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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
At the 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Jochy Blanco’s IndianHead Cigars announced a new regular-production Cameroon-wrapped offering under its La Galera brand known as the La Galera Imperial Jade. The La Galera Imperial Jade features a genuine African Cameroon wrapper over a Dominican Criollo binder grown on Blanco’s Jacagua farm. The fillers include […]
