One of the more anticipated new companies that were exhibiting at the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show was West Tampa Tobacco Company. The company is a partnership between two former General Cigar Company employees, Rick Rodriguez and Gus Martinez. In particular, Rick is known for his decade as the blender and ambassador for […]
It’s an important year for Perdomo Cigars as the company is celebrating 30 years in business in 2022. While there is a project planned to commemorate that milestone, the focus at the 2022 PCA Trade Show was continuing to connect with its customers. As Nick Perdomo said in our interview, he was quite thrilled to […]
For the seventh consecutive time, Cigar Coop presents a full “Post-Game Report” assessing the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Convention and Trade Show. In this report, I talk more about the show mechanics and assess how things went. This year I once again published five daily post–game recaps during the Trade Show. These were intended to be […]
In 2022, La Flor Dominicana made a return to the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show after skipping the 2021 show. There was a lot of excitement around La Flor Dominicana’s return and you can see it in the faces of owner Litto Gomez, his family, his staff, and his customers. This year was a […]
Every year, we are asked what our favorite cigars of the Premium Cigar Assocation (PCA) Trade Show are. This year, the four members of the Cigar Coop Coalition decided to write about our new favorite cigars from the 2022 Trade Show. It is important to know that these are pretty much first impressions of upcoming […]
Cigar Coop has been covering the Trade Show since 2010, and every year Topper Cigars is a company we don’t miss. There is a rich history with this family and owner Chris Topper is quite proud of it. A year ago, Topper Cigars showcased the Topper 125th Anniversary Cigar. However as many companies have encountered, […]
The name “United” truly applies to United Cigars. United has a portfolio of its own brands, brands on which it collaborates with other leading companies, and distribution agreements. If you read our 2022 PCR Pre-Game Coverage, United Cigars was my selection for “The Company” at the Trade Show. This is a pick that names the […]
De Los Reyes Cigars did not have any new product at the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. We interviewed company President Nirka Reyes to find out what the company has been up to. In addition to running the De Los Reyes cigar brand, Nirka heads up a tobacco processing operation that includes the […]
At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Selected Tobacco unveiled its biggest portfolio expansion since the brand first appeared at the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show in Orlando, FL. There are two new brands, several new lines, and some ultra-premium humidor offerings. The brands of Selected Tobacco are ultra-premium luxury brands. Selected Tobacco had […]
In 2010, this author attended his first IPCPR (now PCA) Trade Show. One company that became the talk of the trade show was a little brand out of New Hampshire known as 7-20-4 cigars. The story of the brand was quite interesting. A retailer by the name of Kurt Kendall had acquired a brand […]
