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: 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…
New PCA Board Members
Why did you run for election to the board, and what do you hope to…
First Annual Step Up Awards Announced
PCA’s first annual Step Up Awards were conferred by the PCA Government Affairs team during…
The Procigar Experience
“Is this your first time?” That is the number one question I heard at this…
PCA24 Show Recap
Beautiful skies and mild temperatures, with a little bit of wind and rain—not something we…
A Time to Act: 5 Secrets to Retail Success
2023 is finished. The revenue is in the books. Our inventory counts should be reconciled….
The Blend: La Galera Habano
I was fortunate to be able to select a cigar for review from La Galera’s…
El Septimo Cigars: Marrying Tradition with Innovation
The words El Septimo, translated from Spanish to English, mean “The Seventh.” When we consider…
The Blend: El Septimo Bomba Orange
I have a confession to make: At $70 per stick, the Bomba Orange is the…