PCA The Magazine: Featured articles
While PCA The Magazine is only available to current members, we have published and provided access to select articles below for your enjoyment.
Five Questions: Nicolas Fusco, El Mago Cigars
How did you get into the cigar business?I started El Mago Cigars in an attempt…
What We’re Smoking: Rodriguez Reserva Privada Corona
Cigar: Rodriguez Reserva Privada Size: Corona Smoke time: 1 hour, 10 minutes Appearance & Aroma…
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….
No time to wait. Get in it!
You gotta be in it to win it. It’s another phrase New Yorkers are familiar…
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…
Drinking? Let’s Talk About That
This is typically where I launch into 1,000 unfettered words of brilliance, but I want…
What We’re Smoking: Gran Habano XX Aniversario Edicion Limitada
Cigar: Gran Habano XX Aniversario Edicion Limitada Size: ToroSmoke time: 1 hour, 35 minutes Appearance &…
The Blend: Circle of Life Toro
Sometimes, a cigar is more than just a companion during a relaxing interlude of quiet…
Five Questions: Stefan Lampert, Lampert Cigars + Rum
PCA The Magazine: Share a bit of your background with us.Stefan Lampert: Aside from being…
The Blend: Oliva Serie V Double Robusto
Writing cigar reviews for PCA The Magazine is a pretty good gig. We get to…
Oliva Cigars: Sowing the Seeds of Success
The Oliva family’s roots run deep in the soil of Cuba and Nicaragua. Patriarch Melanio…
I Know What You Did Last Summer
The Summer of 2024 has arrived. The last time we entered June through September without…
Casa Carrillo: A Factory’s Evolution
For many cigar companies in the Dominican Republic, each year’s Procigar Festival offers an opportunity…
Women of PCA: The Power of Unity
As a lifelong New Yorker, I’m very familiar with the saying “A dollar and a…
Springtime is a Good Time for Show Time
Spring is, for pipe smokers of refined taste (just my opinion, mind you), prime season…
Squire Cigars Celebrates its Golden Anniversary
Success can be achieved in a variety of ways, among them hard work, long hours,…
PCA Names Inaugural Winners for Top Retail Members
At the PCA 2024 Trade Show, the association announced the winners of the inaugural PCA…
What We’re Smoking: Global Premium Cigars’s 1502 Blue Sapphire
Cigar: GPC 1502 Blue SapphireSize: LanceroSmoke time: 1 hour, 25 minutes Appearance & AromaGlobal Premium…
West Tampa Tobacco Co.’s Circle of Life
If it wasn’t for a chance meeting and subsequent friendship with another expecting father struck…
New PCA Member Benefits
Retirement, health, and recruitment plans offer added value to PCA membership During this year’s PCA…