The 2015 Cigar Trophy Ambassador Award went to Marko Bilić, Croatian founder of the Cigar Smoking World Championship that brings together smokers from around the world through a common passion for the cigar.
Camaquito Honored With Charity & Community Award
This year’s Charity & Community Award for extraordinary charitable service went to Camaquito, an organization fostering sustainable advancement of children in rural and infrastructure-poor areas in Cuba.
Sampling Lounge at Bulgari London Named Lounge of the Year
Our readers voted renowned cigar dealer Edward Sahakian’s sampling lounge, located on the mezzanine of the Bulgari Hotel in London’s upscale Knightsbridge neighborhood, best cigar lounge of the year.
Best Brand 2015: See the Winners of the Cigar Trophy Awards
This year, the awards for Best Brand went to: Villiger Tobajara (Brazil), Brun del Ré Gold (Costa Rica), Cohiba (Cuba), Davidoff Nicaragua (Dom. Rep.), Rocky Patel Vintage 1990 (Honduras) and Padrón Family Reserve (Nicaragua).
Best Value 2015: See the Winners of the Cigar Trophy Awards
Each year, the Best Value award is presented to those cigar lines that give our readers the most bang for their buck. In 2015, the winners are: 1907 by Dunhill (Dom. Rep.), Oliva Serie V (Nicaragua), Camacho Corojo (Honduras) and Perdomo 20th Anniversary (Nicaragua).
Best Cigar 2015: See the Winners of the Cigar Trophy Awards
This year’s Best Cigar Award winners are: Montecristo No. 2 (Cuba), Davidoff Winston Churchill Toro (Dom. Rep.), Rocky Patel The Edge Maduro Robusto (Honduras) and Padrón Family Reserve 50 Years Maduro (Nicaragua).
Cigar Trophies 2015: Outstanding Performances Honored
The Cigar Trophies 2015 have just been awarded in Dortmund. Yet again, the outstanding performances of cigar manufacturers and other actors in the cigar industry were honored in various categories.
Cigar Trophy Awards 2014: These are the Winners
There was a lot to celebrate in Dortmund in September: the award for the best Cuban cigar and brand for 2014, Cigar Journal’s 20th-year anniversary, and the successes of the industry during a promising year.
Alberto Turrent Honored for Lifetime Achievement
Alberto Turrent, tobacco farmer and founder of the emblematic brand Te-Amo, was honored for his impressive life’s work.
Hendrik Kelner Honored for Lifetime Achievement
Hendrik Kelner is probably the most well-known tobacco expert in the world and a living legend. For more than 40 years he’s been cultivating the best tobaccos and, with his name vouches for, among other things, the quality of the luxury brand Davidoff.
Nestor Plasencia Sr. Honored for Lifetime Achievement
Nestor Plasencia Sr. is one of the best known tobacco growers and cigar-makers in the cigar industry. When his Lifetime achievement Trophy was announced in Orlando, the entire room rose to their feet with applause.
Carlos Toraño Honored for Lifetime Achievement
This year, Carlos Toraño was honored for his life’s work. Over the years, he has worked for many well-known brands and today his own brand is counted among the best in the world.
