When La Grand Classe was released on November 27, 2012, there wasn’t a lot of fanfare for Dion Giolito’s latest creation that was being released exclusively through FUMARE, his retail store in Reno, Nev. In fact, there was hardly any — a single Tweet was sent out the morning it became available from the store’s account, and it didn’t get any mention on the Illusione Twitter account. The La Grand Classe project had been in public discussion since at least November 2011, with unbanded versions of the cigar handed out by Giolito at Charmed Leaf’s August 2012 boutique cigar party during the IPCPR Convention and Trade Show. Beyond that though, details were kept minimal. By the time the cigar came out, it featured a hodgepodge of variations on the name, with multiple versions on the box and sticker that seals the cellophane, as the cigar itself remains unbanded, to the FUMARE website, which featured two spellings. All in all, there were references to La Grand Classe, La Grande Classe, Le Grand Classe and Le Grande Classe. Regardless of the spelling, the name translates as “The Great Class” from several languages, including French, Italian, Latin and Spanish. The phrase pauca sed bona ...
↧