CAO is named after Cano (pronounced John-O) A. Ozgener, an Armenian Turk who began selling handcrafted humidors and meerschaum pipes in Nashville, Tennessee. An engineer who originally designed a male female adapter to keep pipe stems from breaking, Cano began to sell antique boxes he had cedar lined in addition to his pipes. One thing led to another and CAO’s first attempt into the cigar making business was with a brand called Casa de Manuel that was a big flop. But undeterred, Cano tried again with what is now the CAO Black, and the rest is history.
CAO cigars were originally made by Don Douglas (blendmaster of all Bucanero cigars) in Costa Rica but in some jockeying for space with Tony Borhani of Bahia Cigars, operations eventually moved to the Torano factories in Nicaraguan and Honduras. The factories are split in half, some working for the Toranos, the others working for CAO.
The CAO Habano are part of the legendary and fabled CAO Escaparate Collection. Since 2004, over 400,000 cigar have been aging in this gigantic walk-in humidor at the CAO Headquarters in Nashville, TN. In this cigar vault are 11 assorted blends ranging in 6 sizes from corona, robusto, corona gorda, churchill, torpedo, and double corona.
Exclusive to Emerson's, is the CAO Habano. These cigars come in 50 count boxes called ruedas. They are medium-bodied, and use a rare Nicaraguan Habano wrapper.
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