Freud Cigar Company is one of several new companies that made its debut at the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. Freud Cigars is a partnership between Luis Torres and David Stadnyk. Torres is best known for his time as CEO of Casa de Montecristo and his time with Davidoff of Geneva retail stores. […]
2022 marks the tenth anniversary of Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Co. Over the years, Oscar has grown into a powerhouse. Today Oscar has a factory, farms, and a distribution company. The central theme for Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Compay is a special 10th anniversary cigar – which will be the company’s most ultra-premium offering to […]
If you were looking for plenty of new releases at the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Tatuaje Cigars was the place to go. This year there was a plethora of products ranging from new regular production cigars, line extensions, anniversary cigars, a PCA Exclusive, and what Tatuaje Cigars owner Pete Johnson called, “a […]
It has become a tradition with the Cigar Coop Coalition coverage that on the morning of Day 4 of the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) we will have our visit with Steve Saka of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust. Saka is always generous with his time, and the visit becomes so much more than a recap of […]
Over the years, Quality Importers Trading Company has assembled and developed a wide portfolio of cigar accessories. When it comes to Quality Importers, there is always plenty to talk about at the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. Aside from the products, Quality Importers made headlines when it announced it brought industry veteran Michael Giannini […]
Last year a new chapter for Matilde Cigars began as owner Enrique Seijas launched the Limited Exposure Series. Over the past few years, Seijas has worked hard building up the four core blends of his portfolio, but the Limited Exposure Series gave Seijas a chance to do some different things. As the name indicates, it’s […]
ADVentura is the flagship line of ADV & McKay Cigars, owned by Henderson Ventura and Marcel Knobel. It is a true concept brand as the cigars follow a theme of two adventurers named Adventura and McKay. The first lines followed the travels of these two companions. Now according to Ventura and Knobel, Adventura and McKay […]
While a lot was made of the launch of new companies by CAO alumni, Tim Ozgener and Rick Rodriguez, one must remember there is another CAO alumni who got a head start – and that’s Micky Pegg. In 2020 Pegg and Frank Layo lauched All Saints Cigars and hit the ground running. Working with Rocky […]
While Mo Maali and Patina Cigars have been coming to the Premium Cigar Association Trade Show for several years, this is actually the first time that Patina is launching a new cigar at the Trade Show. That cigar is the fourth regular production cigar, the Patina Sumatra. Maali has focused his brand on regular production […]
In the interview Bear Duplisea did with Plasencia Cigars CEO Nestor Andrés Plasencia, Bear called Plasencia Cigars the hottest brand on the market – and he was 100% on the money. While the Plasencia family has been in the tobacco business since 1865, they have only had their own brand on the market since 2017. […]
