In 2009, Bill Paley decided to resurrect the brand his grandfather created, La Palina Cigars. That year La Palina would attend its first IPCPR Trade Show, and since then, La Palina has been a staple of IPCPR/PCA Trade Shows. If I count correctly, La Palina would now have displayed at 14 IPCPR/PCA Trade Shows. La […]
Pospiech Cigars is an operation run by Mike and Greg Szczepankiewicz out of Deltona, Florida, where they also have their Cigar Hustler retailer operation and Hustler Universe Podcasts. Pospiech is best known for the Powstanie Cigars made at RoMa Craft Tobac’s Nica Sueño factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. This year, they were a part of the […]
Luciano Cigars is a company that has undergone some significant changes. Last year, the company was known as ACE Prime, but since then has taken on the name of its CEO and blender, Luciano Meirelles. As a part of that rebranding, the company has also made significant changes, setting up a new factory in Estelí, […]
The 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show would be the second one for Freud Cigar Company. Freud Cigar Company is the main brand from Agape Lifestyle Inc, a company started by Luis Torres and David Stadnyk. The Freud brand pays homage to Dr. Sigmund Freud who is considered the father of psychoanalysis, but also […]
This was the seventh Premium Cigar Association (PCA)/IPCPR Trade Show For Jochy Blanco’s La Galera line. Blanco first came to the IPCPR Trade Show back in 2016 when he would launch his own premium cigar brand, La Galera Cigars. Since then, La Galera has been at every Trade Show the PCA/IPCPR has covered. At the […]
Quality Importers Trading Company has certainly built up an impressive portfolio of brands. One of the brands that got considerable attention at the 2023 was Humidor Supreme. This year Humidor Supreme had several new desktop, cabinet, and commercial humidor offerings. Several of the releases incorporate technology – from electronic temperature and humidity control to an […]
Once again, Gurkha Cigars had one of the largest booths at the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. While we didn’t get a chance to interview anyone from Gurkha, one cannot ignore the fact that they left quite an impression on this year’s trade show. For the past few years, Gurkha had been releasing simpler […]
I’ve noticed that you can count on Estaban Carreras to introduce a new product at the year’s Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. You can also count on them not announcing what that cigar is until the doors of the show open. Typically for its PCA show releases, Esteban Carreras has introduced a regular production […]
The 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show marked the seventh trade show for JRE Tobacco Company. This year, the company came into the trade show with four new releases. In the past, many of JRE’s trade show releases focused on their core line. This year this focus shifted to limited edition offerings. There is […]
Last week, Judge Amit P Mehta ruled in favor of the premium cigar industry in its battle against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and ordered that the Deeming Rule, which would regulate premium cigars, be vacated. A year earlier Judge Mehta ruled the FDA’s decision not to exempt premium cigars from regulation on the […]
