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.
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…
Coles of London: ST Dupont Finds a New Distributor of its Luxury Items
Of the many unusual and unique consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the unexpected sales of…
The Precision of Premium: How El Septimo is Changing the Game
When launching a business, one of the first questions to answer is, “How are we…
Don’t Call it a Comeback: How two industry icons pivoted to create the most anticipated cigar brand of 2021
The Blend: El Artista Puro Ambar
BriarWorks Pipes: Hand-finished pipes at mid-grade prices offer an appealing retail option
Most brick-and-mortar tobacco shops featuring a pipe presence keep themselves pretty well stocked with midgrade…
Alec Bradley Cigars: Guided by passion, a natural-born cigar man finds his rightful place.
Above, Alan Rubin, founder of Alec Bradley Cigars Alan Rubin, founder and owner of Fort…
Pandemic 2020
