Once again, Gurkha Cigars had one of the largest booths at the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. While we didn’t get a chance to interview anyone from Gurkha, one cannot ignore the fact that they left quite an impression on this year’s trade show. For the past few years, Gurkha had been releasing simpler […]
Cigar News: Gurkha 35th Anniversary Humidor and Cigars Launched at 2023 PCA
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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 […]
Cigar News: Gurkha Beauty 25th Anniversary to Launch at PCA 2023
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At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Gurkha Cigars will celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of its popular lines from the past, the Gurkha Beauty. The 2023 PCA Trade Show opens July 7, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada. “It’s been 25 years since Gurkha first introduced the Beauty and it’s still a […]
Cigar News: Gurkha Year of the Dragon to Debut at PCA 2023
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2024 is the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese calendar. Many companies over the past few years have released Chinese Calendar themed cigars to mark the occasion. This year, Gurkha Cigars is getting the jump on things as it has announced it will release a cigar in honor of the Year of the Dragon […]
Cigar Review: Gurkha Pure Evil Toro
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When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) put its Deeming Regulations into effect, the concept of predicate cigars was introduced. Predicate cigars are ones that were first introduced to the market prior to February 15th, 2007 and anything introduced after that would require the FDA pre-market approval. This gave companies with predicate cigars a […]
Prime Time Episode 254: Juan Lopez, Gurkha Cigars
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On Episode 254, we kick off the 2023 season of Prime Time and welcome the one and only Juan Lopez of Gurkha Cigars. Juan is always an entertaining and informative guest. We will catch up with Juan and all things Gurkha. Plus, we will also have our Alec Bradley Live True, Cattle Baron, Dunbarton Tobacco […]
Cigar News: Gurkha Grand Age II Launched at TPE 2023
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At Total Product Expo (TPE) 2023 Gurkha Cigars introduced a three-blend value set known as the Grand Age II. As the name indicates, it is a spinoff of an older Gurkha line, the Gurkha Grand Age. “The Grand Age II is a fun project we’ve been developing over the past few months,” comments Jim Colucci, […]
Cigar News: Gurkha Ghost Connecticut Makes Debut at TPE 2023
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At Total Product Expo (TPE) in Las Vegas, Nevada, Gurkha Cigas unveiled a third blend under its popular Gurkha Ghost line, the Gurkha Ghost Connecticut. “We feel that the Gurkha Ghost Connecticut will be the perfect addition to our portfolio of Gurkha Ghost,” says Juan Lopez, Vice President of Sales, in a press release. “The […]
Announcement: Prime Time Episode 254 – Juan Lopez, Gurkha Cigars
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On Episode 254, we kick off the 2023 season of Prime Time and welcome the one and only Juan Lopez of Gurkha Cigars. Juan is always an entertaining and informative guest. We will catch up with Juan and all things Gurkha. Plus, we will also have our Alec Bradley Live True, Cattle Baron, Dunbarton […]
Cigar Review: Gurkha Nicaragua Series TAA Exclusive
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In 2021, Gurkha Cigars would release its second exclusive cigar to the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA). The cigar would be a perfecto-shaped line extension to the Gurkha Nicaragua Series. The Gurkha Nicaragua Series would make its debut in 2019. It would be one of the first projects that Gurkha worked on with Aganorsa Leaf’s […]