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Drew Estate Announces The Return of The Barn Smoker in 2022

February 19, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
Drew Estate’s Barn Smoker Program is returning in 2022 and it’s going to be bigger and better than ever before! Announced during the Feb. 17 “Freestyle Live” broadcast on Drew... Read more

Drew Estate Announces Expanded Availability of Liga Privada H99

February 19, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
Drew Estate’s prized Liga Privada H99 (Hybrid 99) Connecticut Corojo is now available as a regular production cigar exclusively to qualifying Drew Diplomat Program participants. This will come... Read more

Carlos Alberto Toraño Sr. Passes Away at Age 78

February 16, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
Carlos Alberto Toraño Sr., the former President of theToraño Family Cigar Company, passed away peacefully in his home this month (February 2022) in Miami, FL. He was 78 years of... Read more

Alec Bradley Announces Return of “Filthy Hooligan”

February 16, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
  Alec Bradley Cigar Company announced earlier this week that the Limited Edition, Black Market Filthy Hooligan Barber Pole and Filthy Hooligan Shamrock cigars will be returning to tobacconists’ shelves... Read more

The Smokin Tabacco Show: What Does Charlie Minato Enjoy Outside of Cigars?

February 11, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
This week, Matt and Nicole welcome Charlie Minato fro halfwheel.com onto the show. They get Charlie’s back story on how halfwheel came to be and the early days with Brooks... Read more

PCA Announces “Vision 50” Advocacy Initiative

February 9, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) announced today the development and release of its new strategic advocacy plan known asVision 50: A Decade of Action. The plan focuses on a proactive... Read more

Spare Notes Series #14: Trade Show Wrap Up Show

February 8, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
On this episode of Spare Notes, Coop and Matt talk about the Tobacco Plus Expo and what they thought was good, bad and what the future holds for both TPE... Read more

PCA Sends Message on “Responsible Marketing”

February 7, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
In a letter from the Premium Cigar Association that we received last Tuesday, the organization is looking to call out those who’s packaging and marketing of their cigars may paint... Read more

The Smokin Tabacco Show: Does Some Cigar Marketing Go Too Far? We Ask Pete Johnson

February 7, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
This week we welcome Pete Johnson back to the show to see what’s new at Tatuaje. We talk about Tobacco Plus Expo, Pete explains why Tatuaje did not attend the... Read more

Drew Estate Announces Liga Privada “Year of the Tiger”

January 31, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
To mark the upcoming Year of the Tiger, which begins with the Chinese New Year on Feb. 1, 2022, Drew Estate will release the limited-edition Liga Privada Unico... Read more