In 2022, Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) resurrected a brand it had the trademarks to called Los Statos Deluxe. The brand traces its roots back to Cuba in 1940, where it was termed “Los Statos De Luxe.” STG decided to add the brand to the Forged Cigar Portfolio. To resurrect the brand, the team of Justin […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, RoMa Craft Tobac showcased the Intemperance Volstead VO 1920, a new offering under its Intemperance Brand. This line introduces a Sumatra-wrapped offering into the RoMa Craft Tobac’s Intemperance brand. Intemperance is RoMa Craft Tobac’s brand themed around the Temperance Movement and Prohibition Era which centered around […]
Last year, Oscar Valladares celebrated ten years in the tobacco business. To say that Oscar and his company have become a powerhouse would be an understatement. Not only has Oscar built a successful brand, but he has established a thriving factory and acquired many acres of farms. This year debuted perhaps the most exciting set […]
Gurkha Cigar Group is getting ready to celebrate its 35th anniversary as a company. At this year’s 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Gurkha showed off a new humidor and cigars to mark the milestone. The humidor has a red-colored piano-style finish. It’s a 150-count humidor, but the unit contains 75 cigars. The cigars […]
The 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show marked the second one for Cynn and Joshua Coburn since acquiring the brand late in 2021. The Coburns are now firmly planted as the owners of Dissident Cigars. At the time of the acquisition, Dissident Cigars had built up five regular production lines since the brand was […]
Without a doubt, one of the more intriguing booths at the 2023 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show was C.L.E. Cigar Company. In the past, when going to the C.L.E. booth, one could look forward to new releases featuring Authentic Corojo under C.L.E. and Eiroa and large ring gauge offerings from Asylum. But 2023 was very […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, JRE Tobacco Company introduced a fifth size to the Aladino Classic. It’s a 38 x 7 lancero-sized line extension known as the Elegante. Aladino Classic features 100% Honduran-grown Corojo and Habano tobaccos from the JRE Tobacco farm. Like the other sizes of the Aladino Classic, the […]
Each year at the Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, our team tries to identify a theme going on with each company or their booth. This year at Crowned Heads, this author felt there were three things: 1) There was quite a lot of new product for Crowned Heads in 2023; 2) The company is solidifying […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, JRE Tobacco Co. introduced the Aladino Sumatra. This release showcases JRE’s latest innovation, a dark Sumatra wrapper grown on the JRE Tobacco Farm. The Aladino Sumatra is being released in one size – a 6 x 52 Toro. It is being […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Forged Cigar Company showed off the Bull Moose Maduro. It’s a Maduro counterpart to the original Bull Moose line, a large ring gauge offshoot of Chillin’ Moose, a value-priced brand. Bull Moose Maduro features 100% Nicaraguan tobaccos, including a Nicaraguan Maduro wrapper and Nicaraguan Habano. The cigars […]
