Earlier this month, the Tobacconist Association America (TAA) announced it was postponing its 2020 Convention due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus. Today, members of the TAA had a virtual meeting where it was confirmed the Convention has been officially canceled for 2020. In addition, as a part of that virtual gathering, the 2020 TAA Exclusive Series […]
March 15th is Jas Sum Kral (JSK) Cigars’ founder Riste Ristevski’s annual Ristefari event. The 2020 event marks the fifth edition of Ristefari and this year Ristevski is bringing three cigars that will be for sale to attendees. The event will take place at Golden Leaf in Hobart, Indiana. Typically Ristevski releases a Salomon in […]
J. Cortès, the parent company of Oliva Cigar Company, has announced the completion of renovations on its main factory, Tabolisa 1 (Tabolisa Uno). This completes what has been a three-year project that started in November 2016 and has seen an overhaul of the factory operations, including pre-industry, a box factory, and a second production facility […]
Drew Estate has announced what it has termed a “soft re-opening of its Cigar Safari” program. It marks the return of the company’s cigar tourism program after being suspended in 2018 due to the civil unrest in Nicaragua. The company says the 2020 program will be limited to only five trips and will be […]
Foundation Cigar company has announced a new event-only five-pack know as the Grasshopper. It’s a pack thatw ill be available with a purchase of other Foundation boxes and will be available only at events featuring Foundation’s Nicholas Melillo. The Grasshopper is a 5 puros pack that includes two cigars with San Andres Mexican wrapper, two […]
Habanos S.A. has announced the dates for the XXII Festival de Habano will be February 24-28, 2020. The good news it will not be up against the Dominican Republic’s ProCigar festival like it was last year. The annual festival cycle gets back to a more normalized schedule. ProCigar 2020 is scheduled the week before February […]
This summer, Joya de Nicaragua and Drew Estate will have an opportunity to get a special size of the Joya de Nicaragua Cuatro Cinco line in the form of a 6 x 54 box-pressed cigar. Joya de Nicaragua Announces Cuatro Cinco Belicoso Exclusivo Eventos DDRP will be a cigar that will only be made available […]
Davidoff has announced the nominees for its 2019 Golden Band Awards. The awards will officially be given out in Las Vegas during the time the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show is taking place. For 2019, Davidoff will hold a celebration on June 30th for the winners at a venue to be announced. The celebration […]
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 […]
