This weekend on The Cigar Authority we will light up the last cigar of the January Care Package, Bandolero. Even though we will be smoke the Tremendos vitola on the show, both cigars are from pack III. Cigar history has followed a difficult path between crime and pleasure. Demonized on arrival to Europe, in which latter tobacco trade was monopolized. The success of the tobacco expansion is explained by the attempts of being controlled. […]
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Back in 2009, Davidoff released a limited batch of cigars known as the “Davidoff Selección 702” that many considered the company’s best blend to date. It was unique because Davidoff used an exclusive wrapper from Ecuador that was a hybrid of three different seeds and used 80% Dominican ligero filler tobaccos for strength and taste. A combination that Master Blender Henke Keller worked extensively on. Since then, you’d be lucky to get your hands on […]
I am in one of the moods where I don’t know what to smoke when it comes to doing a review. I mean when I ran my old website back in the day I smoked through everything, so picking something that has been around for a while is tough because in my mind been there done that. So I asked one of my co-workers to pick out a cigar and this is the result. Not […]
Earlier last year, Davidoff announced they were making some a few cuts to their cigar portfolio. One of those lines that will be taking a seat on the bench is the Davidoff Puro D’Oro, a cigar that has been in production since 2010. Considering these are going by the wayside, I figured it would be a good time to give the Puro D’Oro another try while I still can. What am I smoking? Cigar Review: […]
While I can’t pin-point where I was the first time I heard about The Oscar Habano, I can recall the first time I smoked it. I was sitting with David, Mr. Jonathan and Derek doing an episode of The Cigar Authority where we smoked this cigar blind. You see, the four us do reviews for Cigar Journal Magazine, who just happened to name us the 2016 Cigar Ambassadors of the Year. Moments into lighting up […]
This weekend I picked up a cigar that was something I hadn’t grabbed in a very long time, Davidoff Millennium. The cigar was originally released in 2001 which gives it more than enough years to be FDA compliant in terms of being pre-2007. It’s a cigar that I smoked from time to time when I lived in NYC, but over the years it fell off my radar. With my palate calibrated once again thanks to […]
This week I have been trying to reignite my palate by smoking some cigar brands that take me back to the days my passion of the leaf began. One of those cigars was my first every day cigar. The Padron 2000 which was my cigar 90% of the time while sitting at a small cigar cafe in Brooklyn, NY watching the Yankees or a movie. Cigar Review: Padron Thousand Series Country of Origin: Nicaragua Wrapper: Nicaragua (Natural Sun […]
Since his departure from Drew Estate a couple years ago, Nick Melillo has been holding his own in the cigar industry. He has been cranking out several popular brands from his company, known as Foundation Cigar Company in Nicaragua. Today I wanted to review the Charter Oak Shade. What am I Smoking? Cigar: Charter Oak Shade Wrapper: US Connecticut Shade Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Length: 4.5 Inches Ring Gauge: 50 Power: 4 / 10 Packaging […]
I’ve been in a serious funk lately when it comes to smoking cigars. I’ve had a hard time finding my comfort zone and it concerns me. You see I used to be that guy that chased everything new. Now with FDA Regulations in place nothing new has been coming out. Yes, some things have been sprinkled to the masses since August 8th, but they were all introduced prior to that point. So to me they […]
I had not planed to light up a cigar on New Years Day but that plan didn’t last long. The urger for Tabernacle was strong, and I decided that one was just not enough. So this morning I lit up another from Foundation Cigar Company. The company which was born in 2015 is the brainchild of Nick Melillo, who was responsible for a lot of the great blending at Drew Estate prior to the arrival […]