Tobacco Business Awards 2018 Nominees Announced

Tobacco Business Magazine to honor the best businesses, entrepreneurs and products of the tobacco industry with the 2018 Tobacco Business Awards

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CIGAR OF THE YEAR
Nominees:

  • Macanudo Inspirado White (General Cigar Co.)
  • Undercrown Sun Grown (Drew Estate)
  • H. Upmann by A.J. Fernández  (Altadis U.S.A.)
  • The Late Hour Winston Churchill (Davidoff Cigars)
  • La Flor de Ynclan (Villiger Cigars North America)
  • Archetype Axis Mundi (Ventura Cigar Company)
  • Camacho Nicaraguan Barrel-Aged (Camacho Cigars)
  • Alma Fuerte (Plasencia Cigars)
  • Hit & Run (Matt Booth and Robert Caldwell)
  • Venganza (Cornelius & Anthony)

LEGACY AWARD
Nominees:

  • Ernesto Perez-Carrillo (E.P. Carrillo)
  • Hendrik “Henke” Kelner (Davidoff Cigars)
  • Nestor Plasencia Sr. (Plasencia Cigars)
  • Mark Ryan (Daughters & Ryan)
  • Bill Sherman (Nat Sherman)

ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR
Nominees:

  • Jonathan Drew (Drew Estate)
  • A.J. Fernández (AJ Fernández Cigar Co.)
  • Sean Knutsen (Boveda, Inc.)
  • Stephen Bailey (Cornelius & Anthony)
  • Jacopo D’Alessandris (EAS)

BEST IN OTP
Nominees:

  • Signal (Ohserase Manufacturing)
  • Wildhorse (Premier)
  • Pyramid (Ligget Vector)
  • Time (Global Trading)
  • Djarum Black (Djarum)
  • OHM Bold (Inter-Continental Trading USA)
  • Golden Harvest (Rouseco)
  • ZYN (Swedish Match)
  • JUUL (PAX)
  • CUE (EAS)

BEST TOBACCO MERCHANT OR CHAIN
Nominees:

  • Corona Cigar Company
  • Smoker Friendly
  • Collett Enterprises, Inc.
  • Casa de Montecristo
  • Blend Bar Davidoff Cigars

Winners will be announced during the TPE Show in Las Vegas, January 30-February 1, 2018.

Media contact:
Antoine Reid
Director of Digital Design
Tobacco Business Magazine
(805) 553-5791
antoinereid@tobaccobusiness.com
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