One of the booths our team was particularly excited to visit at the 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show was Platinum Nova. Based in Delray Beach, Florida, Platinum Nova is not new to the cigar scene, but in the past couple of years has been making some noise in the cigar industry. Platinum Nova […]
The 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show was the third one since Casa Fernandez Cigars rebranded the company as Aganorsa Leaf. While this year’s trade show didn’t have as many launches as in the previous two years under the Aganorsa Leaf name, you wouldn’t know it by the busy activity taking place in the […]
At the 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Dapper Cigar Company launched a new line known as Union Break. Union Break consists of three blends: a Connecticut Shade, a Connecticut Broadleaf, and a barber-pole intertwining the two wrappers. The remainder of each of the blends incorporate Nicaraguan tobacco. Union Break is available in one […]
One of the companies that could lay claim to the busiest booth at the Trade Show is Plasencia Cigars. Plasencia’s booth has been like this since the company launched at the 2017 Trade Show and 2021 was no different. This was a booth bustling with a high level activity all week. It was so busy […]
ADVentura Cigars is the premium cigar brand owned by Henderson Ventura of Tabacalera William Ventura and Marcel Knobel. This year, ADVentura was one of nine cigar companies that exhibited in the Sutliff Tobacco pipe booth. Over the past 18 months, Sutliff has quietly been bringing on smaller cigar companies to handle its distribution. Each of the […]
AJ Fernandez Cigars Company was one of the cigar companies that “held the line” and didn’t focus on introducing new products. While some may be disappointed one can also look at it as a positive sign. For years, many companies like Padrón, Oliva, and Arturo Fuente have not introduced new product and have had excellent […]
Cavalier Genève Cigars owner Sebastien Decoppet announced earlier today that after five years working with third party factories, he has now opened his own cigar manufacturing facility in Danlì, Honduras, under the name Fabrica Centroamericana de Tabaco S.A. (FCT). “It was time for Cavalier to take it to the next level. We have […]
The documentary Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain has been released. Director Morgan Neville assembled together a playlist of music he found from Bourdain’s books, interviews, social media, and more. Tonight, we take a look at that music and how it ties back to the life and times of the late Anthony Bourdain. We’ll be joined by […]
At the 2021 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, ADVentura Cigars launched a third size under The Royal Return – King’s Gold line in the form of a 44 x 6 Corona. The Royal Return is a two-blend line introduced by ADVentura Cigars in 2020. There is the Queen’s Pearl which is an Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade […]
We have seen many cigar companies and brands celebrate 25th, 50th, 100th, and even more recently 180th anniversaries. However, when it comes to a company celebrating a 200-year milestone, the only one that has come to mind is Toscano. Based in Italy, Toscano cigars are known for their rustic, fire-cured blends. In 2018, the Toscano […]
