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 […]
The nominees for the seventh annual 2018 Golden Band Awards have been announced by Davidoff. These awards are for Appointed Merchants of Davidoff who best represent the Davidoff Standard of Excellence. The awards will be presented at Davidoff’s signature “White Party” which will be held July 15th at the Davidoff Las Vegas Cigar Bar – […]
May 2018 – Celebrating the bond of fatherhood and friendship, Ventura Cigar Company is partnering with key tobacconists and smoke shops across the nation for Fathers, Friends, and Fire, a series of events aimed at sharing stories, experiences, and the love of premium cigars and pipe tobacco. Ventura Cigar Company has announced it will launch […]
