by PCA | Nov 6, 2023 | Feature
Not everyone enters the cigar business via the same path. Some are born into storied cigar-making families. Others work their way in by starting as cigar store owners or employees, making contacts and ingratiating themselves with industry veterans. Still, others may...
by PCA | Oct 23, 2023 | Feature
Nicholas Melillo loves Connecticut. Love may not even be a strong enough word to describe the affection and passion he has for his home state. Connecticut, to Melillo, is not just home, it’s the center of his company, Foundation Cigar Company, and the focus of his...
by PCA | Oct 7, 2023 | Feature, Trade Show
A cigar docuseries premiere celebrating the industry, a triple-threat blending seminar, a mind-blowing mentalist show, a smashing kickoff party … and that was just the first day of the 2023 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show at the Sands in Las Vegas. This year’s...
by PCA | Oct 7, 2023 | Feature
Virginia Tidewater-area tobacconist Scott Regina, CEO of Emerson’s Cigars, with five retail locations, is the model of a busy guy. But his life got even busier on 11 July 2023 at the Premium Cigar Association trade show when Regina assumed the PCA presidency. Regina...
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...
