This week, Two Guys Smoke Shop received a couple new products from Nick Melillo’s Foundation Cigar Company. One of those items is one that I’ve been waiting patiently for since I heard it was coming out. The Charter Oak is a value priced cigar that comes in two different wrappers: a silky smooth Connecticut Shade and a dark and thick Connecticut Broadleaf maduro. Today, I’ll be taking a look at the latter since our friend […]
Today the President of El Artista Cigars, Radhames “Ram” Rodriguez announced the first boxes of Big Papi by David Ortiz began shipping this week from Doral, FL. The much anticipated cigar line makes its way onto hundreds of retail shelves this week, fulfilling IPCPR 2016 pre-orders. The first boxes shipped Monday morning, and El Artista expects thousands of boxes to reach retailers by Friday. Mr. Rodriguez stated, “The response from retailers and consumers has been […]
The newly redesigned Nestor Miranda Collection was launched during the company’s 25th anniversary in 2014. The collection featured three different cigars until now as it has added a fourth wrapper, Corojo. The move to add a fourth wrapper to the line came from Nestor Miranda himself who felt the cigar was missing his favorite wrapper. Until now the cigar has been available as a Connecticut, Habano and Maduro. According to Jason Wood, Vice President of […]
The FDA has forced the hand of Jose Blanco. Citing the uncertainty of the FDA Ruling, Jose Blanco has accepted a role with the company owned by Ernesto Perez Carrillo. That role is Senior Vice President. According to Jose Blanco the brands under his company Las Cumbres which was formed in 2014 will be handled by his wife Emma Viktorsson. Blanco stated exclusively to The Cigar Authority, “Emma will manage it all – we have […]
Dr. Gaby Kafie has an interesting story that has caught our attention at The Cigar Authority. He built a practice around visiting Nursing Homes, Assisted Living facilities, and doing House Calls, apart from his clinic. He spent a lot of time working visiting homeless shelters, A.I.D.S. clinics, and treating the indigent. He eventually had to leave the Medical profession as he developed an ocular disease called Central Serous Chorioretinopathy. This is a disease that affects the eyes […]
In 1896 BP Topper started making Topper Cigars in McSherrystown, Pennsylvania. Three generations of Topper’s have manufactured & distributed hand crafted Topper Cigars with Cuban Long Filler & Connecticut Broadleaf wrappers. This passion for the highest quality cigars is now continued by the Fourth Generation with a celebratory cigar. After 120 years, they now bring you a very special limited production hand crafted cigar paying homage to the long history of their family in the […]
Today I chose the review on the blind, sorta. My humidor is on a shelf above my desk and instead of hunting and pecking for a cigar that I wanted to review, I reached in and picked one at random. I figured what do I have to lose, if its in my box, I must like it. So instead of being picky, I let the random results speak for itself. Cigar Review: Perdomo Reserve Campage Factory: Tabacalera Perdomo […]
Obama Hurting U.S. Small Business by Easing Restriction on Cuban Cigars – A David Garofalo Editorial
PLEASE… stop asking that question… The Cuban Embargo is NOT Over, but there has been yet another kick in the cojones for American businesses and the creation of an unfair playing field, if you ask me. Americans traveling abroad can now return with all the Cuban cigars and Cuban rum they want and they don’t go through any of the same pesky regulations and taxation that all other cigars have to go through. This “free […]
Today on The Cigar Authority, we talk about celebrities who’ve tried their hand in the cigar industry during the first hour of the show. We will light up the Pulita 60th Anniversary which is part of this months Care Package. There’s another celebrity up to bat who is about to release a brand of his own. During the second hour, we will smoke on the blind once again with an unknown cigar from Cigar Journal […]
As a rule of thumb, I dislike to review two cigars from the same company on back to back days. However, the amount of messages and emails I have gotten asking about Charter Oak and yesterday’s review of Tabernacle have been through the roof. So today I will break that rule, and review the Connecticut Shade version of the Charter Oak. I’m pretty sure Derek will review the Broadleaf version the coming the weeks. Charter […]