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Davidoff Ships Year of the Snake Collection to Retailers
Davidoff is continuing its popular Chinese Zodiac series with the release of Year of the Snake Lancero. Davidoff’s Chinese Zodiac series began back in 2013 and completed its...
Aganorsa Leaf’s 25 Edición Limitada Coming in 2025
In celebration of its 25th anniversary, Aganorsa Leaf is releasing an ultra-limited edition Nicaraguan puro. Blended entirely with Aganorsa-grown tobacco, this 6 1/4 x 52 premium...
Plasencia Cigars Announces Collection Robustus
Plasencia Cigars has released the Collection Robustus, a new 6-cigar collection that includes Plasencia’s award-winning robusto blends. This collection comes wrapped in...
Ferio Tego Launches Timeless Collection and Metropolitan Selection Fresh Packs
Ferio Tego has added two new premium fresh packs to its portfolio in time for the 2024 holiday season. These fresh packs are manufactured by Humidif Group and feature an internal...
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,...
Women of the Leaf: Challenges and Triumphs in a Machismo World
It was an impromptu meeting on the PCA show floor—some knowing each other for years, others meeting for the first time. It started as light banter, bonding over the common...
The Precision of Premium: How El Septimo is Changing the Game
When launching a business, one of the first questions to answer is, “How are we different?” For the proprietor of El Septimo, a relative newcomer in the cigar industry, the...
Coles of London: ST Dupont Finds a New Distributor of its Luxury Items
Of the many unusual and unique consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the unexpected sales of high-end luxury goods stand out as a seeming anomaly. A health crisis...
Señor Cigars: A Sweet Spot in Ocean City, Maryland
Since 1977, Señor Cigars has been the signature cigar destination of Ocean City, Maryland, a major beach resort area along the East Coast. Founded by Bruce and Carolyn...
The Blend: El Artista Puro Ambar
Rebirth of an American GemIT IS POSSIBLE that not every tobacco person knows this, but the Dominican Republic takes great pride in the gemstone-quality amber brought forth...
Don’t Call it a Comeback: How two industry icons pivoted to create the most anticipated cigar brand of 2021
The past year has arguably been the most challenging and life-changing year in generations. Many premium tobacconists have been hit especially hard, including New York City’s...
BriarWorks Pipes: Hand-finished pipes at mid-grade prices offer an appealing retail option
Most brick-and-mortar tobacco shops featuring a pipe presence keep themselves pretty well stocked with midgrade factory pipes, usually from Europe, and with basket pipes and...