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West Tampa Tobacco Company Ships Dark Time
There's a new limited-edition cigar shipping now to retailers from West Tampa Tobacco Company. Dark Time was first unveiled at the 2025 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) trade show...
George Rico of Gran Habano Appointed to the PCA Board of Directors
Last week, Max Bichler resigned from his position at Rocky Patel Premium Cigars and his recently announced position on the PCA Board of Directors. With Bichler's resignation, the...
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...
An Interview with Tatuaje’s Pete Johnson
We caught up with Pete Johnson, creator of Tatuaje Cigars, blender extraordinaire and serial entrepreneur, to talk about the brand’s evolution, find out what’s new from Tatuaje,...
Toscano Brings Fire-Cured Experience to PCA24’s Attendees
Toscano Cigars has big plans for this year’s PCA Trade Show (booth #8061). In addition to exciting new releases, Toscano Cigars has several events that will bring attendees...
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...