by PCA | Sep 11, 2023 | Feature
Not having been able to attend the Chicago Pipe Show this year, I asked around to see how it had gone, and also how pipe smoking was faring in general. Five well-connected pipe people gave me their views—mixed views, but all credible. Throughout, there rang a...
by PCA | Sep 6, 2023 | Feature
Platinum Nova Cigars has been crafting fine smokes for more than a decade, in its early years only for the private consumption of the family and friends of the company owners. It was in 2019 that Platinum Nova first came to the public’s attention, stepping into the...
by PCA | Aug 28, 2023 | Feature
Like so many families in the cigar industry, the Plasencias are no strangers to the challenges and occasional heartbreak of pursuing their love of working with tobacco. From crop-destroying infestations and blights to catastrophic weather and unstable governments,...
by PCA | Aug 23, 2023 | Feature
1. What’s got you excited about Dunbarton this year?Most folks would expect me to answer about this blend or that brand, but for me, it is who we are as a company overall. From the start, I had a vision of puros sin compromiso, aka “cigars without compromise,” for...
by PCA | Aug 9, 2023 | Feature
Doyle Brunson played professional poker for over 50 years. He was a two-time World Series of Poker main event champion, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, wrote several books on poker and was the first player to earn $1 million from poker tournaments. Did Brunson smoke...
by PCA | Aug 2, 2023 | Feature
Rahul Gupta didn’t intend to join the family business, one which his father began four decades earlier. His father never pushed him, emphasizing education and encouraging him to pursue his own career path. He graduated from college in 2007 and settled in Philadelphia,...
