Hooten Young Cigars has hired our very own Allison Trainer as its Vice President of Sales Tobacco Division and Consulting. Allison has been a panelist at BMP for a few years now, we wish her congratulations!
Selected Tobacco has announced the Alfonso Gran Selección for PCA 2023 in Las Vegas. The Alfonso Gran Selección is the followup to the Alfonso Añejo that debuted at last year’s trade show. Alfonso Gran Selección blend uses an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper, with Pervian binder, and Dominican and Nicarguan fillers. The Alfonso Gran Selección will be available in five sizes; Exclusivos (6 x 54 Torpedo), Preciosos (7 1/2 x 40), Estelares (5 1/2 x 54), Enormes (6 1/2 x 60), and Grandiosos (8 x 50).
The Crowned Heads PCA 2023 Exclusive Le Pâtissier No. 2 is a classic torpedo vitola that measures 6 1/8" x 52. The blend uses the same "broadleaf-based blend" as the rest of the Le Pâtissier line, just in a new size.
Selected Tobacco will be bringing an extra aged version of their Atabey cigar to the PCA 2023 trade show. This comes in the form of the Limited Edition 10-Year, Extra Aged Atabey Dioses.
C.L.E. Cigar Company will be showcasing their new C.L.E. PCA 2023 Exclusive at the 2023 PCA trade show taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada. Only three thousand cigars per vitola were created of this blend. Christian Eiroa, Founder and President of C.L.E. Cigar Company, saw this cigar as a challenge to create a premium Connecticut blend.
Nelson Alfonso of Selected Tobacco has announced that his Atabey Limited Edition Humidor will finally go on sale at PCA 2023. The item was first shown off at last years PCA show, but the company wasn't ready to take orders on it yet. Each luxury humidor with gold trim and black gloss finish contains sixty Atabey cigars, five of each size in the portfolio. The sizes included are Hechizos 4 x 40, Divinos 4 2/5 x 50, Idolos 4 x 55, Brujos 5 x 52, Sabios 5 1/4 x 52, Delirios 5 3/4 x 55, Duendes 6 1/8 x 54 (Torpedo), Spiritus 7 x 40, Ritos 6 1/8 x 55, Misticos 6 3/4 x 56, Dioses 8 x 50, and Benditos 7 1/4 x 58.
Aganorsa Leaf has announced a new addition to their Aniversario Series, the Aniversario Connecticut will debut this summer at the PCA Tradeshow in Las Vegas. The blend uses thes same Aganorsa Leaf tobaccos grown in Jalapa and Esteli as the corojo and maduro versions, but this will be wrapped in an Ecuadorian Connecticut leaf. The Aganorsa Leaf Aniversario Connecticut will comes in two sizes: a 5 x 54 box-pressed Gran Robusto and a 6 1⁄4 x 52 boxed pressed Toro. Both comes in 10-count boxes. The new cigar will be a regular production cigar, although exclusive to PCA attendees and Aganorsa Select Accounts for 2023.
Foundation Cigar Company has announced another brand for the upcoming PCA trade show in Las Vegas, METAPA. Inspired by the birth town of Rubén Darío, a legendary Nicaraguan poet, Metapa pays homage to Nicaragua's rich cultural heritage and the artistry behind its world-class cigars.
Cavalier Genève Cigars has announced that it will show if its annual limited edition cigar, this year being the Limited Edition 2023 at the PCA trade show the first week of July. The LE2023 comes in just one size, a 6x54 Toro. Each year, the Cavalier Genève Limited Edition always comes in just one vitola, but that vitola varies from year to year. The blend, however, is different each year produced.
After launching a pre-release version of the cigar back in February of this year, Jake Wyatt is now prepping to release the regular production J.W. Maverick at this year's PCA trade show. There will be new sizes, including a Robusto (5x50) $9.00, Toro (6x54) $10.00 and a Box Pressed Gordo (6x60) $9.00, all coming in boxes of 22.