by Premium Cigar Association | Jul 29, 2025 | Press Releases
The premium cigar industry is mourning the loss of Heinrich Villiger, the long-serving chairman and guiding force behind Villiger Söhne AG, who passed away peacefully on July 25, 2025, at the age of 95. A third-generation steward of the Swiss family-owned company,...
by Premium Cigar Association | May 14, 2025 | Press Releases
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 tobacco industry remember Ryan as a fixture in the pipe tobacco category. Daughters &...
