Ferio Tego Joins Official Miles Davis Centennial Celebration with Ferio Tego Milestones
Ferio Tego is proud to announce Ferio Tego Milestones, a limited-edition handmade premium cigar created in collaboration with the Miles Davis Estate and global independent music company Reservoir as part of the official Miles Davis Centennial celebration throughout 2026. The Miles Davis Centennial marks one hundred years since the birth of one of the most influential musicians and creative figures of the modern era.
“This cigar was created to reflect qualities I admire in Miles’ most enduring work; approachability, sophistication, structure, nuance, expression, restraint, and depth,” said Michael Herklots, co-owner and blender of Ferio Tego. “One does not need to be an expert to love Miles Davis, but experts have spent lifetimes studying his music. This cigar was created with that in mind. It is approachable and appealing, yet structured and nuanced. Easy for anyone to enjoy, with plenty of depth for the developed palate.”
Herklots, a graduate of Berklee College of Music (’02) with a degree in Drum Set Performance, studied and performed the music of Miles Davis throughout his education and career as a musician. He performed in the Miles Davis Ensemble while at Berklee.
Ferio Tego Milestones takes its name from both the landmark 1958 Miles Davis album and its title track, while also acknowledging the significance of the Centennial celebration and the role cigars often play in celebrating meaningful moments. Ferio Tego Milestones is a 6” x 50 toro-sized cigar produced in Honduras by Agroindustrias. The blend features an Ecuador-grown Connecticut seed wrapper, Honduran binder, and fillers from Honduras, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic.
Presented in ten-count boxes featuring the iconic silhouette of Miles Davis prominently on the lid, each box of Ferio Tego Milestones includes one of four commemorative 5” x 7” reproductions of original Miles Davis sketches, presented in an envelope inside the box. Beyond his achievements in music, Davis was also a visual artist whose drawings and paintings reflected the same expressive spirit found throughout his work. Four hundred boxes of each sketch edition were produced. The editions are identified as Sketch One, Sketch Two, Sketch Three, and Sketch Four. Retailers will receive the release in complete four-sketch box sets, made up of one box of each sketch edition.
Each box also includes a QR code linking to a playlist curated by Herklots, Reservoir, and the Miles Davis Estate, with tracks selected to accompany the experience of enjoying a Ferio Tego cigar.
Ferio Tego Milestones is limited to 1,600 total boxes, with a suggested retail price of $185 per box, excluding applicable taxes. The release is scheduled to begin shipping in Summer 2026.
“Jazz and handmade premium cigars share a great deal,” shared Herklots. “Both are often misunderstood and underappreciated. Both require tremendous discipline to create. And both instill joy, inspire passion, and foster community. I have played the music of Miles Davis countless times with musicians I had never met, who spoke languages I could not understand and came from places I had never been, yet we could all play the same tune. Premium cigars offer the same thing.”
"Miles believed that great art should leave a lasting impression and continue to inspire new ideas,” said the Miles Davis Estate. “As we celebrate his Centennial, we're honored to collaborate with partners who recognize the depth of his legacy and have created something that reflects the craftsmanship and originality he valued throughout his life."
Ferio Tego Milestones will be shipping to retailers immediately. Ferio Tego is distributed by Davidoff of Geneva USA in the United States.
About Ferio Tego
Ferio Tego, LLC is a premium cigar and accessories company launched in 2021 by Michael Herklots and Brendon Scott. In addition to their flagship Ferio Tego® brand, the company also owns the Timeless Collection®, Metropolitan® Selection, and Epoca® brands of premium cigars as well as the Ancora® accessories brand. Ferio Tego’s cigars are manufactured by hand in the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and Honduras.
FERIO TEGO is the Herklots family motto, found on the family’s coat of arms. While there are many interpretations and translations for this phrase, “Ferio Tego” loosely translates to “Strike and Defend.”
About Miles Davis
Miles Davis (1926-1991) fundamentally reshaped modern music across five decades of relentless reinvention. From pioneering bebop and cool jazz to defining hard bop, modal improvisation, and electric fusion, Davis treated each genre breakthrough as a starting point rather than a destination. His discography reads like a timeline of jazz's evolution: Birth of the Cool, Kind of Blue (the best-selling jazz album of all time), Sketches of Spain, In a Silent Way, Bitches Brew, and dozens more albums that continue to define both the essence and the outer limits of improvised music.
Davis's genius extended beyond composition and performance. His studio innovations with producer Teo Macero established templates for modern music production. His ensembles functioned as talent accelerators, launching the careers of John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, and countless others who would themselves become legends. His influence spans generations: he remains one of the most sampled artists in hip-hop, with his recordings serving as foundations for Kendrick Lamar, Madlib, and A Tribe Called Quest.
His accolades include eight Grammy Awards, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, eleven recordings in the Grammy Hall of Fame, induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, stars on both the Hollywood and St. Louis Walks of Fame, and a Congressional resolution honoring Kind of Blue's 50th anniversary in 2009.
Beyond music, Davis established himself as a style icon (#1 on GQ's Most Stylish Musicians of All Time), visual artist (paintings exhibited across four continents), and symbol of artistic independence.
About Reservoir
Reservoir is an independent music company based in New York City and with offices in Los Angeles, Nashville, Toronto, London, Abu Dhabi, and Mumbai. Reservoir is the first female-founded and led publicly traded independent music company in the U.S. Founded as a family-owned music publisher in 2007, Reservoir represents copyrights and master recordings including titles dating as far back as 1900 and hundreds of #1 releases worldwide. Reservoir frequently holds a Top 10 U.S. Market Share according to Billboard’s Publishers Quarterly, was twice named Publisher of the Year by Music Business Worldwide’s The A&R Awards and won Independent Publisher of the Year at the 2020 and 2022 Music Week Awards.
Reservoir also represents a multitude of recorded music through Chrysalis Records, Tommy Boy Music, and Philly Groove Records and manages artists through its ventures with Blue Raincoat Music and Big Life Management.
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