Star of Frasier and Cheers, Kelsey Grammer, scooped the top prize at the Snow Queen Cigar Smoker of the Year Awards held at London’s Boisdale of Canary Wharf.
Read the Story Behind Glen Case’s Boutique Cigar Brand Kristoff
Glen Case has been smoking cigars since his teens and spent about 18 years in the financial industry. The stress of the corporate world took its toll, and in the early 2000s, Glen decided to try something different.
Cuban Cigar Website Suffers Complete Data Loss, Now Offline
Cubancigarwebsite.com, the biggest online data base of cuban cigars, is offline after suffering a complete data loss on December 7, 2016. Website manager Alexander Groom disclosed the reason to be corrupted backup files on the servers and said that the lost files are not retrievable.
World’s First Nicaragua-Only Cigar Store Opens In Amsterdam
Cigaragua – a unique cigar store selling only handmade cigars from Nicaragua – welcomed worldwide guests with a packed launch party in Amsterdam.
Win a Festival Pass for the 6th Nicaraguan Cigar Festival “Puro Sabor 2017”
Cigar Journal will give away a festival pass that covers a Single Registration to the Puro Sabor 2017, including accommodation, transport, meals and beverages and all festival activities.
General Cigar Company Announces Departure of VP of Marketing Alan Willner
General Cigar announced that effective November 28, 2016, Vice President of Marketing Alan Willner is leaving the company to pursue other interests.
Charity Event in Havana: Kick-Off to Festival del Habano
Kick off the 18th annual Festival del Habano in an authentic Cuban atmosphere and support a rehabilitation center for disabled children in Camagüey.
Sandy Cobas’ El Titan de Bronze Factory in Little Havana, Miami
The Little Havana area in Miami, Florida was once full of cigar factories, like My Father, Perdomo and Padrón. When they moved their production to Central America, El Titan stayed put. Today Cobas has ten rollers in what is one of very few factories left on the street.
Gria Shead Exhibition in Sydney: La Belle Epoque – Casinos and Cigars
Australian artist Gria Shead’s latest exhibition LA BELLE EPOQUE: Casinos and Cigars is inspired by the romance of the Belle Epoque and the opulence of casinos and cigars. Living and working in Sydney, Shead’s interior views of the Monte Carlo Casino complement paintings based on vintage cigar boxes.
EU-TPD Legal Deadline Approaching: November 20
Under the EU Tobacco Products Directive (2014/40/EU) manufacturers and importers of tobacco products [etc.…] have to submit key information to the authorities in the Member States in which they plan to market the products.
Tektor: A Cigar Brand Entirely Produced on Gotland, Sweden
Joakim Widell lives on the island of Gotland and is field worker, farmer, blender, and roller, all in one, for his cigar, Tektor. About eight years ago he was given some tobacco seeds as a gift and he began the experiment of planting tobacco on Gotland.
Read About Jeff Borysiewicz’s Project of Growing Tobacco in Florida Again
Jeff Borysiewicz wanted to see if it was possible to grow tobacco in Florida again, so he set up the first tobacco farm in the state since 1977. Back in the day, Florida was the second-most important tobacco growing region in the United States, after Connecticut.
