{"id":59746,"date":"2022-08-26T20:09:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T18:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/?p=59746"},"modified":"2022-09-11T18:56:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T16:56:16","slug":"red-anchor-admiral-cigars-ship-to-retailers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/red-anchor-admiral-cigars-ship-to-retailers\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Anchor Admiral Cigars Ship to Retailers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Red Anchor was the start of the b<\/span><span class=\"s2\">outique cigar industry when the line originally released in 1772 in Holland. Next month the line will once again line the shelves of retailers as the Red Anchor Admiral begins shipping to United Cigars retail partners. Red Anchor cigar was the first boutique cigar brand to adorn a cigar band and at this year\u2019s Premium Cigar Association Trade Show in Las Vegas, United Cigars sold out the 250-box production to celebrate the Red Anchor lines 250<\/span><span class=\"s3\">th <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Anniversary.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cI am very honored and proud that our cigar factory was given the opportunity to relaunch this historical brand,\u201d said KBF Owner Hendrik Kelner Jr. \u201cWe made a blend using some of our best family farmed tobaccos, this was a personal cigar project, I wanted to involve the family as much as possible.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Red Anchor Admiral<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\">Factory: Kelner Boutique Factory<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\">Wrapper: Ecuador Habano 2000<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\">Binder: Dominican Monte Plata<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\">Filler: San Vincente, Habano \u201992, Pennsylvania Broadleaf<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\">Box Count: 25 Cigars<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\">MSRP: $625 Box\/$25.00 Single Production: 250 Boxes\/6,250 Cigars<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cEvery aspect of Red Anchor has been carefully crafted to properly encapsulate the 250-year history,\u201d said Oliver Nivaud of United Cigars. \u201cWorking closely with Hendrik Kelner Jr. and the KBF team has been very smooth, this is a perfect marriage.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Red Anchor is alive once more as United Cigar has partnered with the Kelner Family to blend the cigars at KBF in the Dominican Republic. The Kelner family has not only had a wonderful and impressive history of cigar making in the Dominican Republic, but their roots are from Holland where Red Anchor began. They will give Red Anchor the attention and respect it deserves, making them the perfect partner in this project.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The initial launch was limited to 250 boxes of 25 cigars. The 2022 production will come in one vitola, a 6 x 52 called the Admiral with a suggested retail price of $25.00 per cigar or $625 per box. Red Anchor is medium plus in body and medium in strength. The Red Anchor Admiral will begin shipping to retailers the first week of September.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">United Cigar began as a US based cigar store chain in 1901 growing to nearly 3,000 shops. United Cigar eventually became part of the corporation that bought Marvel Comics in 1968. The United Cigar<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">United Cigars manufactures and distributes premium cigars within the United States, with distribution agreements with Selected Tobacco (Atabey, Byron &amp; Bandolero), as well as Jose Dominguez cigars. United <\/span><span class=\"s4\">chain represented the interests of the Consolidated Tobacco Company, the tobacco trust that controlled the American Tobacco Company<\/span><span class=\"s5\">.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Cigars proudly features its own brands including the quick-selling bundle line Classic, La Gianna Havana, and their flagship brand, United.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next month Red Anchor will once again line the shelves of retailers as the Red Anchor Admiral begins shipping to United Cigars retail partners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":59747,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[177,49,2808,55,44],"tags":[8421],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59746"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}