No. 2 Limited Edition Cigar of the Year 2019 – Warzone
Warzone is the result of an unexpected collaboration between Espinosa Premium Cigars and General Cigar Company—two entities operating on disparate lev... Read More...
No. 3 Limited Edition Cigar of the Year 2019 – Davidoff Robusto Real Especiales 7
Passing the milestone 50-year mark for the Davidoff Cigars brand in 2018, the company continued its revisiting of many of its most acclaimed releases ... Read More...
No. 4 Limited Edition Cigar of the Year 2019 – Epernay 10th Anniversary d’Aosta
It was in 2009 that Illusione Cigars first debuted the famed Epernay blend, being a milder spinoff of a 2008 limited-edition cigar known as ~eccj~. Te... Read More...
No. 5 Limited Edition Cigar of the Year 2019 – H. Upmann 175 Anniversary
Famously established in 1844 by German banker Hermann Upmann, the H. Upmann is among the world's oldest, most recognized cigar brands. As such, H. Upm... Read More...
Cigar Brand of the Year 2019 – J.C. Newman Cigar Co.
J.C. Newman Cigar Company had a transformative year in 2019. While the brand has long been known for its ultra-premium offerings created by the venera... Read More...
Person of the Year 2019 – Riste Ristevski
Riste Ristevski began 2019 as the face of one of the most fervent followings in the ultra-craft premium cigar space. He ended the year as the undisput... Read More...
Luxury Cigar of the Year 2019 – LFD 25th Anniversary
In 1994, Litto Gomez and his wife, Ines Lorenzo, left behind a successful jewelry business in favor of a more romantic future in the world of premium ... Read More...
Value-Priced Cigar of the Year 2019 – Project 40
The announcement of Project 40 came as a surprise in the spring of 2019, with Alec Bradley forgoing their usual Honduran and Nicaraguan manufacturing ... Read More...
Under-the-Radar Cigar of the Year 2019 – Viva la Vida
Around March 2019, a mysterious jester-faced cigar began cropping up on the various social media timelines in craft-smoking cigar circles. The cigar—d... Read More...
Montecristo Volume 1: 100 Days Debuting at TPE 2020
Santa Clara, Inc., a tobacco wholesaler associated with Altadis USA and online retailer JR Cigar, has announced the debut of a new Montecristo blend f... Read More...
Southern Draw Debuting Cedrus Lancero at TPE 2020
Along with an increasing number of manufacturers making their first-ever appearance at Tobacco Plus Expo International (TPE) 2020, Southern Draw Cigar... Read More...
No. 4 Cigar of the Year 2019 – Laranja Reserva Escuro
Differing from the majority of 2019's most buzz-worthy cigars, Laranja Reserva Escuro hit the market long before the industry's annual trade show, deb... Read More...