La Galera

Numerous companies have been celebrating the Lunar New Year with limited-edition cigars. La Galera joined the Year of the Dragon festivities this year with a cigar that features aged tobacco from Tabacalera Palma’s farms.

La Galera’s Year of the Dragon is already available in Asia. In March, it will ship to stores in the U.S. and Europe.

It’s all about art at the La Galera booth in PCA 2023. Well, art and tobacco. It’s always about the tobacco.

The company is updating the line so it uses packaging similar to its other core lines. While the bands and boxes are changes, the blend remains the same.

Yes, it looks like a Short Story.

I was told that La Galera wasn’t going to have any new products at the trade show, but they brought a new vitola called Chiquito Perfecto, which is actually rolled by a guy named Chiquito.

You’ve read about plenty of companies introducing new products at the 2022 PCA Convention & Trade Show, but not everyone is introducing new items.

Jochy Blanco and his son, José Manuel, blended two different cigars for the La Galera 85th Anniversary release. Both Blancos turned to their fathers for help: Jochy used notes from his father, José Manuel gave Jochy whiskey in exchange for help.

Released to commemorate the 85th anniversary of Tabacalera Palma—the Dominican factory owned by José “Jochy” Blanco which was founded in 1936—the La Galera 85th Anniversary is made up of two different blends. The first was blended by José Blanco while the other was blended by his son, José Manuel Blanco.

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After a delay of several months, the La Galera 85th Anniversary has begun arriving at retailers. The line celebrates the 85th anniversary of Tabacalera Palma…