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Limited Edition Bandolero Series C Ashtray Set to Debut at PCA25
At this year's Premium Cigar Association (PCA) trade show, United Cigars will debut the new Limited Edition Bandolero Series C Colosales Ashtray Set. Each set is presented in a...
Crowned Heads Broadway Debuting at PCA25
Crowned Heads is introducing a new look and brand at this year's Premium Cigar Association (PCA). Known as Crowned Heads Broadway, this new brand plays on the use of Broadleaf...
Black Label Trading Co. to Release New Toros at PCA25
Black Label Trading Company (BLTC) has announced the debut of new toro vitolas for several core line products. These new Toro sizes will debut at this year's Premium Cigar...
Luciano and EMT Announce Launch of Constella Group and New Cigar
Lucianao Cigars and Empress Madeirense de Tabacos SA (EMT) have teamed up to create Constella Group, an international alliance grounded in shared values, strategic alignment, and...
League of Fat Bastards to Launch Skinny Bastarda at PCA25
League of Fat Bastards (LOFB) Cigars has announced the release of the Skinny Bastarda, a new premium cigar collaboration with Quesada Cigars. Skinny Bastarda will debut at this...
Black Works Studio Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary with New Collection
Black Works Studio (BLK WKS) is releasing a 10-year curated collection of its cigars at this year’s Premium Cigar Association (PCA) trade show in New Orleans. This collection,...
Cavalier Genève to Release Project Broadleaf at PCA25
At this year's Premium Cigar Association (PCA) trade show, Cavalier Genève Cigars will debut its new cigar line, Project Broadleaf. The company will also showcase its Limited...
Fratello’s Arlequin Edizione Di Carnevale Debuting at PCA25
Fratello Cigars is set to launch the Arlequin Edizione Di Carnevale at this year's Premium Cigar Association (PCA) trade show in New Orleans. The Arlequin Edizione Di Carnevale...
HVC Cigars Unveils HVC Edicion Especial 2015
HVC Cigars has released details of its new release, the HVC Edicion Especial 2015, a box-pressed cigar handcrafted at Fabrica de Tabacos HVC, S.A. "This evolution reflects...
CAO to Ship FASA Sombra in April 2025
CAO is completing its trilogy of FASA cigars with the upcoming release of FASA Sombra, a smooth, shade-grown complement to FASA Sol and FASA Noche. As the third cigar in the...
Fire Damages AJ Fernandez Factory in Estelí; Industry Responds
On the morning of March 31, 2025, a fire broke out at Tabacalera AJ Fernandez Cigars de Nicaragua S.A., one of the most prominent factories in the premium cigar world. The blaze,...
OZ Family Cigars Introducing New Brand Karatoba at PCA25
At this year's Premium Cigar Association (PCA) trade show, OZ Family Cigars will debut a new premium cigar brand, Karatoba. This is the fourth brand to be released by OZ Family...
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...
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...
Rocky Patel Premium Cigars: Always Innovating
What’s new at Rocky Patel? That’s a loaded question. Rocky Patel Premium Cigars has quite the reputation for rolling out several new lines of cigars each year, especially at the...
My Father Cigars: Upping Their Game, Once Again
This year is already shaping up to be another banner year for the Garcia family and My Father Cigars. The company will introduce three new items at the 2024 PCA Trade Show...
Something to Aspire To: Crowned Heads’s Jon Huber
It’s Monday, January 15, 2024, and Nashville just received its first snowfall of the season. This wasn’t just your typical snowstorm; it was more snow than Nashville reportedly...
Five Questions: Jim Young, Interim CEO/Board Member, Plasencia Cigars
Welcome back to the industry. What have you been doing since leaving Davidoff?My wife and I left Switzerland and returned to the U.S. in the spring of 2022. We have a home on...
Accessory Selling 101
Michael Giordano, CEO and founder of Quality Importers, shares his insightsfor retailers looking to increase accessory sales and humidors. PCA Magazine: What is one surefire way...
The No Cell Zone
I am expecting this article to be the most cathartic (for me) and most polarizing (for you) one I have penned to date. Hello, my name is Josh and I am addicted to my mobile...
Rocky Mountain Smoke: Ken Weinheimer and Rocky Mountain Liquor
Ken Weinheimer is a self-effacing and soft-spoken man. To converse with him you would never guess that he had created the largest walk-in cigar humidor in the state of Montana,...