A shipping-heavy week for premium cigars — Outcast, Powstanie, Don Emmanuel and Tatiana all moved product — while Drew Estate’s 30th-anniversary rewards program and PROCIGAR Festival 2027 registration led the industry watch list.
BCB’s weekly wrap-up: an FDA lawsuit, a Drew Estate tribute, celebrity cigar launches, and a new brand debut round out a busy week.
Drew Estate CEO Glenn Wolfson has passed away at 70. A look at the decade of quiet leadership that helped build one of the industry’s biggest houses.
PCA 2026 preview week just dropped and it was one of the biggest weeks in premium cigars in recent memory. My Father announced a 20th anniversary limited edition for the Don Pepín García Clásico. Espinosa unveiled eight new releases and confirmed the end of @zucar. Plasencia set an April 27 price increase. Romeo y Julieta released an all-Nicaraguan puro made by AJ Fernandez. And that’s just the headline stories.
The full roundup at browardcigarboard.com covers 25+ releases, shipping notices, luxury collaborations, new brand debuts, and everything else that moved in the week of April 5–11. If you follow premium cigars, this is your cheat sheet.
Jonathan Drew Sann and Drew Estate have announced J.SANN & SON — a 7,200 sq. ft. cigar culture center opening in Wynwood, Miami in Spring 2026.
The venue will include a 500-cigars-per-day family factory, exclusive house brands, a world-class cigar bar, live music, and a chef-driven kitchen.
This is the next chapter in the Jonathan Drew story.
Full details now live on the blog.
How could a cigar made for Metallica be so easy listening?
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