Wednesday, July 29 2009
Richmond, VA --
La Gloria Cubana® Cigars is pleased to announce the winners of the La Gloria Cubana Artesanos de Miami® sweepstakes.
Frank Esposito of Brooklyn New York captured the grand prize, an all expense paid trip for two to the world-famous El Credito Cigar Factory in Miami. The prize includes round-trip airfare, accommodations at a luxurious oceanfront hotel in South Beach, meals, ground transportation, a private, guided tour of Little Havana's hotspots and an individual rolling lesson from one of El Credito's renowned rollers.
Mr. Esposito's tobacconist, Angelo Grigoli, owner of Brooklyn's "The Humidor" won a matching prize, and as such will accompany his customer on the trip. Both gentlemen will also receive one box of critically-acclaimed cigars Artesanos de Miami cigars a month for an entire year. Each cigar will be adorned with a secondary band bearing the winner's name.
The sweepstakes also included ten second-place winners (Andrew Borja of Washington, DC; John Groll of Naperville, IL; Myles Bowman and Greg Sheller, both of Sarasota, FL; Michael Green of Santa Ana, CA; Ernest Guerra, Jr. of Franklin, TN; James Phillips of Burbank, CA; Michael Hill of Bronx, NY; Ian Kalina of Prospect, KY). Each will receive five boxes of Artesanos de Miami cigars, thereby allowing them to enjoy all highly touted brand's frontmarks.
Michael Giannini, director of marketing La Gloria Cubana commented, "We are pleased to celebrate the success of Artesanos de Miami by extending a once-in-a-lifetime trip to our boutique rolling gallery in Little Havana for the winning consumer and his retailer. We are also pleased to be able to share this bespoke collection with the ten consumer finalists who will be gifted with these exquisite cigars." (_[ca]__{{{
® La Gloria Cubana is a registered trademark of General Cigar Co. Inc.
