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lasted 20 years, ending in 2016. The companies’ relationship began like many other entities in Kentucky, at the Derby. In 1996, Ted’s created a special cigar for Maker’s Mark’s annual Kentucky Derby event. That led to the relationship which resulted in the creation of a Maker’s Mark cigar to be sold at retail as part of a licensing agreement.
On May 1, 1997, an agreement was signed. Ted’s would use Maker’s Mark’s bourbon to season cigars, which would then be packaged in a manner that reflected the bourbon’s packaging, including the Maker’s Mark name, SIV logo and the red irregular dripping wax that adorns the top of the bourbon bottles. In December 2013, Rob Samuels, Maker’s Mark coo and the grandson of Marker’s Mark’s founder, informed Ted’s that Maker’s Mark was ending the relationship. The perfect combination of fine ingredients  and bourbon infused cigar with a unique smoking experience. Aromatically enhanced with Maker's Mark Bourbon for an incredibly unique blend of bourbon and smoke. US Connecticut binder; Dominican filler; Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper.

Maker’s Mark and Spalding Group—the parent of Ted’s Cigars—have sued each other, the latest chapter to a relationship that began in 1996 as part of a licensing agreement that saw Ted’s produce and sell Maker’s Mark cigars seasoned with the company’s famous bourbon. It was an agreement that