Cuban News Agency

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Habanos Festival participants will have the honor to attend the launching
of the Romeo y Julieta Petit Churchill and Romeo y Julieta Churchill
Reserva Cosecha 2008 vitolas; the latter made out of three-year-aged leaves.

"The Romeo y Julieta Petit Churchill comes in classic boxes containing 25
cigars and in aluminum tubes," Ana Lopez, Habanos S.A.’ operation
marketing director told ACN.

On the other hand, the Churchill Reserva Cosecha 2008 vitola will have an
exclusive production of 5000 boxes; the cigars are made out of leaves from
Vuelta Abajo tobacco plantations that have been aged for a minimum of
three years, the executive explained.

The winners of the international contests Habanos in Images, Blind Tasting
and Habanosommelier will be announced this Friday.

During the closing gala, the Habanos 2011 awards in the categories of
Production, Business and Communication will be handed out and the Grand
Humidors Auction will also take place, authentic handicraft works of art
by most prestigious Cuban craftsmen, which over the past 11 years has
risen over $9 million for the Cuban Health System, according to the
Habanos S.A. website.

The Festival underway at Havana’s Convention Center, gathered this year
more than 1,500 participants from around 70 countries, including
businesspersons, collectors, sommeliers, cigar tasters, executives of the
cigar industry, artists, cigar producers, cigar officials and diplomats
who attended master classes, tasting sessions and cigar-rum combinations.