Miscellaneous

It’s a look back at 10 products we were interested in seeing at PCA 2022. Let’s call it, “where are they now?”

How focused are people going to be on PCA 2024 moving to March? What about the venue change? Are Altadis U.S.A., Davidoff of Geneva USA, Drew Estate and General all coming back to the 2024 trade show? What about a slowdown in cigar sales?

Antoine Reid invited me onto his Deep Cuts Live podcast and asked a number of in-depth questions about the how and why behind halfwheel.

Brooks Whittington and I will talk about what PCA 2023 is, why it matters and preview some of the new products debuting in and around the trade show.

It took close to 18 hours to get home, but that gave me plenty of time to think about some final thoughts concerning my most recent trip to Cuba.

The Festival del Habano XXIII concludes with a record-setting auction. The Cohiba humidor sold for a record €4.2 million, essentially the same amount as the combined sale prices of the entire 2020 auction.

Day 4 of the Festival del Habano XXIII in Cuba involved photographing a famous location for Cuban cigar lovers: the Partagás factory.

The surprises keep coming, as the third full day of the Festival de Habano XXIII in Havana, Cuba included something that has never happened in the history of the event.

Day 2 of the Festival del Habano XXIII: now with more broken down buses!

The first official day of the Festival del Habano XXIII included the appearance of a very special surprise guest, albeit for less than about 15 minutes.

I land in Havana, Cuba and manage a minor miracle by getting through the airport in under 15 minutes before attending an exclusive press event to try the Montecristo L’Esprit, a new size for Habanos S.A.’s Montecristo line packaged in a trio of humidors that have been produced in collaboration with S.T. Dupont.