What are some business that supply cigars wholsale to retailers, or
online stores? East coast would be prefered.

Hello d_wessell,

Thank you for your question.

The Google Directory offers a selection of wholesalers for you here:
Recreation > Tobacco > Wholesalers > Cigars 

http://directory.google.com/Top/Recreation/Tobacco/Wholesalers/Cigars/

Just Cigars is a bonafide wholesaler in Pennsylvania:
http://www.justcigarsinc.com/

Route 611 
Bartonsville, PA 18321 
(570) 619-4210 
Fax # (570) 619-4211 

and CCR states the following:
http://www.ccrcigar.com/

"...CCR Cigar Company is a full service brokerage servicing retail
tobacconists in Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina,
and Southern Virginia. We carry a full line of cigars from the
Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and Honduras as well as Xikar cigar
cutters and knives..."


Business.com lists the following wholesalers on the east coast:

Harold Levinson & Associates, Inc.
21 Banfi Plaza
Farmingdale, NY 11735
PHONE: 631-962-2400
FAX: 631-962-9000

Holt's Cigar Holdings, Inc.
12270 TOWNSEND ROAD
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19154 

+1 215 6768778
+1 215 6769085

http://www.holts.com/

CAO offers wholesale accounts:

C.A.O. International, Inc.
223 Oceola Ave. Suite B  Nashville, TN 37209
 1-615-352-0587  1-800-BEST-CAO
E-mail: caointernational@caointernational.com

http://www.caointernational.com/web01/new_contact.html

Nat Sherman sells their products wholesale:
http://www.natsherman.com/home.cfm?code=htm

500 Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10110
1-800-MY-CIGAR 

The CigarBox might be of interest to you:
http://www.cigarboxonline.com/cgi-local/webcart/webcart.cgi?CONFIG=mountain&CHANGE=YES&NEXTPAGE=wholesale.htm&CODE=PHOLD

Complete Wholesale Packages Available

Hotels, Resorts, Golf Courses, Country Clubs, Restaurants, Liquor
Stores, Bars, or Convenient Stores.
Regardless of your size or location let us get you set-up in selling cigars

Why The Cigarbox ?
- We supply the small, medium or large humidors @ no cost
- Cigars can be tailored to your specfic application or ROI
- Laminated cigar menus available
- Full line of accessories available
- We will work with you to provide the best service around
- We have a large inventory on-hand.
- In most cases stock can be at your door the next day!

Interested? 
Either fill out the form below or call us toll free @ 1.866.cgarbox
 

Columbus Cigar does not note their location, but "sounds" east coast:
http://www.columbuscigar.com/home.html

Tropical Tobacco:
http://www.tabacaleratropical.com/contact.asp

Tabacalera Tropical
3010 NW 79th Avenue
Miami, Florida 33122

tel: 1 800 826 7930 (within US)
tel: 305 591 9365 (outside of US)
email: info@tabacaleratropical.com

AMD is in New England:
http://www.amdcigars.com/

Retailers please call Mark Goldman at 
1-800-365-2888 for great wholesale pricing!

Cigar Supply Company in Maryland wholesales over 200 brands to retailers:
http://cigarsupply.com/

Cigar Supply Direct 410-740-1050
800-813-8588
Fax 410-740-1053   
6042 Camelback Lane
Columbia, MD 21045 

And another Florida wholesale manufacturer is Heavenly:
http://www.heavencigar.com/

Search Strategy:

cigar wholesalers


I trust my research has provided you with a useful list of east coast
cigar wholesalers. If a link above should fail to work or anything
require further explanation or research, please do post a Request for
Clarification prior to rating the answer and closing the question and
I will be pleased to assist further.

Regards,

-=clouseau=-

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Request for Answer Clarification by d_wessell-ga on 17 Apr 2004 07:47 PDT

Thanks for the answer, it was great. In your research, did you find
anything in the Wilmington, NC area?

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Clarification of Answer by clouseau-ga on 17 Apr 2004 09:21 PDT

Hi again d_wessell,

I'm glad my answer is useful for you.

I has been almost a month and I can't recall any wholesalers around
Wilmington that turned up. Searching again for North Carolina
specifically, I found the following, albeit with little information to
assess the quality of the wholesaler:

Charlotte:
Tobacco Outlet Products 
6401 Carmel Road Suite 205, Charlotte, NC 28226 
(704) 341-9388 


Apex:
Macrine Cigar Distribution Company 
101 Millers Creek Drive 
Apex, North Carolina 27502 
(919)362-0488 

Although North Carolina is big in the cigarette industry, it does not
seem to be home to many cigar wholesalers and particularly none of the
premium brand distributors that I can find. Perhaps contacting these
will lead you to others in North Carolina.

Regards,

-=clouseau=-

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Request for Answer Clarification by d_wessell-ga on 17 Apr 2004 09:44 PDT

Can you check the number for Macrine that you just posted, it does not
appear to be a valid number.

Thanks
David

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Clarification of Answer by clouseau-ga on 17 Apr 2004 09:57 PDT

Hi David,

You'll find it listed on this page below. I haven't called it, of
course, and they may not be in business any longer. This is the only
mention of them I could locate. AT&T's online directory does not have
them listed. Googling this number returns the same link as below.

http://www.town-usa.com/north_carolina/north_carolina_listings.html

-=clouseau=-

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Request for Answer Clarification by d_wessell-ga on 17 Apr 2004 10:47 PDT

Thanks alot!

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Clarification of Answer by clouseau-ga on 17 Apr 2004 19:30 PDT

You're quite welcome, David.

Thanks for the rating.

Best,

-=clouseau=-