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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...
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...
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,...
Founders Cigars: Creating Community, American-style
Founders Cigar Company was established during the early days of the COVID pandemic when people everywhere were just trying to find their footing. Stores were closing, or limited...
Black Star Line Cigars: Blending Cigars, Culture and History
Aric Bey never considered becoming a firefighter. Despite his uncle serving in the Chicago Fire Department, and his father encouraging him to apply, Bey had other plans: “I was a...
Tobacconists Look Ahead to 2024
Are brick & mortar shops planning big changes? We phoned up tobacco retailers around the country—businesses on the current PCA membership list (some old, some new)—and asked...
PCA Hires new Program Manager: Meet Maria Cervantes
PCA has hired Maria Cervantes as program manager. Maria will oversee the fulfillment of larger organizational goals for the association and coordinate projects that involve...
2023 Premium Cigar Association Year in Review
This past year was another terrific year in which we were able to utilize the momentum of the tremendous 2022 to propel our organization and the industry to a whole new level. As...
Not So Fast, Mister Pipe Doubter!
Writing a pipe column in a mostly cigar-centered magazine can be a little isolating. Seldom do I receive feedback from readers, positive or otherwise. I have occasionally...















