NATO’s Unifying Era
It was November 2014 and the tobacco battleground was in Westminster, Massachusetts. The local board of health had proposed an outright ban of all...
Exploring Cigar Country: Discovering the Dominican Republic
As one of the first lands discovered where indigenous people—the Tainos—were smoking tobacco, the Dominican Republic has a long and well-established cigar culture. The...
IPCPR 2019: 20 Buzzworthy New Releases
Every year during the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association (IPCPR) trade show and convention, manufacturers supply the industry with new releases that...
What You Don’t See: Behind the Scenes of Plasencia Cigars
300 hands. That’s a long-standing statistic shared throughout the cigar industry, and it relates to the production process that a single cigar passes through...
The Navigator: Tabacalera USA’s Javier Estades, Part 1
The premium cigar industry is full of different personalities and entrepreneurs, each one having his or her own personal approach to business. Some are...
The Problem Solvers: Kristoff Cigars’ Jarrid Trudeau
Sales can either make or break a product. No matter how great the marketing campaign may be, how charismatic the “face” of the brand...
The Lone Wolf Cigar Lounge and David Weiss: Rebranded
The mantra from the man who founded/rebranded the Lone Wolf Cigar Company in 2000 is that there’s a lone wolf in everyone. “Regardless of...
Illusione Cigars: Finding Inspiration in Unusual Places
Dion Giolito’s career in the tobacco industry began as a part-time retail job that eventually turned into a full-time job. Giolito started out working...
Insights on InterTabac 2018
Tobacco Business: What are your goals for InterTabac 2018?
Sabine Loos: InterTabac is the sector’s leading international trade fair. We want to further strengthen this...
Origin Story: Exploring the Dominican Republic with Davidoff Cigars
Every legend and superhero has an origin story. In the premium cigar industry, Davidoff is viewed as the creme de la creme of premium...
