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Get Familiar With Your PCA Benefits
Did you know your Premium Cigar Association (PCA) membership can save you and your business big money on everything from credit card processing, freight shipping, car rentals,...
Wildfire Cigars Is Burning Up the Market
There are better-known brands. There are companies that build their own factories and grow their own tobacco. There are cigar makers who are treated like rockstars. But nobody, I...
PCA Recognized at 2024 Cigar Trophy Awards
As part of its annual Cigar Trophy Awards, Cigar Journal recognizes people or organizations for their special achievements in the promotion of cigar culture. At the 2024 Cigar...
Five Questions: Nicolas Fusco, El Mago Cigars
How did you get into the cigar business?I started El Mago Cigars in an attempt to turn a tragedy into a tribute. My grandparents, Maria and Gonzalo Torre, passed away in the...
Getting to Know Shannon Marie, PCA’s Director of Events & Trade Show
In July, PCA hired Shannon Marie as its new director of trade show and events. Shannon has more than a decade of experience in the events industry, including positions at the...
No time to wait. Get in it!
You gotta be in it to win it. It’s another phrase New Yorkers are familiar with, coined by the state’s lottery system. Ok, I am on a little kick here referencing lottery sayings....
Update from the Executive Director: Summer/Fall 2024 Edition
This is my first issue writing the editor’s note as the permanent Executive Director of the Premium Cigar Association. I am deeply honored and grateful to the board of directors,...
Drinking? Let’s Talk About That
This is typically where I launch into 1,000 unfettered words of brilliance, but I want to start with a disclaimer. I would not have included alcohol in my lounges if I did not...
Five Questions: Stefan Lampert, Lampert Cigars + Rum
PCA The Magazine: Share a bit of your background with us.Stefan Lampert: Aside from being the founder of Lampert Cigars + Rum, I am a lawyer with a focus on regulatory and...
Oliva Cigars: Sowing the Seeds of Success
PCA | July 31, 2024 The Oliva family’s roots run deep in the soil of Cuba and Nicaragua. Patriarch Melanio Oliva began growing cigar tobacco in Pinar del Rio, Cuba in...
I Know What You Did Last Summer
The Summer of 2024 has arrived. The last time we entered June through September without a PCA trade show the following events were happening: Belarusians Protest for Fair and...
Casa Carrillo: A Factory’s Evolution
For many cigar companies in the Dominican Republic, each year’s Procigar Festival offers an opportunity to debut a new cigar release. For those at E.P. Carrillo, there was a...