{"id":8925,"date":"2011-05-26T12:03:23","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T16:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=8925"},"modified":"2011-05-26T12:03:23","modified_gmt":"2011-05-26T16:03:23","slug":"graycliff-appoints-torano-as-official-us-cigar-distributor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2011\/05\/graycliff-appoints-torano-as-official-us-cigar-distributor","title":{"rendered":"Graycliff Appoints Torano as Official US Cigar Distributor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Graycliff Cigar Company and the Torano Family Cigar Company are proud to announce that Graycliff has officially appointed the  Torano Family Cigar Company as its exclusive distributor in the U.S.A. as of June 1, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After many years of doing our own distribution, we decided that it  was best if we partnered with Torano to handle that part of our  business, so we could focus on the production side,&#8221; said Paolo Garzaroli,  President of the Graycliff Cigar Company.\u00c2\u00a0 &#8220;We chose Torano for the  similarity in our family values and because our respective cigar brands  will complement each other very well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are excited about this partnership between Torano Family Cigar  Co. and Graycliff Cigar Company.\u00c2\u00a0 Graycliff is a super-premium brand  and we are honored to be given the responsibility to grow its  distribution nationwide. This union of two very passionate tobacco  families will only enhance both of our positions in the cigar industry,&#8221;  said <strong>Charlie Torano<\/strong>, President of Torano Family Cigar Company.<\/p>\n<p>After taking back their own distribution in August 2010,  the Torano Family Cigar company underwent several changes, to include a  successful rebranding effort, new ad campaign, several key hires and  the introduction of three new brands.\u00c2\u00a0 Graycliff Cigar Company saw this  as the perfect partners for the two companies to grow their brands in  the premium cigar market.<\/p>\n<p>The Graycliff Cigar Company was founded by the Garzaroli Family when  Enrico Garzaroli fell in love with cigars but was unable to find that  &#8220;perfect&#8221; cigar to complement what Graycliff Hotel and Restaurant has  always been known for: excellent cuisine, fine wines and luxurious  accommodations. The Company began production in January 1997 in Nassau, The Bahamas.  What then began as a single roller in the restaurant entrance way has  now expanded to an award winning boutique Cigar Company with 16 master  rollers, each an expert in their various format.<\/p>\n<p>A leader in the cigar industry, Torano Family Cigar Company is a four generation company currently based in Miami, FL. It enjoys a rich heritage and history in tobacco growing and manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <strong>PR Newswire<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Graycliff Cigar Company and the Torano Family Cigar Company are proud to announce that Graycliff has officially appointed the Torano Family Cigar Company as its exclusive distributor in the U.S.A. as of June 1, 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[113],"class_list":["post-8925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}