Royal Agio’s Premium Focus
Since its launch in 1904 by Jacques Wintermans, Royal Agio Cigars has grown into one of the world’s largest cigar producers, making an estimated...
Living the Dream: Tobacco Shop of Ridgewood’s Gary and Barbara Kolesaire
Most about-to-be-married couples busy themselves debating which caterer to use or where to go on their honeymoon. Not Gary and Barbara Kolesaire, who decided...
Lighting the Way: Scandinavian Tobacco Group’s CEO Niels Frederiksen, Part 1
Macanudo, CAO, Borkum Riff, Captain Black, Bugler, Bali Shag and Cafe Creme are just a few of the more than 200 brands that Scandinavian...
National Pride: Celebrating Joya de Nicaragua’s 50th Anniversary, Part 2
In part 2 of National Pride, Tobacco Business continues to examine the history of Joya de Nicaragua as it celebrates its 50th anniversary ....
Mombacho Cigars: Redefining Boutique
Claudio Sgroi, president and master blender at Mombacho Cigars, wants to redefine how the cigar industry thinks of the word boutique as it’s used...
Fearless: An Interview with Michael Giannini of Ventura Cigar Company
A great business sense, a background in marketing, an eye for opportunity—these are all things that make for a great entrepreneur or a successful...
Room101’s Matt Booth on Creating Brand Magic
Room101 means different things to different people. In the tobacco industry, many see it as a premium cigar brand, while outside the industry it’s...
Sweet Smell of Success: Celebrating 200 Years of Toscano Cigars
Toscano’s story begins in the summer of 1815 in Florence, Italy, during a storm. When a bale of tobacco got drenched during a rainstorm...
Listen Up: Marketing Tips from Gurkha’s Juan Lopez
When he was 19 years old, Juan Lopez had his first cigar at San Francisco’s Just a Cigar. That first cigar—a Joya de Nicaragua—was...
National Pride: Celebrating Joya de Nicaragua’s 50th Anniversary, Part 1
If it’s true that adversity that doesn’t kill us, rather it only makes us stronger, then Nicaragua’s first cigar factory, Joya de Nicaragua, is...
