For the second consecutive year, Davidoff Cigar will be hosting the Golden Band Award Show at the IPCPR Trade Show.  The awards program is meant to honor and the company’s best Appointed Merchants that according to Davidoff “truly embody the Davidoff Standard of Excellence”. The Awards Ceremony will be held on the evening of July 15th as a part of Davidoff’s annual retailer event. Today, Davidoff announced the 2013 Golden Band Award (GBA) nominees.  Details about the nominees were issued in a press release and on the GBA web-site.

Three retailers are tied for the most 2013 nominations with 3 a piece: Indy Cigar Bar (Indianapolis, IN); Maxamar Cigar (Orange, CA); and Ambassador Fine Cigars (Scottsdale, AZ).

Best Merchandising

Island Smoke Shop won the award in 2012 and is nominated for a second consecutive year.  Tobacco Shop of Ridgewood is nominated for a second consecutive year in this category.

Prime Cigar & Wine Bar (Boca Raton, FL)
Burns Tobacconist (Chattanooga, TN)
The Tobacco Shop of Ridgewood (Ridgewood, NJ)
Island Smoke Shop (Key Largo, FL)
Outlaw Cigar Company (Kansas City, MO)

Best Davidoff Performance (Single Location)

Tobacconist of Greenwich won the award in 2012 and is nominated for a second consecutive year.

The Tobacconist of Greenwich (Greenwich, CT)
Cigars by Chivas (Pasadena, CA)
Angry Moon Cigars (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
Indy Cigar Bar (Indianapolis, IN)
Maxamar Cigar (Orange, CA)

Best Davidoff Performance (Multiple Locations)

Humidor of Westmont won the award in 2012 and is nominated again.  Also receiving nominations for a second consecutive year is Two Guys Smoke Shop.

Two Guys Smoke Shop (Nashua, NH)
Ambassador Fine Cigars (Scottsdale, AZ)
Humidor Of Westmont  (Westmont, IL)
Corona Cigar  (Orlando, FL)
Smoke Inn (West Palm Beach, FL)

Davidoff Growth Award (Single Location)

There are five new nominees for this category in 2013.

Angry Moon Cigars (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
Indy Cigar Bar (Indianapolis, IN)
Maxamar Cigar (Orange, CA)

Hemingway’s (Palo Alto, CA)
W. Curtis Draper (Washington DC)

Davidoff Growth Award (Multiple Locations)

Emerson’s Cigars and Two Guys Smoke Shop received nominations in this category for the second year in a row. Ambassador Fine Cigars won this award in 2012 for in the Single Location category.

Ambassador Fine Cigars (Scottsdale, AZ)
Emerson’s Cigars (Virginia Beach, VA)
Two Guys Smoke Shop (Nashua, NH)
Club Humidor (San Antonio, TX)
Corona Cigar (Orlando, FL)

Industry Service Award

Finnie Helmuth, The Humidour Cigar Shoppe (Cockeysville, MD)
Curt Diebel, Diebel’s Sportsmens Gallery  (Kansas City, MO)
Gary Pech, Old Virginia Tobacco (Woodbridge, VA)

Appointed Merchant of the Year

These are five new nominees for 2013 in this category.

Burns Tobacconist (Chattanooga, TN)
Indy Cigar Bar (Indianapolis, IN)
Maxamar Cigar (Orange, CA)
Ambassador Fine Cigars (Scottsdale, AZ)
UpDown Cigar (Chicago, IL)

Zino Davidoff Legacy Award

No nominees have been listed.  As per the GBA website this award goes to:  “an individual in our industry, from amongst out Appointed Merchants, who has stood out over the yers as a true champion of what premuim cigars and premium cigar retailing is all about.”

For reference, here were the 2012 Winners.  Last year’s winners were given the opportunity to carry the ultra-limited Davidoff Golden Band cigar.

Best Merchandising
Island Smoke Shop (Key Largo, FL)

Best Davidoff Performance (Single Location)
The Tobacconist of Greenwich (Greenwich, CT)


Best Davidoff Performance (Multiple Locations)
Humidor Of Westmont  (Westmont, IL)

Davidoff Growth Award (Single Location)
Ambassador Fine Cigars (Scottsdale, AZ)

Davidoff Growth Award (Multiple Locations)
Cigars by Chivas (Pasadena, CA)

Industry Service Award
John Andersson, W. Curtis Draper (Washington, DC)
Craig Cass, Tinder Box of Charlotte (Charlotte, NC)
Jeff Borysiewicz, Corona Cigar (Orlando, FL)
Christian Hutson, Just for Him Cigars (Springfield, MO)

Appointed Merchant of the Year
Tinder Box Waldorf (Waldorf, MD)

Zino Davidoff Legacy Award
Diana Silvius, UpDown Cigars (Chicago, IL)