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古巴哈伯纳斯公司在中东地区的经销商腓尼基贸易公司近期上架了圣路易斯雷（Saint Luis Rey）的地区限量版产品，这是专为中东地区生产的古巴雪茄。
这款名为海尔芬（Herfing）的雪茄54环径，5.5英寸，每盒10支装，发行价是每盒170美元。一共生产7500盒。这个尺寸在古巴的工厂里被称为“公爵”（Duck）。
这个型号很受市场欢迎，最近古巴推出的好几款雪茄都用了这个尺寸。比如玻利瓦尔的2018年度全球限量版“主权”（Soberano），潘趣的墨西哥地区限量版公爵，以及帕特加斯的E系列2号，也是公爵尺寸。
1月30日晚间，在塞浦路斯的利马索尔，一间名为哥伦比亚的牛排馆举办的新品发布会上，哈伯纳斯公司的联席总裁路易斯·桑切斯-哈金迪·帕尔多·德·维拉（Luis Sánchez-Harguindey Pardo De Vera）与政府官员、腓尼基贸易公司的董事会成员、塞浦路斯当地的雪茄爱好者共同参加了发布会。
这款海尔芬地区限量版原计划是2017年上市的，而近期刚在黎巴嫩发布的世界之王地区限量版WIH也是类似情况，推迟到2019年才上市。
腓尼基贸易公司的经销范围覆盖40多个国家和地区，包括黎巴嫩、塞浦路斯、阿联酋、沙特阿拉伯和其他中东国家。
Cigar distributor Phoenicia Trading A.A. has launched the Saint Luis Rey Herfing, a Regional Edition Cuban cigar made specifically for the Middle East.
It was introduced with some fanfare two nights ago at a release party held in Limassol, Cyprus at the Columbia Steak House. Habanos S.A. co-president Luis Sánchez-Harguindey Pardo De Vera attended, along with government officials, members of the board for Phoenicia Trading and a crowd of Cypriot cigar lovers.
The Herfing comes in 10-count boxes with a suggested retail price of $17 per cigar. Only 7,500 boxes were produced. Each smoke measures 5 1/2 inches by 54 ring gauge, a size known as a Duke in Cuban factories.
That size has been quite popular lately, showing up on several new cigars. It shares the same parameters as the Bolivar Soberano Edición Limitada 2018, which just came out, as well as the Regional Edition Punch Duke that just arrived in Mexico. The Partagás Serie E No. 2 is also a Duke.
In addition to cigars, cocktails and dinner, another highlight of the release party was a 3-D holographic projection of the cigar, something Phoenicia says is an industry first.
Although the cigar was just introduced on the evening of January 30, it was originally intended as a 2017 release, as was the El Rey del Mundo WIH, another delayed Regional Edition that recently arrived in Lebanon.
Phoenicia Trading A.A. is the official distributor of Cuban cigars for more than 40 countries, including Lebanon, Cyprus, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and nations in the Middle East.
