After re-envisioning the Camacho brand as the "Bold Standard" in 2013—arguably among the most drastic and influential cigar overhauls in the last deca... Read More...
In a post-FDA-regulated cigar industry, companies that meet the predicate date—having cigars released before February 15, 2007—have suddenly been give... Read More...
Many of today’s owners of “boutique” brands travelled a long and winding road on their journey toward the cigar business. And in the case of Oscar Val... Read More...
While the majority of cigar manufactures were literally born into the business, a few contemporary tobacco men were not—Litto Gomez of La Flor Dominic... Read More...
Many memorable moments in one’s life are the result of happenstance. On a sunny day in southern Marin, a decade or so ago, as the spinnakers on the sa... Read More...
Back at the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show, Las Cumbres Tabaco introduced their third cigar offering, the Señorial Maduro by José Blanco. José and his wife, Em... Read More...
For over a century, the Toraño family made their living in the tobacco fields of various countries. It began in Cuba in 1916 when Santiago Toraño, a y... Read More...
On October 10, 2016, Major League Baseball player David Américo Ortiz Arias suited up for the final time. The game was against the Cleveland Indians, ... Read More...
Two decades ago, after a successful career in the video rental business, Tony Serino decided to enter the tobacco industry. His new enterprise, APS Di... Read More...
Unless you’re an obsessive boutique cigar junky, searching far and wide daily for new brands and smoking everything in between, you’ve probably never ... Read More...
Virtually every hobby—the restoration of exotic automobiles, the enjoyment of rare wines and spirits, or the collecting of fine Swiss watches—has at l... Read More...
Herrera Estelí was introduced in 2012 at the IPCPR show, later seeing an extremely limited number of cigars released at exclusive events, before final... Read More...
