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.
PCA24: New Releases
ADVentura CigarsThe Chancellor Wrapper: Corojo Binder: Sumatra Filler: Piloto Mejorado Format: 6 x 52 Estimated…
Crowned Heads Teases Coroneta, its Most Unique PCA Release Yet
The PCA trade show has long been a fixture in Jon Huber’s professional life. “It…
10 Things to Know About this Year’s PCA24 Trade Show
Whether it’s your first PCA trade show or you’ve been attending the show for some…
Michael Frey: A Las Vegas Original
Michael Frey has been called the “cigar king” of Vegas, and he’s associated with some…
My Father Cigars: Upping Their Game, Once Again
This year is already shaping up to be another banner year for the Garcia family…
Something to Aspire To: Crowned Heads’s Jon Huber
It’s Monday, January 15, 2024, and Nashville just received its first snowfall of the season….
Five Questions: Jim Young, Interim CEO/Board Member, Plasencia Cigars
Welcome back to the industry. What have you been doing since leaving Davidoff?My wife and…
The Blend: Founders Cigar Company’s Signature Dual Wrap Toro
The wrapper leaf of alternating Connecticut and Maduro puts forth an enticing barber-pole visual presentation,…
What We’re Smoking: Ferio Tego Summa
Cigar: Ferio Tego Summa Size: Torpedo Smoke time: 1 hour, 30 minutes Appearance & AromaBeautiful…
Accessory Selling 101
Michael Giordano, CEO and founder of Quality Importers, shares his insightsfor retailers looking to increase…
Social Media for Retailers
While posting about new product releases or events is fair game, retailers should focus their…
The Blend: Black Star Line’s Lalibela
It was pretty obvious from the day I received the samples from Black Star Line…
The No Cell Zone
I am expecting this article to be the most cathartic (for me) and most polarizing…
Rocky Mountain Smoke: Ken Weinheimer and Rocky Mountain Liquor
Ken Weinheimer is a self-effacing and soft-spoken man. To converse with him you would never…
Founders Cigars: Creating Community, American-style
Founders Cigar Company was established during the early days of the COVID pandemic when people…
Countdown to PCA24 Begins Now
The preeminent B2B trade show is back! Whether you’re a retailer, manufacturer, broker, supplier or…
What We’re Smoking: Kafie 1901 San Andres
Cigar: Kafie 1901 San AndresSize: ToroSmoke time: 1 hour, 15 minutes Appearance & AromaThe Kafie…
Your 2024 Social Media Strategy
Over the years, social media has become increasingly important for premium cigar businesses as a…
Is Your Tobacco Shop a Pipe Smokers’ Nexus?
Nexus. noun: center, focus. (merriam-webster.com) In thinking about why some tobacconists move pipes and pipe…
Black Star Line Cigars: Blending Cigars, Culture and History
Aric Bey never considered becoming a firefighter. Despite his uncle serving in the Chicago Fire…