At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Howard G Cigars displayed a new Connecticut-wrapped cigar under its Magic Stick line. The Magic Stick Connecticut features an Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapper over a Habano binder and all Nicaraguan fillers. The cigar is being released in one size – a 6 x 50 Toro. It […]
Cigar News: Room101 Launches The Big Payback Nicaragua at PCA 2022 Trade Show
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At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Room101 Cigars unveiled a new installment to The Big Payback Series, The Big Payback Nicaragua. It joins Room101 Farce Nicaragua and Room101 13th Anniversary as the first installments by Room101 since Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) acquired the brand. The Room101 Farce Nicaragua is a 100% Nicaraguan puro […]
PCA 2022 Report: West Tampa Tobacco Co.
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One of the more anticipated new companies that were exhibiting at the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show was West Tampa Tobacco Company. The company is a partnership between two former General Cigar Company employees, Rick Rodriguez and Gus Martinez. In particular, Rick is known for his decade as the blender and ambassador for […]
PCA 2022 Report: Perdomo Cigars
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It’s an important year for Perdomo Cigars as the company is celebrating 30 years in business in 2022. While there is a project planned to commemorate that milestone, the focus at the 2022 PCA Trade Show was continuing to connect with its customers. As Nick Perdomo said in our interview, he was quite thrilled to […]
Cigar News: Room101 Farce Nicaragua Makes Debut at 2022 PCA Trade Show
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At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Room101 Cigars unveiled a new installment to its Farce Series, the Room101 Farce Nicaragua. It joins The Big Payback Nicaragua and Room101 13th Anniversary as the first installments by Room101 since Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) acquired the brand. It’s also the first new blend under the Farce […]
Cigar News: Gurkha Revenant Sampler Introduced at PCA 2022 Trade Show
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At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Gurkha Cigar Group introduced a six-cigar sampler containing three blends from its Gurka Revenant line: Revenant Corojo, Revenant Maduro, and a previously unreleased third blend called Revenant Connecticut. The samplers contain two cigars from each of the three blends. All three blends come in a round 6 […]
Feature Story: The Full 2022 PCA Post-Game Report
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For the seventh consecutive time, Cigar Coop presents a full “Post-Game Report” assessing the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Convention and Trade Show. In this report, I talk more about the show mechanics and assess how things went. This year I once again published five daily post–game recaps during the Trade Show. These were intended to be […]
PCA 2022 Report: Global Premium Cigars/1502 Cigars
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It was a big year for Global Premium Cigars and its flagship brand 1502 as both celebrate their 10-year anniversary. Owners Enrique Sanchez and his wife Soleana Venerio were both quite excited to celebrate and they have brought a new cigar to market with the 1502 Aniversario 10. While it pays homage to the roots […]
PCA 2022 Report: La Flor Dominicana
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In 2022, La Flor Dominicana made a return to the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show after skipping the 2021 show. There was a lot of excitement around La Flor Dominicana’s return and you can see it in the faces of owner Litto Gomez, his family, his staff, and his customers. This year was a […]
PCA 2022 Post Game: Cigar Coop Coalition Top 5 Cigars from the 2022 Trade Show
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Every year, we are asked what our favorite cigars of the Premium Cigar Assocation (PCA) Trade Show are. This year, the four members of the Cigar Coop Coalition decided to write about our new favorite cigars from the 2022 Trade Show. It is important to know that these are pretty much first impressions of upcoming […]