At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, the joint project between Arturo Fuente Cigars and Padrón debuted. The principals of the project, Jorge Padrón and Carlos “Carlito” Fuente Jr. created cigars to honor their fathers, the late José Orlando Padrón and Carlos Fuente Sr. The twist is that each principal blended a cigar […]
When it comes to Day Four, which is the final day of the Premium Cigar Associate (PCA) Trade Show, there typically is a drop in foot traffic (Cigar Coop describes this as the actual amount of trade show attendees on the floor). As in the past, there was a drop this year. The good news […]
Day Three started with a press conference for the media with Premium Cigar Association. I’ll make this plain and simple. Shame on the cigar media who didn’t send team members to cover the press conference. This year I represented the Cigar Coop team while the other three members were visiting booths. To see cigar media […]
I’m going to say the theme of Day Two of the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show was crowds – and it wasn’t attendance related. First up was the unveiling of Legends, the joint project being released by Arturo Fuente and Padrón Cigars. It’s a project where Jorge Padrón blended a cigar in tribute to […]
Scott Pearce, Greg Zimmermann, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Staff, and its Board of Directors, must be very happy with the opening day of the 2022 PCA Trade Show. While we have not received attendance numbers, there definitely seems to be more attendees than in previous years and there has been a great positive vibe […]
The PCA Trade Show and Convention opened July 9th in Las Vegas, Nevada. As part of the normal business of the opening breakfast, the PCA named new members to the board of directors. This year five new members were added. The PCA Board of Directors consists of 14 retail members and five Associate Members. […]
Today I’ll recap the two days before the actual opening of the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show which takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada. The theme here is quite simple: there is a quite a positive upswing going into this show and the PCA has to be pleased. First I will take a […]
At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Tatuaje Cigars will take orders for another installment of its Tuxtla Series, the Lomo de Cerdo. This is a Mexican-wrapped version of the famed Tatuaje Pork Tenderloin. Lomo de Cerdo is Spanish for Pork Tenderloin. The Pork Tenderloin was originally a 2010 shop exclusive to former […]
At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, DBL Cigars by Francisco Almonte will introduce El Final, a line of three distinct blends. El Final is produced at the company’s Tabacalera DBL facility in Tamboril, Santiago, Dominican Republic. The cigars are available in three wrapper choices – each containing tobaccos grown from the […]
For the 12th year, the Cigar Coop brand will be providing coverage of the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show and Convention. This is also the 12th consecutive Trade Show we are covering and are proud to be a part of a very small group of media to say that. Our four-part series for the […]
