Brooks Whittington

While Steve Saka’s Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust debuted its first brand named Sobremesa at the 2015 IPCPR Convention & Tradeshow, the first vitola that was under…

Just before the 2016 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, XIKAR announced a new cutter that had been in the works for more than three years. Named…

Alejandro Turrent may be as close to the face of Mexican tobacco as the cigar industry has, and the fact that he’s not more well…

During the 2016 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, La Sirena announced it would be releasing a 7 x 42 box-pressed lancero vitola in the La Sirena…

As I did last year, I decided to put together a quick overview of my final thoughts on various subjects relating to Cuba after attending…

Unlike the previous four days, my fifth full day in Cuba started relatively late with me getting to the convention center at 9 a.m. My…

After a quick cigar and cup of coffee on my patio, I grabbed a taxi and headed to the day’s first event, a tour of…

My fourth day in Cuba would be a fairly light day in terms of number of events, but quite long in terms of the amount…

As part of last year’s Festival del Habanos, the press was invited to visit the Pinar del Río region of Cuba, where some of the most…

My first full day in Havana started out early, albeit not as early as the day before. I was up at 5 a.m. just in…

For the second year in a row I will be covering the Festival de Habano in Havana, Cuba, and for the second year in a row,…