Miami Cigar & Company notified their retail partners today that beginning Wednesday, March 18th, 2020 all orders will be placed on a temporary hold due to growing concern that future orders will be held in transit. According to Jason Wood VP of Miami Cigar & Company, “The delayed shipping is a tentative schedule and is subject to change, but this is where we are now.” Miami Cigar & Company has brands, Nestor Mirada Collection, Nestor […]
The President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández has ordered the shut down of all cigar rolling in the country of Honduras for at least 7 days. The Central American country has 6 cases of COVID-19 at the time of writing this. In an effort to combat the spread, the country has prohibited the gathering of more than 50 people and shut down non-essential businesses. The move comes as many countries struggle to slow the spreading […]
Continuing the theme of The Cigar Authority podcast we take a look at another bundle cigar. This time we turn to a cigar from the care package, Classic Cuban. The Classic line is available in four different blends; Connecticut, Cameroon, Cuban and Maduro. Today’s cigar review is said to be blended to be reminiscent of Classic Cuban smokes. Cigar Review: Classic Cuban Wrapper: Habano Binder: Dominican Republic Filler: Dominican Republic Length: 6″ Ring Gauge: 60 Size: Gordo The Look: The Classic Cuban comes in […]
Bundle cigars. Two words that make a lot of cigar smokers cringe. However, this past weekend on The Cigar Authority we talked about bundle cigars as we asked, are they cheap or a value smoke? The answer depends who you ask, but these brands have a place in our industry and today we review one of the cigars we smoked on the show, Perdomo Fresco. Cigar Review: Perdomo Fresco Wrapper: Ecuador Connecticut Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Length: 6″ Ring Gauge: 50 […]
You can’t smoke the box. This week on The Cigar Authority live from Toscano Sound Stage at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe we take a look at Bundles. We look at the history of bundles from the early days to the current marketplace while we smoke Perdomo Fresco from the Care Package. In the second hour we light a second cigar from the Care Package as we continue the discussion. This time it’s the sponsor of […]
The Tobacconist Association of America has informed its members they will be postponing their annual TAA Meeting and Convention which as supposed to take place later this month at Sheraton Hacienda del Mar in Los Cabos, Mexico. In a message to their members they stated, “Health and safety is the top priority for the TAA members who are scheduled to attend this year’s TAA Annual Meeting and Convention. Unfortunately due to COVID-19, we are officially […]
Since 2011, Davidoff has celebrated the birthday of Avo Uvezian with a Limited Edition release in March. This continues to this day even after his passing in 2017. Like last year, the cigar is limited to 2,500 boxes to the US Market. According to Oettinger Davidoff AG Chief Marketing Officer Edward Simon “The AVO Improvisation 2020 is the eighth rendition of the highly anticipated annual series. Avo Uvezian believed that life is to be enjoyed fully […]
This week on The After Show, Dave gets called out by a listener on his stance of not attending the Premium Cigar Association (PCA). Will he be able to convince Dave to attend the trade show? Will Dave continue to boycott attending? The Cigar Authority is a member of the United Podcast Network and is recorded live in front of a studio audience at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe upstairs at Two Guys Smoke Shop in […]
On Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 we were joined on The After Show by Micky Pegg who has returned to the cigar industry as one of the owners of All Saints Cigars. His partners include a restauranteur and an Air Force Veteran. Micky who worked for Davidoff and CAO in separate stints returns to the industry with the limited edition Solamente which is only made in one size at TAVICUSA in Nicaragua. Cigar Review: All Saints Cigars […]
On the Cigar Authority this week we fired up a cigar from the Care Package, Acid Amigos. The cigar was relaunched as an exclusive to Two Guys Smoke Shop in 2018. We included a flavored cigar in the care package to coincide with the war on flavored cigars episode. Cigar Review: ACID Amigos Wrapper: Connecticut Shade Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Length: 5″ Ring Gauge: 38 Size: Amigos (Petit Corona x 2) The Look: Packaged in the classic flip top ACID box, the Amigos are […]