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Wednesday May 22, 2024
Wednesday May 22, 2024
Coming into the 2024 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, the big story from Quality Importers Trading Company (QI) was it was getting back into the premium cigar space. QI's focus has been in the accessories space, but over the years it has been involved in premium cigars. Most notably, it was best known for its Cult Cigars brand. The company also distributed Ortega Cigars for a short time. This year, QI comes back into the premium space with a new brand called Conspiracy Cigars. The unique proposition of this project is the company is integrating its accessories with almost every cigar purchase made. PCA 2024 wasn't only about Conspiracy Cigars as QI had several other product innovations across its different brands it brought to this year's Trade Show.
PCA 2024 Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-sPE
Wednesday May 22, 2024
Wednesday May 22, 2024
Coming into the 2024 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, the big story from Quality Importers Trading Company (QI) was it was getting back into the premium cigar space. QI's focus has been in the accessories space, but over the years it has been involved in premium cigars. Most notably, it was best known for its Cult Cigars brand. The company also distributed Ortega Cigars for a short time. This year, QI comes back into the premium space with a new brand called Conspiracy Cigars. The unique proposition of this project is the company is integrating its accessories with almost every cigar purchase made. PCA 2024 wasn't only about Conspiracy Cigars as QI had several other product innovations across its different brands it brought to this year's Trade Show.
PCA 2024 Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-sPE
Wednesday May 22, 2024
Wednesday May 22, 2024
On Prime Time Special Edition 159, it’s our 7 year anniversary show.
Tonight we go back to the roots of Special Edition and commemorate with a thematic show. We use tonight to launch a new series within this show called “Cigar Draft”. Cigar Drafts are nothing new and have been going on in cigar media for over 15 years. Tonight we will pick our on spin of the Cigar Draft as we draft cigars from the CA Top 25 list of 2014.
Plus, we have our Vintage Rock-A-Feller Cigar Group U.S. History segment, Tabacalera USA Great Things are Happening Here, and Espinosa This Day in Sports History segments.
References
Wednesday May 22, 2024
Wednesday May 22, 2024
On Prime Time Special Edition 159, it’s our 7 year anniversary show.
Tonight we go back to the roots of Special Edition and commemorate with a thematic show. We use tonight to launch a new series within this show called “Cigar Draft”. Cigar Drafts are nothing new and have been going on in cigar media for over 15 years. Tonight we will pick our on spin of the Cigar Draft as we draft cigars from the CA Top 25 list of 2014.
Plus, we have our Vintage Rock-A-Feller Cigar Group U.S. History segment, Tabacalera USA Great Things are Happening Here, and Espinosa This Day in Sports History segments.
References
- Draft Results (Spoiler)
- Virginia Teacher Retired After 67 Years – And Just Left $1 Million to Her School ‘Family’
- Smokin Tabacco CFCF Fundraiser
Tuesday May 21, 2024
Tuesday May 21, 2024
On Episode 129 of Prime Time Jukebox, we kick off the 2024 Battle of the Bands Competition and turn our attention to the 1970s.
While last year we selected artists, this year we have decided to focus on albums – specifically from the decade of the 197s. Hector Alfonso of Espinosa Cigars and John McTavish of Developing Palates are once again back and participating.
The concept works as follows: Dave, Coop, Hector, and John will each pick eight albums. The selections will occur via a “Draft.” Once the albums are selected, each participant will seed them, place them into brackets and you will decide who should move on. We will go through each round on Twitter, until there is a winner from each of the four brackets. From that point, the four bracket winners will square off in a final four.
The tournament commences the week of May 27th with two matchups a day to vote on. Each vote will be eligible to compete to win one of three special prizes that will be announced
For this show, here are our smokes:
- Dave: 601 La Bomba Warhead X
- Coop: Las 6 Provincias ZDT
- John: Black Label Trading Company Bishops Blend
- Hector: Knuckle Sandwich Connecticut
As always you can follow along with our Spotify Playlists:
References
Tuesday May 21, 2024
Tuesday May 21, 2024
On Episode 129 of Prime Time Jukebox, we kick off the 2024 Battle of the Bands Competition and turn our attention to the 1970s.
While last year we selected artists, this year we have decided to focus on albums – specifically from the decade of the 197s. Hector Alfonso of Espinosa Cigars and John McTavish of Developing Palates are once again back and participating.
The concept works as follows: Dave, Coop, Hector, and John will each pick eight albums. The selections will occur via a “Draft.” Once the albums are selected, each participant will seed them, place them into brackets and you will decide who should move on. We will go through each round on Twitter, until there is a winner from each of the four brackets. From that point, the four bracket winners will square off in a final four.
The tournament commences the week of May 27th with two matchups a day to vote on. Each vote will be eligible to compete to win one of three special prizes that will be announced
For this show, here are our smokes:
- Dave: 601 La Bomba Warhead X
- Coop: Las 6 Provincias ZDT
- John: Black Label Trading Company Bishops Blend
- Hector: Knuckle Sandwich Connecticut
As always you can follow along with our Spotify Playlists:
References
Monday May 20, 2024
Monday May 20, 2024
At the 2024 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Stolen Throne Cigars would mark its five-year anniversary. As is the case with many cigar companies that reach an anniversary milestone, there was a special release for Stolen Throne Cigars to mark the occasion. Stolen Throne opted to go back to the cigar line that started it all, the Crook of the Crown, and release a special limited edition size as its fifth-anniversary cigar.
PCA 2024 Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-sOB
Monday May 20, 2024
Monday May 20, 2024
At the 2024 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Stolen Throne Cigars would mark its five-year anniversary. As is the case with many cigar companies that reach an anniversary milestone, there was a special release for Stolen Throne Cigars to mark the occasion. Stolen Throne opted to go back to the cigar line that started it all, the Crook of the Crown, and release a special limited edition size as its fifth-anniversary cigar.
PCA 2024 Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-sOB
Monday May 20, 2024
Monday May 20, 2024
Gurkha certainly had its share of high profile releases at the 2024 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. Most of the headlines were about the project being done with former heavyweight boxing champion, Mike Tyson. In addition, Gurkha announced that it has expanded its Year of the Dragon releases into a collaboration series by contracting out with four leading factories to produce the series. Year of the Dragon is also just the beginning, as Gurkha has future Chinese Zodiac releases out there as well. Not to be overshadowed, Gurkha has the all-new Colección Especial Nicaragua, and has brought back the 35th Anniversary release.
PCA 2024 Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-sOx
Monday May 20, 2024
Monday May 20, 2024
Gurkha certainly had its share of high profile releases at the 2024 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. Most of the headlines were about the project being done with former heavyweight boxing champion, Mike Tyson. In addition, Gurkha announced that it has expanded its Year of the Dragon releases into a collaboration series by contracting out with four leading factories to produce the series. Year of the Dragon is also just the beginning, as Gurkha has future Chinese Zodiac releases out there as well. Not to be overshadowed, Gurkha has the all-new Colección Especial Nicaragua, and has brought back the 35th Anniversary release.
PCA 2024 Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-sOx