As far as the brands of Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) go, we are covering them by their distribution arms focusing specifically on General Cigar Company and Forged Cigar Company. Today we turn our attention to the brands falling under General Cigar. As many know, STG was one of the “Big Four” that decided to withdraw […]
While AJ Fernandez’s footprint was certainly present at the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, when it came to his own brands, the decision was made to skip this year’s Trade Show. From a personal standpoint, I always enjoy visiting the AJ Fernandez booth and seeing AJ and the team. The good news is […]
Altadis U.S.A. is one of the “Big Four” companies that withdrew from the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show back in 2020. Altadis U.S.A. has seemed to have found its groove since pulling out of the PCA Trade Show. The company has spread its releases out throughout the year without having the releases compete with […]
While Viaje wasn’t at the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, the company had quite an active summer. If you look at the Memorial Day-Labor Day window, there were eight releases to keep cigar enthusiasts interested. For each of these releases, owner Andre Farkas puts his own creative spin and adds different degrees of mystery. […]
This year, the focus for Joya de Nicaragua has been Connecticut Shade and Connoisseur vitolas. There wasn’t a new line that was unveiled for Joya de Nicaragua in 2022, but the company decided to focus its releases around its two successful Connecticut Shade releases, Numero Uno and the Antaño CT by adding a Corona and […]
With our PCA Post Game Coverage for 2021 now in the annals of history, we turn our attention to the companies that did not attend the Trade Show and look at what releases we have seen announced or released this summer. Back in 2022 when there was no trade show to cover, we introduced the […]
This week, Kafie 1901 Cigars announced plans for its reworked portfolio being produced out of the La Aurora factory. Late last year, owner Dr. Gaby Kafie announced he was shutting down his factory, Tabacalera G. Kafie y Cia in Honduras. Kafie made the decision to work with La Aurora and move his production to that […]
The Romeo y Julieta Reserva Real line will see two new barber pole extensions – the Romeo y Julieta Reserva Real Twisted Love Story and the Romeo y Julieta Reserva Real Twisted Toro. These two line extensions will reach stores in July. Both the Twisted Love Story and Twisted Toro feature an intertwined Ecuadorian Habano […]
