For the second consecutive year, Davidoff Cigar hosted its annual 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 were announced at an event held for the company’s appointed merchants. We took a look at the nominations on June 17th.
Tobacconist of Greenwich was a repeat winner as they took home the Best Davidoff Performance for a single location for the second year in a row. Jeff Borysiewicz of Corona Cigar was also a repeat winner. Last year he took home an Industry Service Award and this year his Corona Cigar Company won the Davidoff Growth Award for multiple locations.
Below we list the winners as well as the nominees:
Best Merchandising
Winner: 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)
Winner: 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)
Winner: Ambassador Fine Cigars (Scottsdale, AZ)
Two Guys Smoke Shop (Nashua, NH)
Humidor Of Westmont (Westmont, IL)
Corona Cigar (Orlando, FL)
Smoke Inn (West Palm Beach, FL)
Davidoff Growth Award (Single Location)
Winner: 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)
Winner: Corona Cigar (Orlando, FL)
Winner: Ambassador Fine Cigars (Scottsdale, AZ)
Emerson’s Cigars (Virginia Beach, VA)
Two Guys Smoke Shop (Nashua, NH)
Club Humidor (San Antonio, TX)
Industry Service Award
All below were recipients of this 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
Winner: Maxamar Cigar (Orange, CA)
Burns Tobacconist (Chattanooga, TN)
Indy Cigar Bar (Indianapolis, IN)
Ambassador Fine Cigars (Scottsdale, AZ)
UpDown Cigar (Chicago, IL)
Zino Davidoff Legacy Award
This award “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.”
Winner: David Berkebile, Georgetown Tobacco
For reference we include the winners for the past two years.
Best Merchandising
2012 Island Smoke Shop (Key Largo, FL)
2013 Prime Cigar & Wine Bar (Boca Raton, FL)
Best Davidoff Performance (Single Location)
2012 The Tobacconist of Greenwich (Greenwich, CT)
2013 The Tobacconist of Greenwich (Greenwich, CT)
Best Davidoff Performance (Multiple Locations)
2012 Humidor Of Westmont (Westmont, IL)
2013 Ambassador Fine Cigars (Scottsdale, AZ)
Davidoff Growth Award (Single Location)
2012 Ambassador Fine Cigars (Scottsdale, AZ)
2013 Angry Moon Cigars (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
Davidoff Growth Award (Multiple Locations)
2012 Cigars by Chivas (Pasadena, CA)
2013 Corona Cigar (Orlando, FL)
Industry Service Award
2012
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)
2013
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
2012 Tinder Box Waldorf (Waldorf, MD)
2013 Maxamar Cigar (Orange, CA)
Zino Davidoff Legacy Award
2012 Diana Silvius, UpDown Cigars (Chicago, IL)
2013 David Berkebile, Georgetown Tobacco (Washington, DC)
