The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show and Convention is heading back to New Orleans in 2025 for the first time in a decade. The show dates will be April 11-14, 2025 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. New Orleans has hosted several PCA Trade Shows in the past. The last […]
For the 13th year, the Cigar Coop brand will be providing coverage of the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show and Convention. This is also the 13th consecutive trade show we are covering and are proud to be a part of a very small group of media to say that. Our four-part series for the 2023 PCA Trade Show has you […]
Quality Importers Trading Company (QI) has announced the launch of the Xikar Perfect Xi1 Cutter as a limited-time exclusive to South Florida retailer, Smoke Inn. The Xikar Xi Cutter’s teardrop design makes it one of the most well-known cutters in the world. The Perfect Xi1 Cutter goes a step further. It features a closed-back design […]
Casa de Ortez, the company launched by Indiana Ortez, has announced La Malinche. It’s a cigar the company says uses the first-ever sun-grown wrapper cultivated in the Condega Valley that the company is calling Capa de Ortez. The Ortez family has been growing and curing tobacco in the Condega line for over 50 years and […]
On the eve of the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Founders Cigar Company announced it has entered into a distributorship agreement with Don Doroteo Cigars. The agreement will focus on warehousing and fulfillment for Don Doroteo Cigars. Don Doroteo Cigars owned by Juan Lugo. They produce their cigars at the La Aurora factory […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, C.L.E.Cigar Company will showcase the Asylum 12. This is intended to be the 2024 release of Asylum’s limited edition series commemorating its anniversary. The company took a similar approach to the yet-to-be-released Asylum Eleven as it showcased it at the 2022 PCA Trade Show. While it […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Quality Importers Trading Company will launch the Palió Pro Series. Palió has been known for its value-priced cigar accessories. Quality Importers is producing a more premium, but still affordable, line of lighters with the Palió Pro Series. Each of the Palió Pro Series lighters has full […]
West Tampa Tobacco Company has announced that Rami Dakko has been named its Director of North American Sales. After working in the retail sector, Rami joined General Cigar Company as a Territory Sales Manager. West Tampa Tobacco Company co-founders Rick Rodriguez and Gus Martinez were also General Cigar Company employees at one time. “To support […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, J.C. Newman Cigar Company will unveil the LeRoy Neiman 2023 Collector’s Edition. It’s a project being done in collaboration with the Neiman family and the LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation. J.C. Newman and the Foundation will be donating all profits from this collaboration to […]
Last year, E.P. Carrillo shocked many people by releasing two projects not produced at its factory: INCH Nicaragua (Plasencia S.A), and Allegiance (Oliva). On the eve of the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, E.P. Carrillo announced another shocker. – the company’s Short Run 2023 edition will be produced in Honduras by Oscar Valladares […]
