PCA News Hub
Read the latest industry news
Fratello Oro Fresh Pack Set to Debut at PCA25
At this year's Premium Cigar Association (PCA) trade show in New Orleans, Fratello Cigars will launch the Oro Toro Fresh Pack, a new sampler fresh pack that focuses on its...
C.L.E. Maduro to Debut at PCA25
C.L.E. Cigar Company will introduce its latest release, the C.L.E. Maduro, at the 2025 Premium Cigar Association (PCA25) trade show in New Orleans. The blend for the C.L.E....
Hiram & Solomon Ship The Patriot and High Twelve
Hiram & Solomon is adding the Patriot to its portfolio of premium cigars. This cigar was crafted in the Dominican Republic to honor M.W. George F. Hamilton, the 91st Grand...
Villiger Cigars’ 1888 Gran Reserva and La Capitana Coming to PCA25
At the 2025 Premium Cigar Association (PCA25) trade show in New Orleans, Villiger Cigars will showcase two new releases: the limited-edition Villiger 1888 Gran Reserva and the...
Foundation Cigar Company Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Limited-Edition Aniversario Cigar
Foundation Cigar Company has announced the release of the Foundation 10-Year Anniversario, a special cigar crafted to commemorate the company's first decade of making premium...
JRE Readies Aladino 85 Aniversario Reserva for PCA25
At this year's Premium Cigar Association (PCA) trade show, JRE will debut the new Aladino 85 Aniversario Reserva. This premium cigar, blended by Julio Eiroa, was originally...
Limited Edition Trinidad Espiritu Miami Releasing in April 2025
Altadis U.S.A. has a new limited-edition Trinidad Espiritu set to debut in April 2025. The Trinidad Espiritu Miami Edition was blended to capture Miami, Florida's energy and...
Rocky Patel’s Thirtieth Anniversary to Debut at PCA25
Rocky Patel is celebrating a milestone 30th anniversary in the premium cigar business with the upcoming release of the Rocky Patel Thirtieth Anniversary, a cigar that will make...
Crowned Heads’ Blood Medicine LE 2025 Returns in New Sizes
Crowned Heads is releasing three new sizes for this year's Blood Medicine Limited Edition 2025 cigar. First introduced in 2022 as an event-only cigar, Blood Medicine received a...
Aganorsa Leaf to Debut New JFR and Supreme Leaf Cigars at PCA25
Aganorsa Leaf has announced two new releases that will debut during this year's Premium Cigar Association (PCA) trade show in New Orleans: the JFR 20th Anniversary and the...
S.T. Dupont and OpusX Collaboration Unveiling Planned for PCA25
At this year’s Premium Cigar Association (PCA) trade show, Coles of London will debut a new collaboration between S.T. Dupont and OpusX. The collaboration will be unveiled on...
Apostate Cigars Releasing The Eight Witnesses Collection at PCA25
At this year's Premium Cigar Association (PCA) trade show, Apostate Cigars will release The Eight Witnesses, a collection of the company's eight blends. Each blend will be...
La Aurora USA and PCA Partner on PCA Alliance Exclusive
La Aurora USA and the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) have teamed up for a special limited-edition cigar. Small Batch Lot. No. 7 was crafted by master blender Manuel Inoa to...
Davidoff Readies 10th Anniversary AVO Syncro Nicaragua and Escurio
Davidoff Cigars has a collection of well-known premium cigar brands in its portfolio, and this year, the premium cigar manufacturer is celebrating the milestone anniversaries of...
H. Upmann by AJ Fernandez Heritage Finca Providencia Debuting at PCA25
Set to debut at April's Premium Cigar Association (PCA) trade show, Altadis U.S.A. will release a new Nicaraguan puro–the H. Upmann by AJ Fernandez Heritage Finca Providencia....
A Wordsmith’s Fever Dream
Is anything real anymore? I remember years ago when I first started to worry that, in my own lifetime, Artificial Intelligence (AI) would actually replace working writers....
La Galera Cigars: Grounded In The Past, Looking Toward The Future
Veteran cigar maker Jochy Blanco’s Tabacalera Palma cigar factory is the hot new thing…after only 88 years! Actually, Blanco and his proprietary brand La Galera have been highly...
Telford’s Pipe & Cigar: Tobacco in Our Veins
There are tobacco places in this world that draw you in like the smells of freshly baked bread. The power of these places isn’t mythical or supernatural, aside from the ethereal...
Five Questions: Foundation Cigar Co.’s Nate Williams
Five questions with Nate Williams, inside sales & key account manager at Foundation Cigar Company.Tell us about yourself, Nate. When did you start in the industry and when...
What We’re Smoking: Kristoff Nicaragua Toro
Cigar: Kristoff NicaraguaSize: ToroSmoke time: 1 hour, 30 minutes Appearance & AromaTwo ornate bands near the cap and foot of the cigar complement the beautiful brown...
An Interview with Tatuaje’s Pete Johnson
We caught up with Pete Johnson, creator of Tatuaje Cigars, blender extraordinaire and serial entrepreneur, to talk about the brand’s evolution, find out what’s new from Tatuaje,...
Toscano Brings Fire-Cured Experience to PCA24’s Attendees
Toscano Cigars has big plans for this year’s PCA Trade Show (booth #8061). In addition to exciting new releases, Toscano Cigars has several events that will bring attendees...
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 was always that time of year that you would look forward to, not only to launch new products and...
Michael Frey: A Las Vegas Original
Michael Frey has been called the “cigar king” of Vegas, and he’s associated with some of the big cigar bars in Caesar’s Palace and other places. His various enterprises have...