Quesada Cigars is arriving at the 2026 PCA Show in New Orleans with a trio of releases that collectively tell the story of where the company has been and where it’s headed—all presented alongside its joint booth partner Joya de Nicaragua, with whom the Quesada family has formed SAG Imports, a shared U.S. distribution venture.
The most deeply personal of the three is the Don Manolo 79, a limited-edition Toro blended by sisters Raquel and Patricia Quesada as a birthday tribute to their father, Manuel „Manolo“ Quesada Jr., the longtime head of the company who has stepped back from daily operations. Working from tobaccos Manolo had personally set aside years prior, the sisters constructed a blend around a Honduran wrapper, Dominican binder, and a combination of Dominican and Nicaraguan fillers. The 6 x 52 cigar is priced at $21.99, limited to 1,000 ten-count boxes with 700 destined for U.S. retailers, and is expected to ship in August 2026.
Marking its 15th consecutive year is the annual Oktoberfest release, a seasonal tradition with particular resonance in 2026 as it represents one of the earliest projects to involve the Quesada family’s fifth generation. The blend follows the same formula used for the past six years — a Mexican San Andrés wrapper over an all-Dominican interior — and will once again be offered in five vitolas, including the eye-catching double box-pressed Salomon Press, with shipments planned for September.
Rounding out the lineup is perhaps the most unexpected addition to the Quesada portfolio in years: Suspiro, a brand-new regular-production line featuring a sweetened cap whose name and concept draw from a traditional Dominican meringue dessert fondly remembered by Raquel and Patricia from their childhood at the family’s factory. Two blends anchor the line—a Connecticut-seed wrapper version and an Ecuadorian Cameroon-seed Oscuro—each available in two vitolas and packaged in 15-count boxes ranging from $12.25 to $13.50.
