At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Espinosa Cigars introduced a 6 x 60 size to four lines: 601 Blue, Laranja Escuro, Knuckle Sandwich Habano, and the Knuckle Sandwich Maduro. The following are the pricing and box-counts for the four blends: 601 Blue (6 x 60): SRP $11.95/cigar; Available in 20-count boxes Laranja […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Forged Cigar Company showcased a new size of its limited edition La Gloria Cubana Eighth Street line in the form of a Corona Grande. La Gloria Cubana Eight Street is a project that was developed in collaboration with Justin Andrews and blended by the team at El […]
In 2022, Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) resurrected a brand it had the trademarks to called Los Statos Deluxe. The brand traces its roots back to Cuba in 1940, where it was termed “Los Statos De Luxe.” STG decided to add the brand to the Forged Cigar Portfolio. To resurrect the brand, the team of Justin […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, RoMa Craft Tobac showcased the Intemperance Volstead VO 1920, a new offering under its Intemperance Brand. This line introduces a Sumatra-wrapped offering into the RoMa Craft Tobac’s Intemperance brand. Intemperance is RoMa Craft Tobac’s brand themed around the Temperance Movement and Prohibition Era which centered around […]
Last year, Oscar Valladares celebrated ten years in the tobacco business. To say that Oscar and his company have become a powerhouse would be an understatement. Not only has Oscar built a successful brand, but he has established a thriving factory and acquired many acres of farms. This year debuted perhaps the most exciting set […]
Back in 2019, Alec Bradley launched a series known as the Experimental Series, a series of cigars that would see the company “experiment” or work with tobaccos they have not worked with all that much. 2022 would see Alec Bradley introduce a line to the market known as the Alec Bradley Double Broadleaf. The name […]
Gurkha Cigar Group is getting ready to celebrate its 35th anniversary as a company. At this year’s 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Gurkha showed off a new humidor and cigars to mark the milestone. The humidor has a red-colored piano-style finish. It’s a 150-count humidor, but the unit contains 75 cigars. The cigars […]
The 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show marked the second one for Cynn and Joshua Coburn since acquiring the brand late in 2021. The Coburns are now firmly planted as the owners of Dissident Cigars. At the time of the acquisition, Dissident Cigars had built up five regular production lines since the brand was […]
Without a doubt, one of the more intriguing booths at the 2023 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show was C.L.E. Cigar Company. In the past, when going to the C.L.E. booth, one could look forward to new releases featuring Authentic Corojo under C.L.E. and Eiroa and large ring gauge offerings from Asylum. But 2023 was very […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, JRE Tobacco Company introduced a fifth size to the Aladino Classic. It’s a 38 x 7 lancero-sized line extension known as the Elegante. Aladino Classic features 100% Honduran-grown Corojo and Habano tobaccos from the JRE Tobacco farm. Like the other sizes of the Aladino Classic, the […]
