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2010 Regional Editions - preliminary list

Only weeks after the 2009 Regional Edition list was finalised, a preliminary list for the 2010 Regional Series has leaked. The total number of vitolas proposed for 2010 is 21, less than the 25 in the 2009 Regional Edition Series. That seems like a good move from Habanos, however the regions granted new vitolas are almost the same as in 2009, with 10 regions appearing in the list for a second consecutive year.

Brands like Fonseca, Sancho Panza and La Flor De Cano will appear for the first time ever in the Regional Production. Andora will also get their first exclusive cigar, the Juan Lopez “Pendiente de Definir”, as well as 2010 World Cup hosts, South Africa with the Punch “World Champion”. I wonder whether the “World Champions” will be ready to roll be June 2010, when the world cup kicks off…

Three vitolas haven’t been yet allocated to a region and surely there will be changes before the list is finalised, maybe around the second quarter of 2010.