Awards
2023 Smokin Tabacco Awards: Airport Selfie Winner
February 4, 2024 By Matthew Tabacco
In one of our more...less conventional awards, this is a contest that used to belong to Cigar Coop. After William Cooper gave us his blessing, we decided to give it a go in 2023. Read more
2023 Smokin Tabacco Awards: Company of the Year
January 29, 2024 By Matthew Tabacco
This award, which goes to the company who we felt had the best year in the business for a handful of reasons goes to Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust. Read more
2023 Smokin Tabacco Awards: Person of the Year – Carlos “Carlito” Fuente Jr.
January 23, 2024 By Matthew Tabacco
If you have picked up a cigar more than once in the last twelve months...or maybe even in your life, there a serious chance you have heard of Arturo Fuente or even its third generation owner, Carlos "Carlito" Fuente Jr. Read more
2023 Smokin Tabacco Awards: Best Show Guest
January 19, 2024 By Matthew Tabacco
Every year we give an award for Best Show Guest on the Smokin Tabacco Show. This award is based on the total views of the episodes of shows that featured guests which also usually dictates the guest's popularity. Read more
2023 Smokin Tabacco Awards: Accessory of the Year
January 18, 2024 By Matthew Tabacco
We saw a wide range of Accessories this year from budget friendly lighters and cool collectables to ultra-luxury yet somewhat unnecessary stone ashtrays. Read more
2023 Smokin Tabacco Cigar of the Year List
January 15, 2024 By Matthew Tabacco
Once again it is time to reveal the Top 25 cigars of the year. 2023 was a difficult year as many cigars that were introduced earlier on seemed to carry a high level of hype. However once many of these cigars hit the market, many of them did not meet expectations and ultimately fell flat. Read more
2022 Smokin Tabacco Awards: Factory of the Year – MyFather Cigars S.A.
February 9, 2023 By Matthew Tabacco
In the final award given this year, something I wanted done sooner but with being sick for the last several days and being behind on other projects, this... Read more
2022 Smokin Tabacco Awards: Accessory of the Year – NewAir 1,500 Count Electric Cigar Humidor
February 1, 2023 By Matthew Tabacco
There were many accessories this year that were both submitted for consideration and ones we discovered on our own. This is one that we discovered on our own... Read more
2022 Smokin Tabacco Awards: Person of the Year – Hector J Alfonso Sr. of Espinosa Cigars
February 1, 2023 By Matthew Tabacco
There were many candidates, great, qualified, and popular candidates for this award. But it came down to a name that was repeatedly mentioned over and over again amongst... Read more
2022 Smokin Tabacco Awards: Best Show Guest – Steve Saka
January 28, 2023 By Matthew Tabacco
What might come as no surprise whatsoever, Steve Saka, owner of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust, is our 2022 Best Show Guest award winner. Now, I will say this was an... Read more
2022 Smokin Tabacco Awards: Company of the Year – United Cigars
January 28, 2023 By Matthew Tabacco
In 2022, one smaller company emerged as one of the largest voices in the room. It was a company we couldn’t stop talking about all year, on almost... Read more
2022 Smokin Tabacco Awards: Best Innovation – La Flor Dominicana
January 12, 2023 By Matthew Tabacco
Everyone heard the news around the (cigar) world that was the La Flor Dominicana Andalusian Bull “Golden NFT” and the auctions that followed. This project, spear headed by Antonio Gomez... Read more
2022 Smokin Tabacco Top 25 Cigar List
December 29, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
It is that time of the year again – Cigar of the Year. Last year, our first Cigar of the Year went to Drew Estate for their new... Read more
2021 Smokin Tabacco Awards: Best Show Guest – Matt Booth
January 26, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
Matt Booth is the guy everyone knows for his very eccentric behavior, wild captions on instagram and his unpredictable show appearances on podcasts and other cigar shows. He... Read more
2021 Smokin Tabacco Awards: Man of the Year – Michael Herklots
January 10, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
When Altria made the announcement that it would be shutting down Nat Sherman International, the cigar division, many people were sad to see such a long standing iconic brand disappear.... Read more
2021 Smokin Tabacco Awards: Retailer of the Year 2021 – Smoke Inn
January 9, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
It is no secret that Smoke Inn is one of the biggest and most popular cigar shops in the United States. Owned and operated by Abe Dababneh and run by... Read more
2021 Smokin Tabacco Awards: Woman of the Year – Liana Fuente
January 9, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
In 2012, Arturo Fuente celebrated their 100th anniversary. Second generation Carlos Fuente Sr. and third generation Carlos “Carlito” Fuente Jr. celebrated this with some great releases that year. In addition,... Read more
Cigar of the Year 2021 #1: Drew Estate “Undercrown 10” Toro
December 23, 2021 By Matthew Tabacco
First of all congratulations to Drew Estate! They are the winners of Smokin Tabacco’s 2021 Cigar of the Year! What they have done with Undercrown 10 has been fun to... Read more
2021 Cigar of the Year #2: All Saints “Saint Francis” Robusto
December 22, 2021 By Matthew Tabacco
Perhaps one of my absolute favorite cigars of the year came from Micky Pegg, who is just getting back into the industry after taking a break. Micky was previously with... Read more
2021 Cigar of the Year #3: Rocky Patel “SIXTY” Toro
December 22, 2021 By Matthew Tabacco
When I first smoked this cigar a few months ago when it landed, I knew right away it was going to be a huge contender for cigar of the year... Read more