At the 2025 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, the Rough Rider Sweets Candela will make its debut.
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Tabacalera Palma | Procigar 2024
On the penultimate day of Procigar 2024, we first go to Tabacalera Palma, then cap the evening off with the White Party.
PCA 2023: La Galera Cigars
This was the seventh Premium Cigar Association (PCA)/IPCPR Trade Show For Jochy Blanco’s La Galera line. Blanco first came to the IPCPR Trade Show back in 2016 when he would launch his own premium cigar brand, La Galera Cigars. Since then, La Galera has been at every Trade Show the PCA/IPCPR has covered. At the […]
Cigar Review: La Galera 85th Anniversary (Connecticut Shade)
In 2021, Tabacalera Palma, the factory owned by Jochy Blanco in the Dominican Republic, would celebrate its 85th anniversary. To commemorate the milestone, La Galera Cigars, the premium cigar brand owned by Blanco, would create a pair of cigars known as the La Galera 85th Anniversary. This would be a joint project that was done […]
Cigar Review: La Galera 85th Anniversary (Connecticut Broadleaf)
At the 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, La Galera Cigars released a pair of cigars known as the La Galera 85th Anniversary. The 85th Anniversary refers to the anniversary of the Tabacalera Palma factory, the facility owned by Jochy Blanco. To commemorate the milestone Blanco and his son José Manuel Blanco each worked […]
Cigar News: La Galera Connecticut Gets New Packaging
La Galera Cigars has announced it has repackaged its Connecticut line. The new packaging will now contain a primary band and vista that matches the company’s other core lines – La Galera Habano, La Galera Maduro, and La Galera 1936 Box Pressed line. In addition, the company has added a secondary band to distinguish the Connecticut […]
Cigar Review: La Galera Imperial Jade Robusto
One thing I am fascinated about when a new company launches is how its portfolio will evolve. Such is the case with Jochy Blanco’s La Galera Cigars. Blanco launched La Galera in 2016 with two blends, Habano and Connecticut. Since then the company has evolved its portfolio adding a box-pressed, San Andres Maduro, and Connecticut […]
PCA 2022 Report: La Galera Cigars
La Galera Cigars is a premium cigar brand owned by Jochy Blanco. Based in the Dominican Republic, for many years, Blanco was best known as a tobacco grower and owner of Tabacalera Palma. In 2015, Jochy decided to enter the market with his own brand. He would acquire IndianHead Cigars from Bill Bock (who had […]
Cigar News: La Galera Imperial Jade Chiquito Perfecto Introduced at 2022 PCA Trade Show
At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Jochy Blanco’s IndianHead Cigars announced a line extension to its La Galera Imperial Jade brand known as the Chiquito Perfecto. It’s a small 40 x 52 x 4 perfecto that will be sold in five-count units. The La Galera Imperial Jade features a genuine African Cameroon […]
PCA 2021 Report: La Galera Cigars
One of the most exciting 2021 PCA Trade Show booth visits our team had was visiting La Galera Cigars. La Galera Cigars is the brand owned by Jochy Blanco. This year would mark one of the most exciting years for La Galera since the brand launched. First up, the company has a cigar line to […]
