Famous Smoke Shop now accepting pre-orders for new E.P. Carrillo Edición Inaugural 2009 cigars

Cigars will be released in limited quantities beginning in December

EASTON, PA -- Famous Smoke Shop, the nation's leading discount retailer of premium handmade cigars, is now taking pre-orders on one of the most highly anticipated new premium cigar releases of the year - the E.P. Carrillo Edición Inaugural 2009 cigars.

Presented in handsome two-tone wood boxes of 10 cigars, the E.P. Carrillo Edición Inaugural 2009 will retail for $130 per box and sold on a first-come-first-serve basis. The cigars are scheduled to arrive in December, and only about 2,500 boxes of the limited edition cigars will be available per month until April 2010.

E.P. Carrillo Edición Inaugural 2009 is the first cigar to be marketed by Ernesto Perez-Carrillo's new company, EPC Cigar Co. After more than 30 years in the cigar industry, Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, creator of the now classic La Gloria Cubana brand, started EPC Cigar Co. with his son, Ernie, and daughter, Lissette.

The blend consists of Nicaraguan and Dominican longfiller tobaccos aged 2-5 years, plus two binders, a Nicaraguan and a Dominican, both aged five years, with a three-year-old Ecuadorian wrapper that was grown in limited quantities. Moreover, EPC Cigar Co. owns all of the existing inventory of this wrapper, and has exclusive rights to all future production. Due to the scarcity of this wrapper, E.P. Carrillo Edición Inaugural 2009 is rolled to only one size, 5 3/8 x 52, and will be produced in limited quantities.

"As my father once dreamed that I would enter the cigar industry, I have long dreamed of working with my children," said Mr. Carrillo. "Needless to say, I am extremely excited about the realization of this dream and looking forward to bringing my loyal fans some very exciting and intriguing blends, starting with the E.P. Carrillo Edición Inaugural 2009."

Cigar smokers interested in pre-ordering their box of E.P. Carrillo Edición Inaugural 2009 cigars may do so by visiting Famous-Smoke.com.

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For more information on EPC Cigar Co. please visit www.epcarrillo.com.