The IPCPR Trade Show is all about the retailers and at the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, and at this year’s show Drew Estate will showcase a new merchandising solution aimed at its Drew Diplomat (preferred) brick and mortar retailers. The new plan is a part of the company’s “Rebirth of Drew” program. Front and center will be […]
Cigar News: Drew Estate Reorganizes Sales Department, Selim Hanono Departs
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Drew Estate has announced its intention to significantly restructure its sales organization, at both the inside and field level. The new structure will feature new role definitions and have greater decentralized decision-making which will strengthen Drew Estate’s ability to more efficiently serve the needs of its customers in each channel of distribution in which it competes. As a […]
Cigar News: Drew Estate Announces 2017 Connecticut Barn Smoker
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Drew Estate has announced the next scheduled event of the 2017 Barn Smoker Program: the Connecticut Barn Smoker on August 12th, 2017. The Barn Smoker concept is an event unique to Drew Estate. It allows the consumer to go on site to learn about how tobacco is grown and processed by the people who do […]
Cigar News: Royal Agio Cigars to Open U.S. Headquarters and Launch Sales Staff
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Netherlands-based cigar company Royal Agio Cigars has announced plans to establish a wholly-owned U.S. Based Headquarters. In addition, the company also announced it will be launching its own U.S. based sales force. For the past three years, Royal Agio had been working with Drew Estate to handle its U.S. sales and distribution. While the U.S. […]
News: John Drew Brands Announces Leadership Team
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John Drew Brands, the spirits startup venture by Drew Estate President Jonathan Drew has installed a new leadership team. The company was founded in 2016 with the goal of becoming “an authentic lifestyle company”, initially focusing on the development of alcoholic beverage brands. The leadership team includes: Jonathan Drew, CEO Nancy Berkowitz, President Steve Chernoff, National […]
Cigar News: Drew Estate Herrera Esteli TAA Exclusive Becomes Ongoing TAA Offering
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The Herrera Esteli TAA Exclusive, a cigar introduced by Drew Estate for the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) in 2016 is returning. This time, the cigar will be an on-going offering to TAA members. Each year, the TAA commissions cigar manufacturers to make exclusive cigars for its retail members. There are two types of TAA […]
Cigar News: Drew Estate Announces Nationwide Release of Kentucky Fired Cured Swamp Thang and Swamp Rat
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Drew Estate has announced that its long-awaited Kentucky Fired Cured Swamp Thang and Swamp Rat is now making its way to retailers.This is a project that brings together two unlikely types of tobacco – Fired Cured tobacco and Candela. This release is the company’s first venture into candela. Word that a Fire-Cured / Candela project for the Kentucky Fire […]
Cigar News: Archetype Initiation and Axis Mundi Head for Wider Distribution
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Ventura Cigar Company has announced an expanded distribution of its Archetype Chapter 2 line. This is a line under the Archetype brand that consists of two cigars produced by Drew Estate – Initiation and Axis Mundi. In addition the company has updated the packaging of both of these cigars. Archetype was announced back in […]
Cigar News: Drew Estate Announces 2017 Barn Smoker Events
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Drew Estate has announced its Barn Smoker Events for 2017. Once again, Barn Smoker events return to Florida, Connecticut, and Kentucky. This year, the company has announced it plans to add a Barn Smoker to the state of Louisiana. The Barn Smoker events bring consumers directly to farms to learn about growing and processing tobacco […]
Cigar News: Drew Estate Names Stephan Qarimi International Market Manager
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Drew Estate has named Stephan Qarimi as its International Market Manager and Director of Travel Retail. Qarimi comes from Royal Agio Cigars where he spent 11 years as that company’s International Sales and Marketing Manager. Royal Agio Cigars is a company where Drew Estate handles distribution for in the U.S. market. In a press release […]