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,...
by PCA | Jul 24, 2023 | Feature
Quality and consistency—these are the two factors necessary for any successful product. When speaking about premium cigars, these two things are even more critical. Some of the most successful cigar manufacturers have realized the only way to come close to achieving...
by PCA | Jun 28, 2023 | Feature
When Dr. Gaby Kafie retired from practicing medicine in 2008, he set his sights on his other burning interest, the manufacturing of fine cigars. With roots in Honduras dating back to 1901, Kafie had entrée into the cigar industry on account of the family’s holdings in...
