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Nicaragua’s Next Giant
With its penchant for innovative smokes and a sizable supply of tobacco leaf, Oliva Cigar Co. has doubled production since 2006.
Posted: March 1, 2010 By David Savona
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Generation Next
We look at the youth movement in cigars, from the fifth generation of Quesadas, to the Perez-Carrillo children and the Levin young guns at Ashton.
Posted: October 1, 2009 By David Savona
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Tatuaje's Pete Johnson
The love of Cubans has guided cigar-world newcomer Pete Johnson, creator of Tatuaje cigars.
Posted: August 11, 2009
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An Interview with Charlie Toraño
We sit down with the president of Toraño Cigars for a wide-ranging discussion.
Posted: August 1, 2009 By David Savona
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An Interview with Ruben Ysidron
Ysidron created the first branded cigar for Savinelli 15 years ago, and the standards have been high ever since.
Posted: June 29, 2009 By David Savona
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Te-Amo's Alberto and Alejandro Turrent
The father-son team that runs Mexico's largest cigar-tobacco operation and makes the famous Te-Amo brand discusses the family's 110-year history of growing in that country.
Posted: February 1, 2009 By David Savona
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An Interview with Tim Ozgener
C.A.O. International Inc. has now been in business for 40 years, evolving from making pipes to producing cigars.
Posted: December 29, 2008 By David Savona
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Their Man in Havana
Manuel Garcia of Habanos S.A. combines his love of cigars with a vast knowledge of the marketing and sale of his country's national symbol.
Posted: December 22, 2008
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An Interview with Rocky Patel
Rocky Patel, 47, has quickly become one of the best-known faces in the world of premium cigars.
Posted: September 15, 2008 By David Savona
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Cusano's Growth Plan
How former pension fund manager Michael Chiusano sequed into the cigar world and now plans to expand his 13-year-old Cusano cigar brand.
Posted: July 24, 2008 By David Savona
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An Interview with Ernesto Padilla
A conversation with Ernesto Padilla, owner of Miami's Padilla Cigar Co.
Posted: April 1, 2008 By David Savona
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The Next Big Thing in Cigars, Pepin
A star roller from Cuba, now in Miami, José "Pepin" Garcia is making some of the world's finest cigars.
Posted: November 30, 2007 By David Savona
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