Michael Giannini

Giannini has spent more than 40 years in the cigar business with previous stints at El Credito Cigar Co., General Cigar Co., Ventura Cigar Co. and, most recently, Quality Importers Trading Co. He will work in Perdomo’s sales and marketing department.

Quality Importers will be decorating several of its cigar accessories with artwork that comes from NFTs.

Quality Importers rolled out a number of new products across its portfolio, which includes XIKAR, Palió, Stinky, Humidor Supreme and Hydra.

The longtime cigar industry veteran will now be responsible for “sales, marketing and messaging initiatives of the company.”

Kretek International, the parent company of Phillips & King International, Tobacco Media Group and Ventura Cigar Co. is undergoing a major restructuring that will include…

Ventura Cigar Co. has announced that it has begun shipping the Archetype Chapter 3. As the name implies, it’s the third chapter for the Archetype Series,…

Ventura Cigar Co. has announced that Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr. will be making the next cigars in its Archetype series. The Archetype Chapter 3 includes two…

Time Flies is back. Last year, Ventura Cigar Co. announced that it acquired Foundry Tobacco Co. from General Cigar Co./Scandinavian Tobacco Group, now the company…

The latest Case Study from Ventura Cigar Co. has begun shipping. CS/13 is a 5 x 50 robusto using a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper over an…

Michael Giannini will once again be heading Foundry. Kretek International has announced that it has acquired Foundry Tobacco Co. from Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG). Terms of…

Ventura Cigar Co.’s products will now be offered in Switzerland through a new distribution agreement with Oettinger Davidoff AG. “The Ventura Cigar Company and the…