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Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
For all practical purposes, 2023 was the official return for RoMa Craft Tobac as an exhibitor at the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. The last time the company exhibited at PCA was back in 2019. While RoMa Craft Tobac was in attendance in 2022, the company wasn't displaying new products and used the time to connect with retailers. This year RoMa Craft Tobac was back with both co-owners Skip Martin and Mike Rosales in attendance. The company would be showcasing two new products that would be shipping shortly after PCA. The first would be the latest release to the Intemperance brand, the Intemperance Volstead VO 1920, and the second would be the long-awaited Quinquagenario limited edition release. While both releases were very different, there was one common denominator for both - they were RoMa Craft Tobac's foray into using a Sumatra wrapper. And Bear Duplisea was finally able to present RoMa Craft Tobac with a special award for its previous Intemperance release, Intemperance Whiskey Rebellion 1794 Hamilton.
In Part 2 of our RoMa Craft Tobac coverage, Bear Duplisea presents RoMa Craft Tobac with the special award.
Full PCA Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-qcB
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
For all practical purposes, 2023 was the official return for RoMa Craft Tobac as an exhibitor at the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. The last time the company exhibited at PCA was back in 2019. While RoMa Craft Tobac was in attendance in 2022, the company wasn't displaying new products and used the time to connect with retailers. This year RoMa Craft Tobac was back with both co-owners Skip Martin and Mike Rosales in attendance. The company would be showcasing two new products that would be shipping shortly after PCA. The first would be the latest release to the Intemperance brand, the Intemperance Volstead VO 1920, and the second would be the long-awaited Quinquagenario limited edition release. While both releases were very different, there was one common denominator for both - they were RoMa Craft Tobac's foray into using a Sumatra wrapper. And Bear Duplisea was finally able to present RoMa Craft Tobac with a special award for its previous Intemperance release, Intemperance Whiskey Rebellion 1794 Hamilton.
In Part 1 of our RoMa Craft Tobac coverage, we take a look at RoMa Craft's new products at PCA.
Full PCA Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-qcB
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
For all practical purposes, 2023 was the official return for RoMa Craft Tobac as an exhibitor at the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. The last time the company exhibited at PCA was back in 2019. While RoMa Craft Tobac was in attendance in 2022, the company wasn't displaying new products and used the time to connect with retailers. This year RoMa Craft Tobac was back with both co-owners Skip Martin and Mike Rosales in attendance. The company would be showcasing two new products that would be shipping shortly after PCA. The first would be the latest release to the Intemperance brand, the Intemperance Volstead VO 1920, and the second would be the long-awaited Quinquagenario limited edition release. While both releases were very different, there was one common denominator for both - they were RoMa Craft Tobac's foray into using a Sumatra wrapper. And Bear Duplisea was finally able to present RoMa Craft Tobac with a special award for its previous Intemperance release, Intemperance Whiskey Rebellion 1794 Hamilton.
In Part 1 of our RoMa Craft Tobac coverage, we take a look at RoMa Craft's new products at PCA.
Full PCA Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-qcB
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Global Premium Cigars, maker of the 1502 brand of cigars, is celebrating its eleventh anniversary. For as long as I have been covering Global Premium Cigars and 1502, they have been the staple of the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. It's also great connecting with Enrique Sánchez Icaza, the dynamic CEO and creative force behind 1502. While the 2022 Premium Cigar Association was all about the tenth anniversary, the company this year would introduce an innovative solution around merchandising that is geared to both retailers and consumers.
Full PCA Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-qbS
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Global Premium Cigars, maker of the 1502 brand of cigars, is celebrating its eleventh anniversary. For as long as I have been covering Global Premium Cigars and 1502, they have been the staple of the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. It's also great connecting with Enrique Sánchez Icaza, the dynamic CEO and creative force behind 1502. While the 2022 Premium Cigar Association was all about the tenth anniversary, the company this year would introduce an innovative solution around merchandising that is geared to both retailers and consumers.
Full PCA Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-qbS
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
After Espinosa Cigars made a monstrous splash by bringing Guy Fieri and his Knuckle Sandwich line to the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, everybody wonder what Espinosa Cigars would for an encore. The answer would be to pick right off where they left off. Once again, Fieri was at the Trade Show this year. This year he wasn’t only at the Espinosa booth. Fieri’s visit to PCA also included a featured appearance at the PCA opening party and a walking tour of the PCA Show.
In Part 2 of our Espinosa Coverage, we present Espinosa Cigars the 2022 Cigar Coop Company of the Year Award and 2022 #1 Cigar of the Year Award from El Oso Fumar.
Full PCA Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-qbu
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
After Espinosa Cigars made a monstrous splash by bringing Guy Fieri and his Knuckle Sandwich line to the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, everybody wonder what Espinosa Cigars would for an encore. The answer would be to pick right off where they left off. Once again, Fieri was at the Trade Show this year. This year he wasn’t only at the Espinosa booth. Fieri’s visit to PCA also included a featured appearance at the PCA opening party and a walking tour of the PCA Show.
In Part 2 of our Espinosa Coverage, we present Espinosa Cigars the 2022 Cigar Coop Company of the Year Award and 2022 #1 Cigar of the Year Award from El Oso Fumar.
Full PCA Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-qbu
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
After Espinosa Cigars made a monstrous splash by bringing Guy Fieri and his Knuckle Sandwich line to the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, everybody wonder what Espinosa Cigars would for an encore. The answer would be to pick right off where they left off. Once again, Fieri was at the Trade Show this year. This year he wasn’t only at the Espinosa booth. Fieri’s visit to PCA also included a featured appearance at the PCA opening party and a walking tour of the PCA Show.
In Part 1 of our Espinosa Coverage, we take a look at Espinosa's new products at PCA.
Full PCA Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-qbu
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
After Espinosa Cigars made a monstrous splash by bringing Guy Fieri and his Knuckle Sandwich line to the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, everybody wonder what Espinosa Cigars would for an encore. The answer would be to pick right off where they left off. Once again, Fieri was at the Trade Show this year. This year he wasn’t only at the Espinosa booth. Fieri’s visit to PCA also included a featured appearance at the PCA opening party and a walking tour of the PCA Show.
In Part 1 of our Espinosa Coverage, we take a look at Espinosa's new products at PCA.
Full PCA Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-qbu
Sunday Aug 06, 2023
Sunday Aug 06, 2023
In 2010, one of the historic single store releases was released by Tatuaje known as the Tatuaje Anarchy. It not only remains one of the most popular single store releases, but to this day it is the gold standard for how to do a single store release. Last year, it was announced that Smoke Inn would be teaming up with Tatuaje to re-release the Tatuaje as a part of a very special NFT offering. Along the way, partners Coles of London/S.T. Dupont and Quality Importers have come on-board with the project. Tonight we will dive into the Tatuaje Anarchy and what this NFT project is all about. We will have Pete Johnson of Tatuaje Cigars, Abe Dababneh of Smoke Inn, and Les Mann of Coles of London/S.T. Dupont to talk about the behind the scenes on this project.
Plus, we will have our Cattle Baron Steak Question of the Night, Tabacalera USA Ties That Bind, Alec Bradley Live True, Espinosa Today in Sports History, and the Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Deliberation segments.