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Ferio Tego Timeless Collection Adds New Toro Size
Ferio Tego is expanding its Timeless Collection with new 6 x 50 toro sizes. The Ferio Tego Timeless Collection is comprised of four unique blends handcrafted in the Dominican...
Plasencia Cigars Celebrates Don Nestor Plasencia’s 75th Birthday
Plasencia Cigars celebrated the 75th birthday of Don Néstor Plasencia on Oct. 8, 2024. For six decades, Don Néstor Plasencia has become a monumental figure in the premium tobacco...
Gurkha Ships Year of the Dragon by Oscar Valladares
After debuting at the 2024 Premium Cigar Association (PCA24) trade show this past March, Gurkha Cigars is shipping the fourth and final installment in its Year of the Dragon...
J.C. Newman Cigar Co. Releases New Size of Julius Caesar
J.C. Newman has introduced a new size to its popular Diamond Crown Julius Caesar line. The Troublemaker is a 5 3/4 x 52 soft perfecto packaged in leather boxes of 20 cigars. In...
PCA’s 2024 Fall Fundraiser Raises Nearly $40K for Ongoing Advocacy Efforts
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) held its annual Fall Fundraiser on the evening of September 25, 2024. The event was held on the rooftop of Don Tito in Arlington, Virginia,...
Litto Gomez Jr. Named VP of Retail Partnerships and Sales at La Flor Dominicana
Following the recent departure of La Flor Dominicana’s former Vice President of Sales, Jonathan M. Carney, the company has named his replacement. In a communication shared with...
Black Works Studio Ships Intergalactic Event Horizon
Black Works Studio is now shipping the Intergalactic Event Horizon, a limited-edition premium cigar handcrafted at Fabrica Oveja Negra in Estelí, Nicaragua. In a press release,...
Tatuaje Ships Wolfman Redux to Retailers
As part of its Redux Monsters series, Tatuaje Cigars is now shipping the fourth release, Tatuaje Wolfman. Presented as a box-pressed 7 1/2 x 52 cigar with a shaggy foot, the...
Apostate Cigars Ships its Latest Core Releases
Apostate Cigars is now shipping two of its latest releases, Moroni’s Trumpet and The Endowment. These premium cigars were introduced at the 2024 Premium Cigar Association (PCA)...
La Gloria Cubana Ships Limited Edition Selección Suprema Sampler
La Gloria Cubana is now shipping the limited edition Selección Suprema, a sampler containing six of the brand’s highest-rated blends. Each sampler offers cigar enthusiasts the...
Macanudo Completes Flint Knoll Collection with Estate Reserve No. 3 Release
Macanudo Cigars is closing out its third and final Flint Knoll release, with one final release featuring tobacco aged in Cabernet barrels. The Macanudo Estate Reserve Flint Knoll...
Cohiba Releases Cigar Aged in Weller Full Proof Bourbon Barrels
Cohiba and Weller Bourbon have teamed up once again for a new release, its collaborative cigar. The fourth cigar in the line, the Weller by Cohiba 2024, is a...
La Aurora Cigars Announces Limited Edition Lancero Collection
La Aurora USA is releasing a unique collection of cigars in time for the holiday season. The Limited Edition Lancero Collection features ten cigars rolled in one of the most...
Atabey Ritos Gift Set from Selected Tobacco Ships
United Cigars is now shipping its Atabey Ritos Gift Set to retailers. This limited-edition set includes five Atabey Ritos cigars measuring 6 1/8 x 55 in tubes and a porcelain...
Fratello Releases Concealed Carry Speakeasy
The third release within Fratello Cigars’s Concealed Carry series is now shipping to select retailers. The cigar is named after hidden bars where forbidden pleasures, such as...
Squire Cigars Celebrates its Golden Anniversary
Success can be achieved in a variety of ways, among them hard work, long hours, and dedication to attaining a goal. But there are some qualities which go beyond sheer effort....
PCA Names Inaugural Winners for Top Retail Members
At the PCA 2024 Trade Show, the association announced the winners of the inaugural PCA Best of the Leaf Awards. The award program is designed to showcase the premium retail...
West Tampa Tobacco Co.’s Circle of Life
If it wasn’t for a chance meeting and subsequent friendship with another expecting father struck up during Lamaze classes in preparation for the birth of his daughter, Sara, it’s...
New PCA Member Benefits
Retirement, health, and recruitment plans offer added value to PCA membership During this year’s PCA Trade Show, the association announced three new benefit programs for PCA...
New PCA Board Members
Why did you run for election to the board, and what do you hope to accomplish during your tenure? Lissette Pérez-Carrillo E.P. CarrilloMiami, Florida “I feel I can offer the PCA...
PCA24 Show Recap
Beautiful skies and mild temperatures, with a little bit of wind and rain—not something we usually associate with the annual PCA trade show—but with the dates changed to March,...
The Procigar Experience
“Is this your first time?” That is the number one question I heard at this year’s Procigar Festival. Each year, the Dominican Cigar Manufacturers (PROCIGAR) organize a nearly...
First Annual Step Up Awards Announced
PCA’s first annual Step Up Awards were conferred by the PCA Government Affairs team during PCA 2024. The awards recognize retailers for their extraordinary advocacy...
El Septimo Cigars: Marrying Tradition with Innovation
The words El Septimo, translated from Spanish to English, mean “The Seventh.” When we consider what a freighted numeral 7 is, so imbued with mystery and meaning across cultures,...