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J.C. Newman and LeRoy Neiman Foundation Release 2025 Collector’s Edition Cigar
J.C. Newman Cigar Co. has begun shipping the LeRoy Neiman 2025 Collector’s Edition, the third annual collaboration between the Tampa-based cigar maker and the LeRoy Neiman and...
JM Tobacco to Exhibit at Inaugural World Cigar Show Dubai
JM Tobacco, Inc., the family-owned company behind the Española and JM’s Dominican cigar lines, has announced its participation in the first-ever World Cigar Show, taking...
Casa Carrillo Unveils 2025 TAA Exclusive Toro
Casa Carrillo has announced its latest limited release for members of the Tobacconists’ Association of America (TAA)— the Casa Carrillo 2025 TAA Exclusive. The annual TAA...
Crowned Heads Revives Belgian Blue for 2025 Limited Edition Release
Crowned Heads has announced the return of one of its most sought-after blends with the Belgian Blue Limited Edition 2025 — a new 5 ½ x 56 box-pressed format that builds on the...
Black Works Studio Unveils The Five Temples – Seven Star Fist of Shaolin
Black Works Studio (BLK WKS) has announced the release of The Five Temples – Seven Star Fist of Shaolin, a new limited-edition collection handmade at Fabrica Oveja Negra in...
PCA and The Leaf Master Dubai Announce Exclusive Social Events During the World Cigar Show
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) is pleased to announce a trio of exclusive social gatherings to be held during the 2025 World Cigar Show in Dubai. Organized and...
Record-Breaking Opus Xodus Experience Raises Over $500,000 for Charity
The Tobacconist of Greenwich, in partnership with Arturo Fuente and Carlito Fuente Jr., hosted the third annual Opus Xodus Experience on October 8 at Tamarack Country Club in...
Cohiba Expands Weller Collaboration with New Cigar and Matching Accessories
Cohiba has announced the release of Weller by Cohiba 2025, the fifth expression in its ongoing collaboration with Weller Bourbon. The limited-edition cigar features a USA...
Diesel Revives Its Sideshow Sampler for 2025
Diesel Cigars is bringing back one of its most popular annual limited editions with the return of the Diesel Sideshow Sampler. This year’s collection once again pairs Diesel’s...
Two Guys Cigars Marks 40 Years with Exclusive Atabey Collector’s Humidors
Two Guys Cigars is continuing its 40th anniversary celebration with two limited-edition releases from Nelson Alfonso’s Selected Tobacco: the Atabey Delirios Two Guys 40th...
Cavalier Genève Cigars Announces Project Broadleaf Wayfinders
Cavalier Genève Cigars has announced the release of its third Project Broadleaf iteration, titled Project Broadleaf Wayfinders. The new release, debuting this week, will be...
Lure Cigars Launches New Maduro Core Line
Lure Cigars has introduced its fourth core line, the Maduro Series, expanding its portfolio with two new Nicaraguan puros: The Brown-E-Trout (6 x 54 Toro) and The Lil’ Trout (5 x...
Plasencia Cigars Introduces New “Short Smokes” Collection
Plasencia Cigars has announced the release of two new vitolas that join its celebrated portfolio under the banner of the Short Smokes Collection: the Plasencia Reserva Original...
Room101 Introduces New, Limited-Edition Namakubi Chingon
Room101 Cigars has announced the return of one of its most recognizable releases with a new look and blend just in time for the holiday season. The Room101 Namakubi...
Macanudo Celebrates the Holidays with Inspirado Window Box
Macanudo is celebrating the holiday season with the release of its Macanudo Inspirado Holiday Window Box, a limited seasonal sampler that brings together five cigars from...
Seize the Day: Keeping Pipe Smoking Alive
I wonder if anyone recalls what I wrote in this space just three short months ago, in a column I titled “The Smoker in Winter.” I wrote, “The best things in life are...
The Villainous Archetypes
If you are a retailer reading this column for the first time as a PCA member at our 2025 trade show in New Orleans, don’t judge these musings too harshly. My intent is not...
Exceeding Expectations Year Round
The general consensus of the nearly 6,000 attendees of PCA25 (myself included) is that the show, city of New Orleans, and overall convention exceeded expectations. The tradeshow...
Business Strong: Don’t Let an Unexpected Event Sink Your Business
It isn’t difficult in today’s environment to find ready examples of events that can challenge the most resilient of businesses. Pandemics, natural disasters, economic insecurity,...
From Vengeance to Veinte: Kristoff Cigars Celebrates 20th Anniversary
The past 20 years have been good to Glen Case, founder and CEO of Kristoff Cigars. Starting out as a struggling, would-be cigar maker, Case can look back on his two decades of...
The Premium Cigar Association Closes Out a Successful PCA25 Trade Show; Reveals Dates for 2026-2029 Trade Shows
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) held its annual trade show and convention in New Orleans on April 11-14, 2025. This year’s trade show was the first held in New Orleans since...
Premium Cigar Association Announces the 2025 Best of the Leaf Awards Winners
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) announces the winners of the second annual Best of the Leaf Awards. The PCA Best of the Leaf Awards was created to showcase the premium retail...
PCA25: Note from the President
Welcome to the Premium Cigar Association’s 2025 Trade Show! We are thrilled to be hosting premium tobacco’s premier annual show at the New Orleans Convention Center this year. As...
PCA25: Welcome to New Orleans
I want to welcome all our members from around the world to the Premium Cigar Association 2025 Trade Show (PCA25), where history and tradition are at the forefront of the new age...