Smoke Inn’s Abe Dababneh Pens Open Letter Regarding PCA

January 15, 2020

Abe Dababneh the owner of Smoke Inn Cigars is the latest to pen an open letter regarding the PCA and associated trade show. Abe's letter is titled "The Current State of Affairs: Enough is Enough". The entirety ... Read More...

Famous Smoke Shop Owner Arthur Zaretsky Writes Open Letter Regarding PCA

Eric Guttormson

January 15, 2020

Press Releases

After last weeks unified pullout of the PCA trade show from Drew Estate, Davidoff, General Cigars and Altadis USA Arthur Zaretsky the owner of Famous Smoke Shop one of the largest cigar retailers has published ... Read More...

Flavor Odyssey – the Letter Q

Eric Guttormson

January 14, 2020

Flavor Odyssey

Wednesday, January 15th, it's the 17th episode of "A to Z: A Flavor Odyssey." This week your hosts Robby Rasmussen and Randy Griggs take on the letter 'Q.' On this episode, Robby and Randy pair the Mi Querida T... Read More...

Oveja Negra Brands to Attend TPE and PCA

Eric Guttormson

January 14, 2020

TPE 2020, Press Releases

In a press release today Oveja Negra Brands (ONB) announced it will be at both the TPE show as well as this summer's PCA show. ONB consists of Black Label Trading Company, Black Works Studio, Emilio Cigars, and... Read More...

Cigar Rights of America Statement on PCA Trade Show

Eric Guttormson

January 11, 2020

Press Releases

Fallout from the unified announcement that Drew Estate, Davidoff, General Cigar and Altadis have pulled out of the 2020 premium Cigar association trade show continues today as the Cigar Rights of America has is... Read More...

PCA Responds to Exhibitor Pullout Announcement

Eric Guttormson

January 11, 2020

PCA 2020, Press Releases

After yesterday's major announcement that Drew Estate, Davidoff, General Cigar and Altadis USA are pulling out of the Premium Cigar Association Trade Show the PCA released a statement late last night. The entir... Read More...

Smoke Night LIVE – the Big Story

Eric Guttormson

January 10, 2020

Smoke Night Live

Friday January 10th marks a day almost like no other in the cigar industry. News hit that 4 of the largest cigar manufacturers (Drew Estate, Davidoff, General Cigar and Altadis) are not attending the Premium Ci... Read More...

Alec Cuevas Named Director of Operations at Casa Cuevas

Eric Guttormson

January 9, 2020

Press Releases

Casa Cuevas Cigars, announced today that Alec Cuevas has been named Director of Operations. Alec Cuevas is the son of President Luis Cuevas Jr. and grandson of Master Blender Luis Cuevas Sr. Alec is the fifth ... Read More...

Fratello Announces New Bundle Cigar Line

Eric Guttormson

January 8, 2020

TPE 2020, Press Releases

Fratello Cigars and Omar de Frias have announced three new products to debut at the January TPE trade show in Las Vegas, NV. Fratello Blu, Fratello Rosso and Fratello Verde are bundles that are intended to ... Read More...

Blind Faith Gets Expanded Distribution

Eric Guttormson

January 8, 2020

TPE 2020, Press Releases

Alec and Bradley Rubin announced today that they will be expanding distribution of their inaugural release: Alec & Bradley Blind Faith at the Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) in Las Vegas, NV- January 29-31. Under th... Read More...

Flavor Odyssey – the Letter P

Eric Guttormson

January 6, 2020

Flavor Odyssey

Wednesday, January 8th, it's the 16th episode of "A to Z: A Flavor Odyssey." This week your hosts Robby Rasmussen and Randy Griggs take on the letter 'P.' On this episode, Robby and Randy pair the Pappy’s Famil... Read More...

Smoke Night Live – Cigar Wars Cigar of the Year Plus Bold Predictions

Eric Guttormson

January 2, 2020

Smoke Night Live

Friday January 3rd we discuss and digest the results of this year's Cigar Wars Cigars of the Year. Emmett Malone of Blind Man's Puff joins the show to analyze the results plus we make some bold predictions abou... Read More...

Author Eric Guttormson