For the last 20 years not only has he made some of the most popular cigars in the industry, but he has also fought for our rights as cigar smokers in the public eye like no other manufacturer has done. To commemorate the 20th Rocky Patel has released a cigar that is described on his website as, “Celebrating 20 years in the business of creating iconic cigars, we couldn’t deliver something short of magnificent. This […]
.Today’s cigar is landing at retailers around the nation and is the Azan Burgundy Toro; which is a size that retailers wanted to see from the company which had embraced small traditional cuban sizes prior to Jack Torano joining the team last year. According to Roberto Duran, maker of Azan Burgundy “Each cigar is hand-rolled by experienced rollers, who only specialize in a particular size. The cigars are then carefully checked for quality and age in […]
Established in 1903; La Aurora was the first cigar factory of the Dominican Republic and in 2014 at IPCPR the company released Untamed. The cigar which was dramatically different than anything released by the company before wound up winning the best Dominican cigar from the Dominican Cigar Review. The Dominican Cigar Review panel of experts concluded that due to Untamed’ s perfect balance between flavor, body and superior construction it deserved a 5-star rating and the award […]
Sometime over the summer Drinnan Thornton the sales rep for Alec Bradley stopped at The Cigar Authority to catch up with us, and at the time to give us a sample of Sanctum. In turn we asked about Alec Bradley Post Embargo of which he had no clue, so we showed him the trademark that Alec Bradley had registered that same day. This Saturday AM I got a text asking if I would be around […]
CAO CIGARS ANNOUNCES SPONSORSHIP OF AMAZING SURF ADVENTURES’ OPERATION SURF PROGRAM Richmond, VA – CAO Cigars announces that the brand will donate a portion of the proceeds from its small batch cigar called CAO Honor to the Amazing Surf Adventures (ASA) Operation Surf program benefitting wounded military heroes. CAO’s donation will support ASA’s 13th Operation Surf event which will be held starting today through October 19, 2015. Twenty four wounded active-duty and veteran heroes from […]
When the Cuban embargo lifts there will be quite a few things that will need to be decided rather quickly when it comes to a few brands, and one of those is Partagas which has been around since 1845. Prior to the Cuban revolution, the brand was last owned by the Cifuentes family before being taken over by the government of the island nation. Stateside, the brand is owned by General Cigar Company which acquired […]
“Geek Stick”… A Cigar for Saving, Giving, Trading, Selling or Smoking Another editorial by David Garofalo A “Geek Stick” is a cigar that is limited in production for one reason or another, which creates demand for a few different reasons. I’ve always been intrigued by the Geek Stick, its psychology and allure… so let’s dig in. Limited Production cigars began (as I recall) during the cigar boom of the 1990’s by Arturo Fuente Cigars and […]
On this week of The Cigar Authority we welcome into the studio Nick Melillo aka Nick R Agua as we smoke El Gueguense and discuss his career from cigar shop owner to running the Drew Estate factory before starting his own Foundation Cigar Company. Also, Dave discusses the history of geek sticks, we catch up on the mail bags and all the usual madness known as The Cigar Authority. [jetpack_subscription_form] Next Podcast: Nick Melillo[chatwing id=”423810″ width=”600″ height=”350″ […]
Kilo Cigar Review by David Garofalo I promised Barry Stein I would do an in-depth and possibly painstaking review of his brainchild Kilo, since the IPCPR trade show in July but I put it off for 3 months for a couple of reasons. To let the cigar rest and to be honest with you, I really didn’t want to do it. For those that know my palate, you understand that I favor milder smokes. This, […]
A representative from My Father Cigars shared on social media this afternoon that the My Father, Don Pepin Garcia Original is being released as a Demi Tasse size measuring 4.5 x 32. Despite the graphic referring to the units as tins, a company representative informed The Cigar Authority that they would be in cardboard boxes referred to as a “petaca”. The Don “Pepin” Garcia Original “Blue Label” is made from 100% Nicaraguan tobacco and features a Corojo […]