicio）在古巴革命前就創(chuàng)立的,，20世紀(jì)60年代,，比亞松公司（ Villazon & Co. Inc.）的兩個(gè)股東,，丹·布盧門撒爾(Dan Blumenthal),、弗蘭克·拉內(nèi)薩（Frank Llaneza）從費(fèi)爾南多·帕里西奧手里買下了這些品牌在美國(guó)的版權(quán),，1965年開(kāi)始生產(chǎn)非古版本的好友,、潘趣雪茄,，在美國(guó)市場(chǎng)銷售,。
1996年，美國(guó)雪茄熱時(shí)期,，通用雪茄公司收購(gòu)了比亞松公司,，拿到了好友、潘趣的品牌所有權(quán),。好友品牌也成為美國(guó)對(duì)古巴禁運(yùn)后,，首批在美國(guó)市場(chǎng)銷售的非古巴版本雪茄品牌。
為了紀(jì)念這段歷史,，通用雪茄公司發(fā)布了兩款在洪都拉斯卷制的好友雪茄,，如今已經(jīng)向零售商發(fā)貨。
一款名Rojo（紅色）,，茄衣是洪都拉斯的賈馬斯蘭特山谷種植的煙葉,，茄套是尼加拉瓜煙葉，茄芯是洪都拉斯,、尼加拉瓜,、多米尼加的混合煙葉?？谖稄?qiáng)度是中等,。
另一款是Oscuro（奧斯庫(kù)羅），茄衣是深色的巴西馬特菲娜煙葉,，這是非古的好友品牌首次使用這款煙葉作為茄衣,，茄套是厄瓜多爾種植的蘇門答臘種子煙葉,，茄芯是多米尼加、洪都拉斯,、尼加拉瓜的混合煙葉,。
這兩個(gè)系列各有三個(gè)尺寸，羅斯柴爾德,，50環(huán)徑,，4.5英寸，售價(jià)是每支5.99美元,。公牛,，52環(huán)徑，6英寸,，售價(jià)是每支7.49美元,。巨大，60環(huán)徑,，6英寸,，售價(jià)8.49美元。每盒都是10支裝,，雪茄是在洪都拉斯的丹利的HATSA工廠卷制,。
通用雪茄公司的高級(jí)品牌經(jīng)理埃德·拉赫曼（Ed Lahmann）表示，作為最早在美國(guó)銷售的古巴雪茄品牌,，好友雪茄在60年也為洪都拉斯雪茄制造業(yè)發(fā)展奠定了基礎(chǔ),，并已經(jīng)成為優(yōu)質(zhì)雪茄世界的活傳奇。
Hoyo de Monterrey was one of the first Cuban brands to be made in a non-Cuban version for the U.S. market after the embargo. That happened in the mid 1960s. To celebrate this history, General Cigar Co. has released two new Hoyos made in Honduras: The Hoyo de Monterrey Rojo and the Hoyo de Monterrey Oscuro. Both are heading to retailers now.
Draped in a wrapper grown in the Jamastran Valley of Honduras, Rojo is rolled with a Nicaraguan binder and filler from Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. It’s billed as a medium-bodied blend.
The Oscuro is a bit stronger, and defined by its dark Brazilian Mata Fina oscuro wrapper—a first for Hoyo de Monterrey. It has an Ecuadoran Sumatra binder and a filler combination of Dominican, Honduran and Nicaraguan tobaccos.
Both brands are produced at the HATSA factory in Danlí and both come in the same sizes with identical suggested retail prices: Rothschild, measuring 4 1/2 inches by 50 ring gauge with a suggested retail price of $5.99; Toro at 6 by 52 ($7.49); and a 6-by-60 Gigante ($8.49). They are presented in 10-count boxes.
“As one of the first Cuban ex-pat brands available in the United States, Hoyo de Monterrey laid the foundation for Honduran cigarmaking nearly 60 years ago and has become a living legend in the world of premium cigars,” says senior brand manager Ed Lahmann.
Hoyo de Monterrey and Punch were made in Cuba by Fernando Palicio prior to the Revolution. Dan Blumenthal and Frank Llaneza, owners of Villazon & Co. Inc., bought the U.S. rights to the brands from Palicio in the mid-1960s, and began making them for the U.S. market in 1965. The brands were acquired by General in 1996 during the cigar boom when it purchased Villazon. General Cigar Co. and the non-Cuban Hoyo de Monterrey brand are owned by parent company Scandinavian Tobacco Group.
