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Celebrating the Success of the Women of PCA Tampa Tour
The Women of PCA Tampa Tour, held from November 11-13, 2024, was a remarkable event that brought together women from all facets of the premium cigar industry. This three-day...
HumidifGroup and Kingmakers Cigars Partner for NASCAR Cup Series Humidor
HumidifGroup, a company that specializes in the design and manufacturing of packaging and accessories for the cigar industry, has partnered with Kingmakers Cigars for a...
Casa Turrent Names Ricardo Carioni as its Head of Business Development
Casa Turrent, a leading premium cigar brand in Mexico, has appointed Ricardo Carioni has its new head of business development. Carioni will bring his experience to this position,...
Cigar Ambassador Launches Inaugural Line, Tobacco Queen
Cigar Ambassador, one of the largest sellers of raw premium tobacco to the Asian market, has announced its introductory premium cigar brand, Tobacco Queen. This cigar pays...
Quartz Business Events and PCA Partner for New Cigar Trade Show in Dubai
The World Cigar Show – Dubai will bring together manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, duty-free buyers, retailers, and hospitality buyers from across Central Asia, Dubai,...
Eddy Guerra Resigns from Davidoff Cigars
Eddy Guerra, senior brand manager at Davidoff Cigars, has resigned from his position at the company. ”I am forever grateful for the opportunity to work with one of the most...
Quesada Cigars Changes Ownership
Quesada Cigars has new leadership at the top. It has been announced that sisters Raquel and Patrica Quesada Vega, daughters of Manuel “Manolo” Quesada, have become the new owners...
José Seijas, Matilde Cigar Founder, Passes Away at 74
José M. Seijas, a cigar industry veteran and founder of Matilde Cigars, passed away at 74. Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Seijas’ life was marked by a relentless...
Stoic Cigars, Inspired by Ancient Philosophy, Launches
A new premium cigar line inspired by ancient philosophy will launch. Stoic Cigars, founded by Vance Taylor, draws inspiration from the tenets of stoicism. These cigars offer...
Casa 1910 Launches Mexigars Brand and Revamped Tierra Blanca
Casa 1910 has launched a new brand, Mexigars. Mexigars is a new premium cigar brand crafted to highlight the excellence of Mexican tobacco craftsmanship to a wider audience at an...
Partagas Announces New 4-Pack for Holiday 2025 Season
In time for the 2025 holiday season, Partagas is releasing a limited-edition holiday pack including four Partagas cigars. Each pack, branded in a red and green color scheme,...
Cavalier Genève’s The Green Jacket 2025 Slated for March Release
Cavalier Genève has announced details for The Green Jacket 2025, a premium cigar previously released as an exclusive to The Vault in Idaho. The 2025 iteration of The Green Jacket...
Quesada Unveils New Casa Magna Maduro
Quesada Cigars has released a new Casa Magna with a Maduro Mexican San Andrés wrapper. This new cigar debuted with an exclusive TAA (Tobacconist Association of America) size, a...
E.P. Carrillo Unveils 15 Year Anniversary Cigar
E.P. Carrillo has unveiled its 15 Year Anniversary Cigar to celebrate its 15th anniversary. This cigar features extra-aged tobaccos and is presented in a 6 1/2 x 54 Gran Toro...
Drew Estate Releases Deadwood Tobacco Co. “Girl With No Name” Lonsdale
Drew Estate has revealed a new addition to its Deadwood Tobacco Co. line of premium cigars–a 7 x 44 ring gauge Lonsdale cigar named The Girl with No Name (GWNN). This new cigar...
New Member Highlight: The Louisville Thoroughbred Society
Tell us about the Louisville Thoroughbred Society. Oliver De La Garza, LTS Cigar Manager: The Louisville Thoroughbred Society is a private, members-only social club that offers...
How C.L.E. Cigars is Giving Back to Honduras
There were many indicators in the early life of Christian Eiroa pointing him toward a future of entrepreneurship in cigar making. First, he grew up in Honduras and spent much of...
Global Trade Alert
[Update – October 3, 2024] Joint Statement Regarding Master Contract: “The International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime Alliance, Ltd. have reached a...
Get Familiar With Your PCA Benefits
Did you know your Premium Cigar Association (PCA) membership can save you and your business big money on everything from credit card processing, freight shipping, car rentals,...
Wildfire Cigars Is Burning Up the Market
There are better-known brands. There are companies that build their own factories and grow their own tobacco. There are cigar makers who are treated like rockstars. But nobody, I...
PCA Recognized at 2024 Cigar Trophy Awards
As part of its annual Cigar Trophy Awards, Cigar Journal recognizes people or organizations for their special achievements in the promotion of cigar culture. At the 2024 Cigar...
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....