Drew Estate has announced its 2019 Barn Smoker Schedule. This year, the events return to Florida, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Kentucky, and Louisiana. 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 the […]
President’s Day 2019 saw Smoke Inn put on its 13th annual “The Great Smoke” event. The main event was held on February 16th at the South Florida Fairgrounds in West Palm Beach, Florida. This was my sixth Great Smoke event in seven years. Over the years, I have seen this event grow into one of […]
On February 18, 2019, the XXI Habano Festival opens in Havana, Cuba. The city of Havana is celebrating its 500th anniversary, but the festival will showcase two brands celebrating anniversaries: Trinidad’s 50th and San Cristobal de La Habana’s 20th. In addition, Hoyo de Monterrey’s Gran Reserva Cosecha 2013 in a Double Robusto format will […]
One of Austria’s most luxurious ski resorts, Kitzbühel, is the home to Hahnenkamm-Rennen, an international alpine ski racing event, which has been held since 1931. Fans and celebrities from all over the world come to attend the race and its associated parties. This year the fifth annual Cigar & Tequila Cocktail Night was held […]
The Great Smoke is one of the few must-go cigar events on my list. We are partnering with our friends from Smoke Inn to help you get a free ticket to the Main Event at the South Florida Fairgrounds on February 16, 2019. It’s very easy. Just “like” The Great Smoke Facebook page. Tag that page […]
Daniel Marshall recently took its “Modern Day Campfires” event to the oldest movie studio in the world, Babelsberg Studio Theme Park located in Potsdam, Berlin. According to Daniel Marshall, this marked the first time there has been a cigar event in a major motion picture theme park. The theme of the event was “Cigars Meet Movies”. […]
In 2019, the Eiroa family will once again open the doors of its factory and farm to visitors in Honduras. Today JRE Tobacco Company, the venture owned by Julio and Justo Eiroa announced the return of “The Original Factory Tour”. It was the original cigar tourism program that was launched back when the Eiroas owned […]
The continuing civil unrest in Nicaragua has led to the postponement of one of the cigar industry’s most popular tourism programs, Drew Estate’s Cigar Safari. Typically Cigar Safari tickets go on sale in the May/June timeframe for the following year’s schedule. Because of the civil unrest, Drew Estate made a decision to originally postpone 2019 […]
Puro Sabor, Nicaragua’s annual cigar festival will not take place in January. Cámara Nicaraguense De Tabaceleros (Nicaraguan Chamber of Tobacco) has announced that “for reasons beyond our control” it is postponing the festival. While specific reasons were not disclosed, I believe it is safe to say that the festival is not taking place in January […]
For the seventh year in a row, Davidoff held its Golden Band Awards during the annual IPCPR Trade Show and Convention. The ceremony took place on July 15, 2018, at Davidoff Las Vegas right on the Las Vegas Strip. Earlier in the day, many wondered if the Davidoff Golden Band Awards would even get off the […]
