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Emilio Cigars Limited Edition Static Releasing at PCA25
Emilio Cigars will debut a limited-edition Static at this year's Premium Cigar Association (PCA) trade show. This premium cigar is handcrafted at Fabrica Oveja Negra in Estelí,...
Espinosa Cigars Unveils Knuckle Sandwich Chef Special 2025 Ahead of PCA
Espinosa Premium Cigars has announced the upcoming release of the Knuckle Sandwich Chef Special 2025, the latest limited-edition expression in the popular series created in...
La Aurora to Debut Fuerte Sol at PCA25
La Aurora Cigars, the oldest premium cigar factory in the Dominican Republic, announces the debut of Fuerte Sol, the inaugural release in its new Family Creed Series. This...
E.P. Carrillo to Debut La Historia Silk at PCA25
E.P. Carrillo announces the upcoming release of La Historia Silk, a limited-edition expression that introduces a new voice within the celebrated Perez-Carrillo series. Blended by...
Dominican Cigar Expo 2025 Reaffirms the Global Reach of Dominican Tobacco
During its press conference, the Dominican Association of Cigars and Tobacco (ADOCITAB) provided all the details of the third edition of the Dominican Cigar Expo, an exhibition...
Outcast Cigars to Debut at PCA25
Miami Cigar & Co. has announced the launch of a new brand, Outcast Cigars, which will debut at this year's PCA25 trade show. The brand is inspired by those with a rebellious...
Perdomo Cigars Announces Upcoming Perdomo Legacy Release
Perdomo Cigars has announced the upcoming release of the Perdomo Legacy, a tribute blended by Nicholas Perdomo III to his father, Nick Perdomo Jr. This cigar features a...
Plasencia Cigars to Debut New 5-Pack Series at PCA25
Plasencia Cigars has announced the upcoming release of a new series of 5-packs featuring select vitolas from its acclaimed Alma Fuerte and Alma del Campo collections. This latest...
Tobacco Tactical and E.P. Carrillo Announce Exclusive Essence Series Hondurans Collaboration
Tobacco Tactical Cigar Co. is partnering with E.P. Carrillo for a special release–an exclusive size of the Essence Series Honduras. E.P. Carrillo and Plasencia Cigars developed...
Espinosa Cigars Unveils Warhead: Independence Day Limited Edition
Espinosa Premium Cigars has announced the upcoming release of The Warhead: Independence Day, a striking new addition to its highly regarded La Bomba Warhead series. ...
Montosa Introduces Gigante Size in Natural and Maduro
Montosa, a premium cigar line from Arnold André, announces the debut of its latest format: the Montosa Gigante, a generous 6 x 60 vitola offered in both Natural and Maduro...
Plasencia Cigars Introduces Alma Fuerte Sixto I Hexagon Tubo at PCA25
Plasencia Cigars, known for its legacy of premium tobacco cultivation dating back to 1865, has announced a new presentation for one of its most celebrated offerings. The Alma...
Raíces Cubanas to release Liga de Reyes Limited Edition Salomón at PCA25
Raíces Cubana is introducing a limited edition extension to its Liga de Reyes line: the Liga de Reyes Salomón. Crafted with the same intricate blend of seven distinct tobaccos...
Limited Edition Bandolero Series C Ashtray Set to Debut at PCA25
At this year's Premium Cigar Association (PCA) trade show, United Cigars will debut the new Limited Edition Bandolero Series C Colosales Ashtray Set. Each set is presented in a...
Crowned Heads Broadway Debuting at PCA25
Crowned Heads is introducing a new look and brand at this year's Premium Cigar Association (PCA). Known as Crowned Heads Broadway, this new brand plays on the use of Broadleaf...
United Cigar Group: Quality, growth, love of the leaf—all together
Compressing this story into its allotted space presents a daunting challenge. When you begin to unravel the many threads that constitute United Cigar Group, you find the makings...
The Artisans of Tabacalera El Artista
Tabacalera El Artista opened its doors in 1956. While the factory’s primary operations are based in Tamboril, Dominican Republic, it also has warehouses and other factories in...
Sinistro Cigars
Not everyone enters the cigar business via the same path. Some are born into storied cigar-making families. Others work their way in by starting as cigar store owners or...
A Connecticut Revival
Nicholas Melillo loves Connecticut. Love may not even be a strong enough word to describe the affection and passion he has for his home state. Connecticut, to Melillo, is not...
Like No Other: A Look Back at PCA23
A cigar docuseries premiere celebrating the industry, a triple-threat blending seminar, a mind-blowing mentalist show, a smashing kickoff party … and that was just the first day...
Scott Regina of Emerson’s Cigars, New PCA President
Virginia Tidewater-area tobacconist Scott Regina, CEO of Emerson’s Cigars, with five retail locations, is the model of a busy guy. But his life got even busier on 11 July 2023 at...
How, Really, Is the Pipe World Faring?
Not having been able to attend the Chicago Pipe Show this year, I asked around to see how it had gone, and also how pipe smoking was faring in general. Five well-connected...
Platinum Nova Cigars: Aiming for the Pinnacle of the Cigar Lifestyle
Platinum Nova Cigars has been crafting fine smokes for more than a decade, in its early years only for the private consumption of the family and friends of the company owners. It...
Plasencia 1865 Cigars: Putting the Soul into Cigar Manufacturing
Like so many families in the cigar industry, the Plasencias are no strangers to the challenges and occasional heartbreak of pursuing their love of working with tobacco. From...