Gene Stone said:
I am located in Charleston, S.C. and am looking for producers of quality cigars and beer in the D.R. for import into South Carolina. I am particularly interested in companies that would be willing to send samples so that we may present them to potential clients. Any information would be most helpful.
Thanks!
My sister is involved in the cigar biz as well as my brother with Presidente beer, however their respective brands are imported into the US today just as the rest of Dominican Cigars are, as for the beer you may be in luck because Quisqueya is for grabs right now, only problem will be to secured the rights in the US to import and distribute the brand without having the beer maker share the profits without dropping a dime on it or breaking a sweat.
You may find it easier to contact a Dominican cigar makers located in Costa Rica, whom will supply you with several custom blends and branding for you to own all rights to, a common trend nowadays for cigars as it has turn into a very expensive and continually unwanted DR govt. intrusion market.
Dominican cigar tobacco surely the Piloto-Cubano and soft tripas are very extensively used in Costa Rica, you can make your own Macanudos and Cohibas rip-offs without much problem with your own brand of course registered in the DR not Costa Rica to avoid the local taxes there.
About the Beer you must go in person to have a face to face with big shots from Quisqueya and who knows? maybe you can be the guy with the magic wand on that one, Quisqueya it's the second selling beer producer in the DR, brewed by cerveceria vegana in La Vega. It's a lager light somewhat dry beer.
