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.
Platinum Nova Cigars: Aiming for the Pinnacle of the Cigar Lifestyle
Platinum Nova Cigars has been crafting fine smokes for more than a decade, in its…
Plasencia 1865 Cigars: Putting the Soul into Cigar Manufacturing
Like so many families in the cigar industry, the Plasencias are no strangers to the…
Five Questions: Steve Saka, Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust
1. What’s got you excited about Dunbarton this year?Most folks would expect me to answer…
Poker & Life
Doyle Brunson played professional poker for over 50 years. He was a two-time World Series…
What We’re Smoking: Crux Limitada LE
Cigar: Crux Limitada LESize: Short SalomoneSmoke time: 1 hour, 35 minutes Appearance & AromaA beautifully…
In the Family: Maryland’s Tobacco Leaf
Rahul Gupta didn’t intend to join the family business, one which his father began four…
Breaking New Ground: Inside Villiger de Nicaragua
Quality and consistency—these are the two factors necessary for any successful product. When speaking about…
The Boutique Cigar Association of America: Protecting The Legacy
When Dr. Gaby Kafie retired from practicing medicine in 2008, he set his sights on…
Review: Platinum Nova Trappist 1G
I am getting an early look at this release. It came to me without bands,…
The Relationship Business
Success did not come overnight for Erik Espinosa. Today, the mention of Espinosa Premium Cigars…
The Blend: Dissident Soapbox Toro Gordo
toro is one of the great cigar sizes, especially for a late-night smoke…which for me,…
The Blend: Sixty by Rocky Patel “Sixty”
If you’re a student of numerology you might be looking for hidden meaning in the…
Rocky Patel Premium Cigars: Always Innovating
What’s new at Rocky Patel? That’s a loaded question. Rocky Patel Premium Cigars has quite…
What We’re Smoking: Plasencia 146 Torpedo
Cigar: Plasencia 146 Size: Torpedo Smoke time: 1 hour, 30 minutes Appearance & AromaThe wrapper…
What We’re Smoking: Drunk Chicken Mother Clucker
Cigar: Drunk Chicken Mother Clucker Size: Robusto (Box Pressed) Smoke time: 1 hour, 20 minutes…
Dissident Cigars: Boutique with an Edge
It was only in December 2021 that Joshua and Cynn Coburn made official their purchase…
10 Tips to Maximize Post-Holiday Sales
Congratulations—you’ve (almost) made it through the 2022 Holiday Season! If the season was a cigar,…
Women of the Leaf: Challenges and Triumphs in a Machismo World
It was an impromptu meeting on the PCA show floor—some knowing each other for years,…
Tax Tips for Tobacconists
While the start of a new year brings excitement and opportunity, it also signals the…
Señor Cigars: A Sweet Spot in Ocean City, Maryland
Since 1977, Señor Cigars has been the signature cigar destination of Ocean City, Maryland, a…