Nashville, December 20, 2002: CAO, the makers of some of the most sought-after cigars in the world today, has announced the addition of a fifth shape to their widely popular CAO Brazilia line, The CAO Brazilia Ipanema, a 6 7/8" X 50 Churchill, will be packaged in a dramatically vibrant "Ipanema-Red" boxes of twenty cigars each.

"The addition of the Ipanema size is a direct answer to the deluge of requests we've received over the past months asking for another shape in our Brazilia line," said CAO Vice President, Tim Ozgener. "This new shape promises to be 'tall and tan and lovely,' just like the girl from Ipanema in the song made famous by Stan Getz. In keeping with the imagery that the beeches of Ipanema conjure up, we've chosen to package these cigars in dynamic, red boxes designed specifically for this shape."

The CAO Brazillia was the #1 rated Honduran cigar of 2002 as rated by Cigar Insider, the monthly newsletter of Cigar Aficionado Magazine.

Find out more: CAO International website