2022年STG曾经根据消费者调查的意见发布过一款名为古巴荣耀“社会”的限量版雪茄。今年，STG再次根据调查建议发布了社会II（ Society II），这款雪茄预计11月15日开始向零售商发货。
2022年的“社会”完全采用洪都拉斯烟叶卷制，而今年的社会II采用了多国烟叶。茄衣是洪都拉斯烟叶，茄套是厄瓜多尔苏门答腊烟叶，茄芯是多米尼加、尼加拉瓜的混合烟叶。今年的尺寸不同于去年，今年的版本50环径，6英寸，比去年的公牛（54环径、6.25英寸）略细、略短。去年的版本售价是8.99美元，今年的版本的售价高了很多，折合每支12.99美元。
雪茄还是在多米尼加共和国信用（El Credito）工作室卷制的，这个工作室座落于多米尼加通用雪茄厂（General Cigar Dominicana factory）内，可以视为是通用雪茄厂内的一个雪茄生产车间。
去年的“社会”每盒是20支包装，今年改为每盒10支包装，根据STG的说法，今年这个版本的烟叶混合配方到外包装，到雪茄的尺寸，都综合听取了古巴荣耀的消费者的意见。
古巴荣耀的品牌助理经理科里·比尔兹利（Cory Beardsley）说，这是第二款“社会”系列雪茄，我们为消费者创造了一种抽茄体验，反映了古巴荣耀的爱好者的集体偏好。这次新品的推出表达了这些消费者试图在雪茄里寻找的元素，我们很高兴能把这款雪茄带到他们的生活中。
La Gloria fans spoke and Scandinavian Tobacco Group listened—again. For the second time, La Gloria Cubana’s parent company STG turned to La Gloria fans for input, and now the crowd-sourced La Gloria Cubana Society II is heading to retailers tomorrow.
The first La Gloria Cubana Society cigar, which was made entirely from Honduran tobacco leaves, was released in 2022. This year’s collaboration has a more multinational blend, rolled with a Honduran wrapper, Ecuadoran Sumatra binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. It’s a different size as well, measuring 6 inches by 50 ring gauge. While it’s slightly shorter and thinner than last year’s release, it’s considerably more expensive, with a suggested retail price of $12.99 (last year’s larger cigar was only $8.99).
The La Gloria Cubana Society Cigar II is produced by hand in the Dominican Republic at El Credito, a rolling gallery within the larger General Cigar Dominicana factory.
The new La Glorias come in 10-count boxes. According to STG, La Gloria fans were consulted on everything from blend to packaging to the size of the cigars.
“For this, our second ‘Society Cigar,’ we have created a smoking experience that reflects the collective preferences of La Gloria Cubana fans,” said Cory Beardsley, assistant brand manager for La Gloria Cubana. “This special release speaks to what this elite group of smokers currently looks for in a cigar, and we’re proud to bring it to life for them.”
