Don Pepin Garcia set up shop at the El Rey de los Habanos factory in Little Havana in 2003. That year, he created a cigar for a newcomer named Pete Johnson and released his own brand called Don Pepin Garcia. That first Don Pepin Garcia (aka the Don Pepin Garcia Original or Don Pepin Garcia […]
Cigar Coop presents a full “Post-Game Report” assessing the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Convention and Trade Show for the eighth consecutive time. In this report, I analyze this year’s Trade Show. This year I again published five daily post–game recaps during the Trade Show. These were intended to be short daily recaps of the Trade […]
The premium cigar industry always loves when a mainstream celebrity enters the business, and this year, Oscar-nominated actor Chazz Palminteri has come on board. Palminteri is teaming up with Epic Cigars and Paul DiSilvio of La Casa Grande Tobacco company to launch A Bronx Tale. It is named for the play that was written by […]
The 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show was quite special for La Flor Dominicana. There was a lot of excitement over the return of owner Litto Gomez’s eponymous line, the Litto Gomez (LG) Diez. It’s the first time we’ve seen the LG in nearly eight years. This year we talked to owner Litto Gomez […]
Trinidad is a brand in the Altadis U.S.A. portfolio that has ben brought back to life in the past few years. In 2019, the Trinidad Espiritu Series was launched. First up was the Trinidad Espiritu No. 1, a cigar that paid tribute to the Caribbean region. This was followed up a little over a year […]
Ferio Tego, the company founded by Nat Sherman International alumni Michael Herklots and Brendon Scott, attended its third PCA Trade Show in 2023. For the past couple of years, Ferio Tego has focused on the launch of its eponymous brand and reintroducing the former Nat Sherman International brands. This year was a big year as […]
The 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show was the second one for Don Doroteo Cigars, but this would be the first year the company would introduce its core line. A year earlier, the company brought a cigar to market called El Legado. The cigar was rolled in 2008 and had been sitting in the […]
In 2022, Quesada Cigars celebrated the 75th birthday of its patriarch, Manuel “Manolo” Quesada. At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Quesada Cigars would celebrate another milestone – the 15th anniversary of Casa Magna. Quesada Cigars is releasing a commemorative cigar to mark the occasion – the Casa Magna XV. Quesada also had […]
If there is a company at the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show that has undergone a rapid expansion, it has to be Cavalier Genève. Over the past couple of years, the company has moved into its own factory, set up its own distribution center, and has undergone a significant brand expansion in […]
Rocky Patel Premium Cigars not only had the biggest booth, but it had one of the busiest ones at the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. This is no different than previous years, and what is also no different is Rocky Patel himself has always made himself available to talk to the Cigar Coop […]
