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Luciano Cigars Underrated Adds Gordo-Sized “Summer Breeze”
Luciano Cigars is expanding its Underrated cigar line with the addition of a new vitola–a 6 x 60 Gordo it is calling “Summer Breeze.” This new size of Underrated delivers a sweet...
Tatuaje Shipping LLE Broadleaf Reserva in August
Tatuaje is bringing the Tatuaje LLE back as a limited run cigar with a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper. The Tatuaje LLE Broadleaf Reserva will be presented as a 6 3/4 x 42...
Black Star Line Cigars Takes Over Its Own Distribution
Black Star Line Cigars now has its own warehouse and will be taking over its own distribution, the company announced in recent a press release. Previously, Black Star Line...
Cavalier Genève’s LE2024 Shipping in August
Cavalier Genève Cigars will release its next cigar, the Limited Edition 2024 (LE2024), in August 2024. The LE2024 is available in one size, a 5 1/2 x 58 Double Figurado. The...
Mike Palmer named National Sales Manager of Pospiech Distribution
Pospiech Distribution has promoted Mike Palmer to the position of national sales manager. In his new role, Palmer will oversee the national sales operations and will be...
Stinky Cigar Acquired by Quality Importers
Quality Importers Trading Company (QI) has acquired Stinky Cigar. The transaction closed on July 1, 2024. The Stinky Cigar ashtray was introduced in 2004 and has since become...
Black Label Trading Co. Ships Bishops Blend
Black Label Trading Company’s Bishops Blend has begun shipping to retailers. This cigar is handcrafted in Estelí, Nicaragua, at Fabrica Oveja Negra. Bishops Blend has a Habano...
C.L.E. Cigar Company Ships Asylum 12 2024
C.L.E. Cigar Company has begun shipping the Asylum 12 2024 to retailers. This year’s blend will be different from those of year’s past. The Asylum 12 2024’s binder and filler...
PCA Hires New Director of Trade Show & Events
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) has announced the hiring of Shannon Marie as its new Director of Trade Show and Events. Shannon’s first day with the PCA was July 15, 2024....
PCA Shops and Lounges to Visit in Milwaukee During RNC
This week, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Government Affairs team will join thousands of elected officials, politicos, and advocacy organizations in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,...
Plasencia Ships Alma Del Campo Robusto Gordo
Plasencia Cigars is now shipping the Robusto Gordo box-pressed vitola of the Plasencia Alma Del Campo named Guajiro. Measuring 5 1/2 x 54, the Plasencia Alma Del Campo Guajiro...
ADVentura Cigars Ships Blue Eyed Jack’s Revenge
ADVentura Cigars has a new cigar heading to store shelves–the Blue Eyed Jack’s Revenge. This cigar has a San Andrés Colorado wrapper, an Olor Dominican binder, and filler from...
Davidoff Announces Zino “Summer All Year Long” Road Tour
Davidoff USA will spend this summer on the road. The company has announced its Zino “Summer All Year Long” road tour, a one-of-a-kind mobile sampling experience. The tour will...
US Court of Appeals Unanimously Strikes Down Warning Labels
Washington, DC, July 7, 2020 —The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) and Cigar Rights of America (CRA) are pleased that a unanimous panel of the United States...
S.T. Dupont Ships Graff’ty Collection to Retailers
S.T. Dupont’s latest collection is now shipping to stores. Introduced during the 2024 Premium Cigar Association, S.T. Dupont’s Graff’ty collection is inspired by street art and...
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...
Five Questions: Steve Saka, Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust
1. What’s got you excited about Dunbarton this year?Most folks would expect me to answer about this blend or that brand, but for me, it is who we are as a company overall. From...
Poker & Life
Doyle Brunson played professional poker for over 50 years. He was a two-time World Series of Poker main event champion, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, wrote several books on...
In the Family: Maryland’s Tobacco Leaf
Rahul Gupta didn’t intend to join the family business, one which his father began four decades earlier. His father never pushed him, emphasizing education and encouraging him to...