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Cohiba Cigars Readies 2025 Spectre Release
Cohiba is preparing for the latest release of its ultra-premium cigar, Spectre. Available as a limited-edition, this special cigar features rare tobaccos that were blended using...
Powstanie Ships SBC24 to Retailers
Powstanie Cigars is now shipping SBC24 to retailers. This is a limited-production premium cigar that retailers were able to place orders for at the 2025 Premium Cigar Association...
West Tampa Tobacco Company Ships Dark Time
There's a new limited-edition cigar shipping now to retailers from West Tampa Tobacco Company. Dark Time was first unveiled at the 2025 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) trade show...
George Rico of Gran Habano Appointed to the PCA Board of Directors
Last week, Max Bichler resigned from his position at Rocky Patel Premium Cigars and his recently announced position on the PCA Board of Directors. With Bichler's resignation, the...
La Aurora Cigars Celebrates Miami Distribution Center and Mural Unveiling
La Aurora USA and Caribbean Sunrise Spirits (CSS) have opened a new Miami Distribution Center. The distribution center will allow the operations department to work more...
Raíces Cubanas Gets German Distribution
Raíces Cubanas has partnered with VCF/Woermann Cigars, a distribution partnership that will bring Raíces Cubanas' premium cigars to Germany. “We are very excited to present the...
Outcast Cigars Begins Shipping to Retailers After PCA25 Debut
Outcast Cigars, a new premium cigar brand introduced by Miami Cigar & Co. at this year's PCA25 trade show, is show shipping to retailers. This is a new brand crafted for...
Hutch Humidor Contributes $2K to PCA Advocacy Efforts
Hutch Humidor in Hutchinson, Kansas, recently donated $2,000 in support of PCA’s advocacy efforts. “Hutch Humidor is a local brick-and-mortar premium cigar retailer and...
Scandinavian Tobacco Group Reports Q1 2025 Results and Updates Forecasts for the Year
Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has released its financial results for the first quarter of 2025 and announced some adjustments to its full-year outlook, citing shifts in the...
U.S. District Court Rules Against General Cigar Co. in Ongoing Cohiba Dispute
The ongoing legal dispute over the Cohiba trademark in the U.S. took another turn last week. On May 7, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled in...
Mark Ryan, 69, of Daughters & Ryan, passed away on May 5, 2025
Mark Ryan, founder of Daughters & Ryan and owner of L.A. Poche Perique Tobacco Company in Convent, Louisiana, passed away on May 5, 2025 at the age of 69. Many in the premium...
Meerapfel’s Création Liberté 2025 to Support PCA’s Advocacy Efforts
At this year's Premium Cigar Association (PCA) trade show in New Orleans, Meerapfel Cigar announced the launch of the 2025 Création Liberté, a special premium cigar blend created...
Romeo y Julieta Unveils 2025 Run for the Roses Limited Edition
As two iconic names celebrate milestone anniversaries, Romeo y Julieta proudly announces the return of its exclusive Run for the Roses limited edition cigar—released in...
Mr. Punch’s Wieners Shipping in May 2025
Just in time for summer, Punch Cigars is readying the release of a new hot-dog-themed cigar that will hit store shelves before Father's Day. The new cigar, Mr. Punch's Wieners,...
Cohiba Riviera Toro Tubo Shipping in May
Cohiba's popular Riviera line is getting a line extension as a new tubo release. While the cigar maintains the Riviera's same signature box-pressed construction, it now comes in...
Five Questions: Nicolas Fusco, El Mago Cigars
How did you get into the cigar business?I started El Mago Cigars in an attempt to turn a tragedy into a tribute. My grandparents, Maria and Gonzalo Torre, passed away in the...
Getting to Know Shannon Marie, PCA’s Director of Events & Trade Show
In July, PCA hired Shannon Marie as its new director of trade show and events. Shannon has more than a decade of experience in the events industry, including positions at the...
No time to wait. Get in it!
You gotta be in it to win it. It’s another phrase New Yorkers are familiar with, coined by the state’s lottery system. Ok, I am on a little kick here referencing lottery sayings....
Update from the Executive Director: Summer/Fall 2024 Edition
This is my first issue writing the editor’s note as the permanent Executive Director of the Premium Cigar Association. I am deeply honored and grateful to the board of directors,...
Drinking? Let’s Talk About That
This is typically where I launch into 1,000 unfettered words of brilliance, but I want to start with a disclaimer. I would not have included alcohol in my lounges if I did not...
Five Questions: Stefan Lampert, Lampert Cigars + Rum
PCA The Magazine: Share a bit of your background with us.Stefan Lampert: Aside from being the founder of Lampert Cigars + Rum, I am a lawyer with a focus on regulatory and...
Oliva Cigars: Sowing the Seeds of Success
PCA | July 31, 2024 The Oliva family’s roots run deep in the soil of Cuba and Nicaragua. Patriarch Melanio Oliva began growing cigar tobacco in Pinar del Rio, Cuba in...
I Know What You Did Last Summer
The Summer of 2024 has arrived. The last time we entered June through September without a PCA trade show the following events were happening: Belarusians Protest for Fair and...
Casa Carrillo: A Factory’s Evolution
For many cigar companies in the Dominican Republic, each year’s Procigar Festival offers an opportunity to debut a new cigar release. For those at E.P. Carrillo, there was a...