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Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
The 2025 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show was the fourth one for Oz Family Cigars. Company founder Tim Ozgener has used each of those PCA Trade Shows to introduce a new release. 2025 would also see Oz Family Cigars release its fourth regular production, Karatoba. This would be a very different release for Oz Family Cigars.
Our interview with Tim not only discusses the Karatoba, but a fun tradition we have is that we ask Tim to do impressions of some cigar industry personalities.
Full PCA Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-wge
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
The 2025 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show was the fourth one for Oz Family Cigars. Company founder Tim Ozgener has used each of those PCA Trade Shows to introduce a new release. 2025 would also see Oz Family Cigars release its fourth regular production, Karatoba. This would be a very different release for Oz Family Cigars.
Our interview with Tim not only discusses the Karatoba, but a fun tradition we have is that we ask Tim to do impressions of some cigar industry personalities.
Full PCA Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-wge
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
On Prime Time Jukebox Episode 158, the title of this episode is “Everyone Has One Great Song”
The concept works as follows: Dave and Coop explore artists they simply do not like, and see if they can find one really good (or great song) from that artists. Dave and Coop make this picks cold, so neither knows what the other is thinking.
Plus we got music news, cigar news, New Music 45 and the music pairing of the week
In this episode, Dave smokes the Aksum Corona Gorda from Foundation Cigar Company. Coop smokes the Room101 15th Anniversary.
As always, you can follow along with our Spotify Playlists:
References
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
On Prime Time Jukebox Episode 158, the title of this episode is “Everyone Has One Great Song”
The concept works as follows: Dave and Coop explore artists they simply do not like, and see if they can find one really good (or great song) from that artists. Dave and Coop make this picks cold, so neither knows what the other is thinking.
Plus we got music news, cigar news, New Music 45 and the music pairing of the week
In this episode, Dave smokes the Aksum Corona Gorda from Foundation Cigar Company. Coop smokes the Room101 15th Anniversary.
As always, you can follow along with our Spotify Playlists:
References
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Fratello Cigars certainly had a busy 2025 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. Each year I try to come up with a theme for a booth, but when it comes to Fratello owner and founder Omar de Frias, there is one word that comes to mind - "excitement". Omar brings an energy and genuine excitement to the projects he is developing. Like each year, Fratello's booth is quite busy in 2025, but our team managed to get to Omar on day one as opposed to trying to catch him before the Trade Show closes on the final day.
With over a decade in the cigar business, Fratello Cigars has built up a nice portfolio of core and limited edition offerings. 2025 saw several new additions introduced at PCA 2025.
Full PCA Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-wfl
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Fratello Cigars certainly had a busy 2025 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. Each year I try to come up with a theme for a booth, but when it comes to Fratello owner and founder Omar de Frias, there is one word that comes to mind - "excitement". Omar brings an energy and genuine excitement to the projects he is developing. Like each year, Fratello's booth is quite busy in 2025, but our team managed to get to Omar on day one as opposed to trying to catch him before the Trade Show closes on the final day.
With over a decade in the cigar business, Fratello Cigars has built up a nice portfolio of core and limited edition offerings. 2025 saw several new additions introduced at PCA 2025.
Full PCA Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-wfl
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Monday Apr 28, 2025
The 2025 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show marked our first visit with Manny Iriarte Enterprises and The OpusX Society. Iriarte has long worked with Arturo Fuente on packaging and box design. Recognizing the power of the Fuente Fuente OpusX brand, Iriarate worked with Carlito Fuente to create The OpusX Society. The OpusX Society offers another outlet to cater to the rabid fan base of OpusX. This includes both accessories and exclusive products with original art inspired by the OpusX brand. This is a separate company from Arturo Fuente, but it nonetheless receives the company's support. Manny Iriarte's company has been attending several trade shows, and this year, there were plenty of products for fans of OpusX.
Full PCA Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-wfA
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Monday Apr 28, 2025
The 2025 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show marked our first visit with Manny Iriarte Enterprises and The OpusX Society. Iriarte has long worked with Arturo Fuente on packaging and box design. Recognizing the power of the Fuente Fuente OpusX brand, Iriarate worked with Carlito Fuente to create The OpusX Society. The OpusX Society offers another outlet to cater to the rabid fan base of OpusX. This includes both accessories and exclusive products with original art inspired by the OpusX brand. This is a separate company from Arturo Fuente, but it nonetheless receives the company's support. Manny Iriarte's company has been attending several trade shows, and this year, there were plenty of products for fans of OpusX.
Full PCA Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-wfA
Sunday Apr 27, 2025
Sunday Apr 27, 2025
Micallef Cigars' President, Dan Thompson, opened our interview at the 2025 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) with the word "momentum." Thompson has said Micallef Cigars has momentum with its Color Series. This year, that momentum continues with the fourth installment of the Color Series with Micallef Purple. In addition, the momentum doesn't stop with Purple as Micallef Green and Micallef White are on the horizon.
Full PCA Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-we1
Sunday Apr 27, 2025
Sunday Apr 27, 2025
Micallef Cigars' President, Dan Thompson, opened our interview at the 2025 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) with the word "momentum." Thompson has said Micallef Cigars has momentum with its Color Series. This year, that momentum continues with the fourth installment of the Color Series with Micallef Purple. In addition, the momentum doesn't stop with Purple as Micallef Green and Micallef White are on the horizon.
Full PCA Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-we1