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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...
Limited-Edition Macanudo Gold Label Torpedo Releasing in May
Macanudo Gold Label is back–but this time as a limited-edition 6 1/2 x 52 torpedo. Available in limited quantities, the Macanudo Gold Label has become a favorite among cigar...
Alec Bradley Debuts Do Not Disturb, New Black Market Sizes, at PCA25
At this year's Premium Cigar Association (PCA) trade show in New Orleans, Alec Bradley debuted a new brand, Do Not Disturb, and new sizes for its popular Black Market line. Do...
Apostate Cigars to Join Oveja Negra Brands this June
Beginning in June 2025, Apostate Cigars will be joining Oveja Negra Brands. This announcement was made during the 2025 Premium Cigar Association (PCA25) trade show. Oveja Negra...
Kafie 1901 Cigars to Launches Stiltsville at PCA 2025
Kafie 1901 Cigars has announced the upcoming release of Stiltsville, an ultra-limited blend set to come out this fall. Crafted in collaboration with La Aurora master blender...
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...
Women of PCA: The Power of Unity
As a lifelong New Yorker, I’m very familiar with the saying “A dollar and a dream.” It was coined by the New York State Lottery years ago and now has become a popular saying with...
Springtime is a Good Time for Show Time
Spring is, for pipe smokers of refined taste (just my opinion, mind you), prime season for breaking out the Virginia tobaccos we’ve kept aging in the vault all through the long,...
Squire Cigars Celebrates its Golden Anniversary
Success can be achieved in a variety of ways, among them hard work, long hours, and dedication to attaining a goal. But there are some qualities which go beyond sheer effort....
PCA Names Inaugural Winners for Top Retail Members
At the PCA 2024 Trade Show, the association announced the winners of the inaugural PCA Best of the Leaf Awards. The award program is designed to showcase the premium retail...
West Tampa Tobacco Co.’s Circle of Life
If it wasn’t for a chance meeting and subsequent friendship with another expecting father struck up during Lamaze classes in preparation for the birth of his daughter, Sara, it’s...
New PCA Member Benefits
Retirement, health, and recruitment plans offer added value to PCA membership During this year’s PCA Trade Show, the association announced three new benefit programs for PCA...