When Opportunity Knocks: Cohiba Cigars’ Sean Williams, Part 1
“Be patient. Don’t panic.” That was the advice that Drew Estate’s Jonathan Drew once gave Sean Williams, blender and brand amabassador of General Cigar...
A Lasting Impression: Ernesto Perez-Carrillo and E.P. Carrillo Cigars
Since establishing EPC Cigars in late 2009 with his children, Lissette and Ernesto III, Ernesto Perez-Carrillo has regularly introduced new cigars—both long-term brands and...
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...
Purely For Passion: A Look at Jeff Borysiewicz’s Florida Sun Grown Tobacco
Jeff Borysiewicz has been proving doubters wrong throughout his entire professional career. In the late 1990s, Borysiewicz left his family’s successful auto repair business...
The Little Cigarette Company That Could
Cheyenne’s well-earned reputation for overcoming adversity dates back to its origins, when four partners decided to launch a small tobacco company in 2002, a...
Rethinking Innovation Within the Tobacco Industry
Innovation. It’s a word that gets used a lot in the tobacco industry, but does anyone know what it means? Merriam-Webster defines innovation as...
Tobacco Business Awards 2021 Winners Revealed
For a fourth year, Tobacco Business magazine is proud to announce the winners of this year's Tobacco Business Awards. These awards were designed to...
Staying Ahead of the Game: Tabacalera Perdomo’s Arthur Kemper
Arthur Kemper, Tabacalera Perdomo’s vice president, has been a driving force in shaping Tabacalera Perdomo’s growth. Kemper started in the premium cigar industry in...
Rise of the Machines: Machine-Made Cigars, Part 1
There’s a level of mystique and romance that surrounds handmade cigars. This product’s story begins in the tobacco fields of Cuba, Honduras, the Dominican...
Storytellers: Behind the Scenes of Handrolled: A Film About Cigars
Jesse Mariut and Steve Gherebean are storytellers. They are also cigar enthusiasts, and the more they got into the hobby, the more they realized...
