La Galera is the premium cigar brand owned by Jochy Blanco. Blanco has become a big power player in the Dominican Republic for both tobacco growing and cigar production. At the 2021, Premium Cigar Association (PCA) 2021 Trade Show, the company would introduce a couple of blends commemorating the 85th Anniversary of Tabacalera Palma, the […]
Cigar News: Joya de Nicaragua Cuatro Cinco Edición Americana TAA Exclusive Heads to Retailers
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Joya de Nicaragua’s cigar that will be a part of the 2021 Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) Exclusive Series is now heading to retailers. The Cuatro Cinco was introduced as a limited edition cigar in 2013 to celebrate Joya de Nicaragua’s 45th anniversary. One year later it returned as an ongoing limited production. The blend […]
Cigar News: Tarazona Misfit Toys Introduced at 2021 PCA Trade Show
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At the 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Tarazona Cigars introduced a limited edition offering for the Christmas Season known as Misfit Toys. The Tarazona Misfit Toys features packaging by artist David Angelo Roman. Roman is a comic book artist known for his work on Ricky and Morty and Adult Swim. It’s a 5 […]
Cigar News: Davidoff Chefs Edition 2021 to Launch in September
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Davidoff has announced the Davidoff Chefs Edition 2021, the third blend in its Chefs Edition Series. It’s a project that brings together the world of cigar making with the culinary arts. For this project, a group of leading chefs collaborated with Davidoff’s blending team to produce a cigar. The first blend, the Davidoff Chefs Edition […]
Cigar News: Drunk Chicken Egg-Treme Gets National Launch at 2021 PCA
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Drunk Chicken Cigars is a newer company that was established in 2019 by Desiree Sylver. The 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show was the company’s first PCA/IPCPR Trade Show, and while it was an opportunity to showcase its offerings for the first time, it also had a new national release to introduce at the […]
Cigar News: Micallef Cigars to Release Micallef A Gordo
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Micallef Cigars has announced it is adding a second vitola to its Micallef A line in the form of a 6 x 60 Gordo. The release of the Micallef A Gordo is set to mark the first anniversary of the original Micallef A, a Churchill. It’s a cigar Micallef credits its Ambassador group for making […]
Cigar News: Joya de Nicaragua Antaño Gran Reserva GT20 Heads to Retailers
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Joya de Nicaragua has announced the Antaño Gran Reserva GT20, a cigar that commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Antaño line is now heading to retailers. The GT20 adds a 6 x 54 Toro to the Antaño Gran Reserva line. For further background on the GT20, refer to our coverage on this release from our […]
Cigar News: La Palina White Label TAA Exclusive Ships
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It’s taken a while, but La Palina’s fifth cigar for the annual Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) Exclusive Series is now heading to retailers – the La Palina White Label TAA Exclusive. The White Label features a Honduran-grown Connecticut seed wrapper over a Mexican San Andrés binder, and fillers from the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and […]
Cigar News: Dapper Cigar Company Launches Union Break at 2021 PCA
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At the 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Dapper Cigar Company launched a new line known as Union Break. Union Break consists of three blends: a Connecticut Shade, a Connecticut Broadleaf, and a barber-pole intertwining the two wrappers. The remainder of each of the blends incorporate Nicaraguan tobacco. Union Break is available in one […]
Cigar News: ADVentura Cigars Launches The Royal Return – King’s Gold Corona at PCA 2021
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At the 2021 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, ADVentura Cigars launched a third size under The Royal Return – King’s Gold line in the form of a 44 x 6 Corona. The Royal Return is a two-blend line introduced by ADVentura Cigars in 2020. There is the Queen’s Pearl which is an Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade […]