Many know the name of the late Don Kiki Berger, who built a vertically operated tobacco operation during the cigar boom. Today Kiki’s wife Karen Berger heads up this operation that includes a factory, farms, a retail operation, and the brands of Don Kiki Cigars and K by Karen Berger. This year, Don Kiki/K by […]
The 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show marked the second one for Howard G Cigars. Last year, the company launched and came out with several lines. The company is owned by Howard Gumbs Jr. and already has several brands in the portfolio including Magic Stick, Black Moses, and the All Pro Series. The All […]
For the Cigar Coop Coalition’s Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show coverage, we like to come up with a theme for our reports. This year’s theme for Alec Bradley Cigar Co is “Experimental” as considerable attention was given to its Experimental Series. The Experimental Series is just that – it allows Alec Bradley to experiment […]
One of the new exhibitors at the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show is a company called Casa de Sueños. The company itself is not completely new, Casa de Sueños was formed by a group of cigar enthusiasts based in California called the LG Cigar Club. They hooked up with the De Los Reyes […]
One of the big stories of the 2022 Trade Show was the return of Nicholas Melillo and Foundation Cigar Company to the PCA Trade Show. It was the first Trade Show for Melillo since 2019. Melillo had made the decision to skip the 2021 show, and of course the 2020 show was cancelled due to […]
Falto Cigars is a company that has been a part of the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show for many years. The company was founded by Luis Falto in 1995 and is based in Puerto Rico. Falto works with the La Aurora factory in the Dominican Republic to produce his blends. Perhaps Falto is the […]
Looking back several years ago, it was not unusual for Rocky Patel Premium Cigars to release seven or more new lines at the IPCPR Trade Show. These numbers have been streamlined over the past couple of years. This year the company introduced two new lines at the Trade Show. Leading the pack would be The […]
2022 was probably the biggest trade show in terms of new products for E.P. Carrillo since 2016. There were two significant themes going on at E.P. Carrillo. For many years, E.P. Carrillo’s factory, Tabacalera La Alianza, has produced cigars for other manufacturers. This year the tables are turning as owner Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr. has blended […]
Just prior to the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, El Artista Cigars rebranded itself as Artista Cigars. Artista Cigars is headed up by Ram Rodriguez who is based in the Dominican Republic. Along with the new branding, the company restructured its portfolio into pillars. One of those pillars would be a new eponymous […]
For 2022, Protocol Cigars returned to having its own booth at the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show after sharing the Espinosa Cigars booth the past few years. While Protocol Cigars has also had its own booth in the past, it was always in close proximity to the Espinosa booth. This year, Protocol was on […]
