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PCA 2023: Luciano Cigars

Luciano Cigars is a company that has undergone some significant changes. Last year, the company was known as ACE Prime, but since then has taken on the name of its CEO and blender, Luciano Meirelles. As a part of that rebranding, the company has also made significant changes, setting up a new factory in Estelí, Nicaragua, its own distribution and fulfillment center in Florida, and establishing its own sales force. Along the way, the company has still focused on product innovation. At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, plenty of new products were showcased. One of the most exciting things about Luciano Cigars is it has established a network of partners and collaborators that are a part of its business model. This has allowed these partners and collaborators to leverage the production capabilities at the Luciano Cigars factory and the sales and distribution the company has established. This model reminded me quite a bit of what C.L.E. Cigar Company had done with the Fabricas Unidas model - serving as an "incubator" for its partners and collaborators. Now it's fascinating to see it happening again in the cigar industry.

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PCA 2023: La Galera Cigars (Audio)

This was the seventh Premium Cigar Association (PCA)/IPCPR Trade Show For Jochy Blanco's La Galera line. Blanco first came to the IPCPR Trade Show back in 2016 when he would launch his own premium cigar brand, La Galera Cigars. Since then, La Galera has been at every Trade Show the PCA/IPCPR has covered. At the 2023 PCA Show, there wasn't anything from La Galera in terms of new product lines or line extensions. Most of the changes involved samplers and a revamping of the packaging for the La Galera Connecticut.

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PCA 2023: La Galera Cigars

This was the seventh Premium Cigar Association (PCA)/IPCPR Trade Show For Jochy Blanco's La Galera line. Blanco first came to the IPCPR Trade Show back in 2016 when he would launch his own premium cigar brand, La Galera Cigars. Since then, La Galera has been at every Trade Show the PCA/IPCPR has covered. At the 2023 PCA Show, there wasn't anything from La Galera in terms of new product lines or line extensions. Most of the changes involved samplers and a revamping of the packaging for the La Galera Connecticut.

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PCA 2023: Humidor Supreme - Part 2 of 2 (Audio)

Quality Importers Trading Company has certainly built up an impressive portfolio of brands. One of the brands that got considerable attention at the 2023 was Humidor Supreme.  This year Humidor Supreme had several new desktop, cabinet, and commercial humidor offerings. Several of the releases incorporate technology - from electronic temperature and humidity control to an innovative fingerprint locked humidor. At the same time, Quality Importer is strengthening the branding of its Humidor Supreme offerings as all of the new humidors now feature a leaf engraved panel inside the units - whether desktop or cabinet.

In part two of Humidor Supreme coverage, we look at cabinet humidors.

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PCA 2023: Humidor Supreme: Part 2 of 2

Quality Importers Trading Company has certainly built up an impressive portfolio of brands. One of the brands that got considerable attention at the 2023 was Humidor Supreme.  This year Humidor Supreme had several new desktop, cabinet, and commercial humidor offerings. Several of the releases incorporate technology - from electronic temperature and humidity control to an innovative fingerprint locked humidor. At the same time, Quality Importer is strengthening the branding of its Humidor Supreme offerings as all of the new humidors now feature a leaf engraved panel inside the units - whether desktop or cabinet.

In part two of Humidor Supreme coverage, we look at cabinet humidors.

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PCA 2023: Humidor Supreme - Part 1 of 2 (Audio)

Quality Importers Trading Company has certainly built up an impressive portfolio of brands. One of the brands that got considerable attention at the 2023 was Humidor Supreme.  This year Humidor Supreme had several new desktop, cabinet, and commercial humidor offerings. Several of the releases incorporate technology - from electronic temperature and humidity control to an innovative fingerprint locked humidor. At the same time, Quality Importer is strengthening the branding of its Humidor Supreme offerings as all of the new humidors now feature a leaf engraved panel inside the units - whether desktop or cabinet.

In part one of Humidor Supreme coverage, we look at desktop humidors.

Full PCA Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-qjl

PCA 2023: Humidor Supreme - Part 1 of 2

Quality Importers Trading Company has certainly built up an impressive portfolio of brands. One of the brands that got considerable attention at the 2023 was Humidor Supreme.  This year Humidor Supreme had several new desktop, cabinet, and commercial humidor offerings. Several of the releases incorporate technology - from electronic temperature and humidity control to an innovative fingerprint locked humidor. At the same time, Quality Importer is strengthening the branding of its Humidor Supreme offerings as all of the new humidors now feature a leaf engraved panel inside the units - whether desktop or cabinet.

In part one of Humidor Supreme coverage, we look at desktop humidors.

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PCA 2023: Esteban Carreras (Audio)

I've noticed that you can count on Estaban Carreras to introduce a new product at the year's Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. You can also count on them not announcing what that cigar is until the doors of the show open. Typically for its PCA show releases, Esteban Carreras has introduced a regular production cigar. In the case of the 2023 PCA Trade Show, Esteban Carreras opted to release a limited-production cigar called Taken from the Devil’s Hand Maduro. This is a Maduro counterpart to a regular production cigar that was introduced last year called Taken From the Devil's Hand, which was the company's first Corojo cigar.

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PCA 2023: Esteban Carreras

I've noticed that you can count on Estaban Carreras to introduce a new product at the year's Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. You can also count on them not announcing what that cigar is until the doors of the show open. Typically for its PCA show releases, Esteban Carreras has introduced a regular production cigar. In the case of the 2023 PCA Trade Show, Esteban Carreras opted to release a limited-production cigar called Taken from the Devil’s Hand Maduro. This is a Maduro counterpart to a regular production cigar that was introduced last year called Taken From the Devil's Hand, which was the company's first Corojo cigar.

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PCA 2023: JRE Tobacco Co. (Audio)

The 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show marked the seventh trade show for JRE Tobacco Company. This year, the company came into the trade show with four new releases. In the past, many of JRE's trade show releases focused on their core line. This year this focus shifted to limited edition offerings. There is the company's first true one-and-done limited edition, an ongoing limited production release, and a lounge exclusive offering. In terms of a company, JRE is very much tied to the family farm, the JRE Tobacco Farm, and this year JRE had two releases highlighted by a Sumatra leaf being grown on the farm.

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