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Scandinavian Tobacco Group to Acquire Mac Baren Tobacco Company
Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) is acquiring Mac Baren Tobacco Company, a family-owned business founded in 1826. Mac Baren has a portfolio of pipe tobacco brands, including Mac...
Miami Cigar & Co. Ships Limited Edition Nestor Miranda Grand Reserve
Miami Cigar & Co. is shipping the limited-edition Nestor Miranda Grand Reserve 2024. Previously, Miami Cigar & Co. released earlier editions of this brand in 2011 and...
Gran Habano Releases Corojo #7
After years of development, Gran Habano has released its Corojo #7 blend. This full-bodied smoke features a dark and oily hybrid wrapper, binder, and filler made of corojo grown...
Macanudo Inspirado Brazilian Shade Returns to Retail
For the first time since 2021, the Macanudo Inspirado Brazilian Shade will be released as a limited-edition collection. This premium cigar has a rare Brazilian wrapper and...
Quality Importers Begins Shipping Cigar Caddy Cigar Tubes
Quality Importers is now shipping the single and triple-capacity Cigar Caddy Cigar Tubes, initially introduced at this year’s Premium Cigar Association (PCA) trade show. The...
E.P. Carrillo Maduro and Sumatra Ship to Retailers
E.P. Carrillo is now shipping the E.P. Carrillo Maduro and the E.P. Carrillo Sumatra to retailers. These new releases are part of E.P. Carrillo’s recently announced Essence...
Davidoff Grand Cru Diademas Finas Arriving in Retail in July
Davidoff Cigars has announced the upcoming release of the Davidoff Grand Cru Diademas Finas, a limited edition cigar that will conclude the company’s “Cigar History Re-Rolled”...
C.L.E. Cigar Company Eiroa Exclusivo Regionales Bulgaria Announced
C.L.E. Cigar Company is releasing its first Eiroa Classic as a regional release. On June 29, 2024, C.L.E. Cigar Company will release the Eirora Exclusivo Regional Bulgaria in a...
Joya de Nicaragua Expands Distribution of Clásico Original
Joya de Nicaragua’s Clásico Original returned to U.S. tobacconists’ store shelves in 2023 as an exclusive for Club de Amigos retailers. Joya de Nicaragua is now making this...
A Message from PCA’s New Executive Director
Dear PCA Members, Thank you for having the confidence in me to lead the Premium Cigar Association. I do not take this responsibility lightly. I vow to put my heart and soul into...
PCA Names Joshua Habursky as New Executive Director
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Board of Directors announces the promotion and hiring of Joshua Habursky to the role of PCA Executive Director, effective immediately....
Sans Pareil Re-Launches Gold Line with The Jeddo
Sans Pareil has relaunched its Gold Line with the release of Jeddo, a cigar set to arrive in retail in late June. Jeddo is the Levantine Arabic word for “Grandfather” and is a...
Ferio Tego Expands to the United Arab Emirates
Ferio Tego, a premium cigar and accessories company launched in 2021 by Michael Herkltos and Brendon Scott, has expanded its distribution to the United Arab Emirates. Ferio Tego...
Altadis U.S.A. Releases Saint Luis Rey Carenas Ultramar
The Saint Luis Rey Carenas line, first introduced in 2021, is expanding with the addition of a new extra-aged blend–the Saint Luis Rey Carenas Ultramar. This cigar, made by...
Crowned Heads Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Las Calaveras With Two New Releases
Crowned Heads celebrates the 10th anniversary of Las Calavaeras with the upcoming release of the Las Calaveras EL 2024 and an additional release that will commemorate the 10th...
Breaking New Ground: Inside Villiger de Nicaragua
Quality and consistency—these are the two factors necessary for any successful product. When speaking about premium cigars, these two things are even more critical. Some of the...
The Boutique Cigar Association of America: Protecting The Legacy
When Dr. Gaby Kafie retired from practicing medicine in 2008, he set his sights on his other burning interest, the manufacturing of fine cigars. With roots in Honduras dating...
The Relationship Business
Success did not come overnight for Erik Espinosa. Today, the mention of Espinosa Premium Cigars may make you think of its well-known factory, La Zona. It may also make you...
Dissident Cigars: Boutique with an Edge
It was only in December 2021 that Joshua and Cynn Coburn made official their purchase of Dissident Cigars, a boutique brand that has passed through a number of ownership hands in...
Women of the Leaf: Challenges and Triumphs in a Machismo World
It was an impromptu meeting on the PCA show floor—some knowing each other for years, others meeting for the first time. It started as light banter, bonding over the common...
The Precision of Premium: How El Septimo is Changing the Game
When launching a business, one of the first questions to answer is, “How are we different?” For the proprietor of El Septimo, a relative newcomer in the cigar industry, the...
Coles of London: ST Dupont Finds a New Distributor of its Luxury Items
Of the many unusual and unique consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the unexpected sales of high-end luxury goods stand out as a seeming anomaly. A health crisis...
Señor Cigars: A Sweet Spot in Ocean City, Maryland
Since 1977, Señor Cigars has been the signature cigar destination of Ocean City, Maryland, a major beach resort area along the East Coast. Founded by Bruce and Carolyn...
The Blend: El Artista Puro Ambar
Rebirth of an American GemIT IS POSSIBLE that not every tobacco person knows this, but the Dominican Republic takes great pride in the gemstone-quality amber brought forth...