Carve Your Own Path: Leveraging Authenticity with Crowned Heads’ Jon Huber
Authenticity is a trait that many successful brands and entrepreneurs have learned how to master. It can’t be faked or manufactured—you either keep it...
Into the Groove: Art Garcia and Antigua Esteli Cigars
You’re likely to find Art Garcia in a studio, making music and developing new talent for several companies. You’ll also find him hard at...
Courts to the Rescue: FDA Cigar and Pipe Warning Statements
On July 5, 2018, a federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an injunction preventing the U.S. Food...
A Changing Compliance Landscape: Upcoming Tobacco FDA Compliance Deadlines
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not only set a number of compliance deadlines that the cigar industry must comply with, but...
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...
Branching Out: A Look at Tabacalera Palma
One of the oldest cigar companies in the Dominican Republic is also one of its least famous, but Tabacalera Palma’s president, Jose “Jochy” Blanco,...
Creating Brand Recognition: The Marketing Behind AJ Fernandez Cigars
As a graphic designer, Starky Arias has always been focused on appearance and visually communicating a brand’s message. He got his start in the...
Culture of Influence: Sales Tips from Alec Bradley Cigars’ Jonanthan Lipson
While Jonathan Lipson was attending college at Boston University, he met a cigar rep at a local cigar shop who set him on a...
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...
Hat City Ale House’s Comeback
It’s often said that the surest route to success—although not necessarily the fastest—is hard work and perseverance. A perfect example is Kevin Paige, who...
