Dion Giolito has set fire to the industry with one successful cigar brand after another. His cigars seem to have the ability to appeal to us and produce exactly the cigars we desire.
Angel Daniel Nuñez – The End of An Era
Angel Daniel Nuñez retires after 35 years with General Cigar.
Lennart Freeman: Swedish Match International
Swedish Match AB, number two in the international cigar market, is preparing for one of the greatest challenges in the 94-year history of the enterprise: the end of the US trade embargo against Cuba. Lennart R. Freeman has clearly-defined goals in mind.
Happy Birthday Alejandro!
Alejadro Robiana has smoked cigars for eighty years and turned ninety this year.
Andres Colding Friis – Scandinavian Tobacco Group
Denmark-based Scandinavian Tobacco Group is one of the tobacco industry’s major global players: it is the largest pipe tobacco producer in the world and foremost cigar manufacturer in Europe, third worldwide.
Don Alejandro Robaina: Proud to Be a Veguero
Don Alejandro Robaina will celebrate his 90th birthday next year. While he and his Finca are mercilessly commercialized, Pancho Cuba toils his fields quietly and prudently. Meanwhile, many people think that he is the best Cuban producer of wrapper tobacco.
100 Years of Heirichs’ Pipes
Peter Heinrichs, a lad from Cologne, an avowed Catholic and an extremely successful entrepreneur in the tobacco retail trade. And this year is the 100th anniversary of the founding of Heinrichs’ Pipes by his grandfather Jakob in 1908.
Asia’s Largest Cigar Company: Pacific Cigar Company
Established in 1992 by Mr. David Tang, the Pacific Cigar Company (PCC) is the official Habanos S.A. distributor for the Asia-Pacific region. Geographically it is one of the largest, supplying Habanos cigars to 37 countries..
Heinrich Villiger Honored for Lifetime Achievement
Following the awards ceremony in New Orleans, twelve more honours were awarded during InterTabac 2009 in Dortmund. Heinrich Villiger earned heartly applause by the audience as he accepted the Cigar Trophy Lifetime Achievement 2009 for his impressive life’s work.
Don Rolando Reyes Honored for Lifetime Achievement
Rolando Reyes Sr. embodies the term “old school” and is known as a cigar legend by his peers and loyal customers around the world. This year, the “World’s most talented cigar maker” was awarded by Cigar Journal for his impressive life’s work.
Tabak Provenienz: Honduras
In this series, we are presenting the most important growing regions for cigar tobacco. As it is generally known, tobacco is only grown in clearly defined regions featuring a favorable climate and the corresponding type of soil.
100 Years Zino Davidoff: A Legend Lives On
“A cigar makes time stop” wrote Zino Davidoff, arguable the most celebrated man in cigars of all time. You could replace the word “cigar” with “Zino” and everyone would still know what you were talking about. On March 11th, we celebrated is 100th birthday.
