Davidoff Announces Golden Band Award Winners - Cigar News

Davidoff Announces Golden Band Award Winners – Cigar News

Oettinger has announced this years Golden Band Award winners. The company will honour and acknowledge its best of the best retailers and partners from around the globe with festive events in several countries worldwide.

Because of the the impact of the pandemic on international travel, the company will not hold one global and unifying ceremony as planned, but will celebrate the winners of the 2021 locally, hosting festive dinner celebrations for the awarded teams in November. Celebrating ‘s pioneering spirit, these events will be a journey of all senses drawing on unique pairings in exclusive settings, creating time beautifully filled for every guest.

“The are the most important recognition of our company to recognize the amazing efforts and achievements of our key partners around the globe that drive our joint success of the brand. We are very proud and pleased to announce the winners of our 2021 today, and we look forward to celebrating the best of the best from our global family of retailers, partners, appointed merchants and distributors at the events in their respective countries.”

Beat Hauenstein, CEO of Oettinger

It is thanks to the untiring dedication and passion of our retailers and partners that we can continue to grow our footprint around the globe and delight and surprise our aficionados with unique brand, shopping and cigar experiences.

Luc Hyvernat, SVP Chief Commercial Officer


This year, Oettinger awards the country winners for “ Best Performance” and for the US also for “ Best Growth”. New awards include “ Best Appointed Merchant/Partner of the Year Award” as well as “ Best Brand Building of the Year Award”.

The Golden Band Award Winners 2021 are:

DAVIDOFF GOLDEN BAND WINNERS – US/AMERICAS

  • Best Performance of the Year – USA
    • Single location: Tobacconist of Greenwich, Greenwich, CT (USA)
    • Multiple locations: Blend Bar with Cigars, Indianapolis, IN (USA)
  • Best Growth of the Year – USA
    • Single location: Cigar Box, Aventura, FL (USA)
    • Multiple locations: Casa de Montecristo, Countryside, IL (USA)
  • Best Brand Building of the Year – USA
    • Shore Thing Cigars, Watersound, FL (USA)
  • Best Appointed Merchant of the Year – USA
    • The winner will be announced at the US Ceremony in November. The nominees are: – Regency Cigar Emporium, East Greenwich, RI (USA) – Robusto’s Cigar Bar & Bistro, Sterling Heights, MI (USA) – Silver Leaf Cigar, Fort Worth, TX (USA)
  • The US celebration will take place on November 10, 2021.

DAVIDOFF GOLDEN BAND AWARD WINNERS – EMEA

  • Best Appointed Merchant of the Year – EMEA
    • Cigarworld by Tabac Benden, Dusseldof (Germany)
  • Best Performance of the Year – EMEA
    • Austria: Mohilla Tabakspezialitätengeschäft, Vienna (Austria)
    • Benelux: Dagbladhandel Vandevenne, Genk (Belgium)
    • Germany: Cigarworld by Tabac Benden, Dusseldorf (Germany)
    • Switzerland: Zigarrenversand (Switzerland)
    • Spain: Cava Magallanes, Madrid (Spain)
    • UK: C.Gars Ltd, London (UK)
  • Best Partner of the Year – EMEA
    • Lerida International Srl, Bucharest (Romania)
  • Best Brand Building of the Year – EMEA / Partner Markets:
    • EMEA: ZigarrenWelt, Cologne (Germany)
    • Partner Markets: ITA srl (Italy)
  • The dates of the EMEA are due in November (dates to be confirmed).

DAVIDOFF GOLDEN BAND AWARD WINNERS – ASIA


  • Appointed Merchant of the Year – Asia
    • Japan: Ohkoshi Saketen, Chiba (Japan)
    • South Korea: De La Mano, Seoul (South Korea)
    • PRC: Ningbo Lounge, Ningbo (PRC)
  • The Asian Gold Band Awards will all take place on November 10, 2021.