Jonathan Drew on Reinventing Drew Estate, Part 2
The July/August 2017 issue of Tobacco Business magazine featured an exclusive interview with Jonathan Drew, President and Founder of Drew Estate and the recently...
Banking on Passion: An Interview with Kristoff Cigars’ Glen Case
Glen Case has always enjoyed a good cigar. Case spent 18 years working in the financial services industry before he entered into the cigar...
Investing in Innovation
As the introduction of rules and regulations set forth by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has changed how many manufacturers operate, the...
Harness the Power of Online Reviews
There’s no denying the fact that the Internet and growing presence of technology in our society has changed the business landscape over the past...
Plasencia Cigars: The Soul of the Tobacco Industry
The Plasencia family has been growing top-quality tobacco for five generations. Today, Plasencia Cigars manufactures more than 35 million handmade cigars each year and...
Macanudo: The Evolution of an Icon
The story of Macanudo begins with Edgar M. Cullman, a brilliant entrepreneur with a great vision, who built Macanudo to become one of the...
Santa Clara: A Premium Partner
Since 1971, Burlington, North Carolina-based Santa Clara has been distributing tobacco products to wholesale accounts throughout the country. Its clients include other distributors, brick-and-mortar...
Pipes Unlimited
The history of Scandinavian Tobacco Group Lane Ltd. (STG Lane) is decorated with successful, well-known heritage brands, while the company itself is anything but...
Avanti: An American Dream
Avanti Cigar Company’s history dates back more than 100 years to when the founders of the company wanted to capitalize on their love for...
Florida, the Courts and the New Dynamic in Washington
Those passionate for great cigars, as well as those who make those moments with a cigar possible, know that the state of Florida is...