Casa de Montecristo is teaming up with the Red Meat Lovers Club for two cigar dinners in Texas. Dubbed the Montecristo Steak, the event will raise funds for two local charities. Attendees will be among the first in the nation to experience the new Montecristo Epic Vintage 12. The event will also feature a first […]
After being put on hiatus for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Drew Estate has announced it is resuming its Barn Smoker Event programs. The company will host three Barn Smokers beginning with the Connecticut Barn Smoker on Aug. 14-15 in the beautiful Connecticut River Valley. The Kentucky Barn Smoker will follow in Hopkinsville, […]
Earlier this year, it was announced that the ProCigar Festival 2021 would not be held in February because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today the Association of Dominican Cigar Manufacturers (Procigar), announced that due to the safety restrictions still in place in the Dominican Republic that ProCigar Festival 2021 is officially cancelled. At the same time, […]
On Wednesday, March 31st, J.C. Newman Cigar Company will celebrate its 111th anniversary. The company is planning a big day to commemorate the occasion, but one of the highlights will be a return to the lectors to its facility. It’s the first time since 1931 that the lectors have been a part of the cigar […]
As many know, I am not a fan of event recaps and I’m not going to deliver one here. This past weekend, the mold for virtual events was broken as Abe Dababneh and Smoke Inn delivered what was dubbed “The Great Smoke 2021 – The Digital Experience.” It made history for cigar media and set […]
With the releasing of the “Party in a Box” for Smoke Inn’s 2021 The Great Smoke (TGS), many media people have been doing unboxing videos. Sorry to disappoint you, but we won’t be using a knife to show you opening up the mailing carton. Instead, we will be focusing on the 40 cigars included […]
On Saturday July 17th, Protocol Cigars will have it’s second annual Pool Party. Like last year, the company will offer a special exclusive cigar to all attendees. For this event, the company has announced that cigar will be its first barber pole offering. The cigar itself will feature a Mexican San Andres Maduro leaf and […]
Honest Abe returns to Prime Time for Episode 171. On this episode we talk with Abe on the 2021 Great Smoke. Virtual Insanity has gripped the cigar industry, but in the case of the 2021 Great Smoke, Abe is taking things where no cigar event has gone before. We’ll dive into the details on […]
For the third time in less than a year, Cigar Aficionado’s Big Smoke Meets WhiskyFest has been postponed. The event is now rescheduled for October 30th, 2021. While the COVID-19 pandemic was not given as the reason, it is most likely why the event had to be postponed yet again. Big Smoke Meets WhiskyFest had been […]
The Tobacconists’ Association of America (TAA) has announced it has cancelled its 2021 Annual Meeting and Convention due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. The event had been scheduled to take place April 11-15, 2021 at Casa de Campo in the Dominican Republic. This is the second consecutive year the TAA has cancelled its Annual Meeting […]
