According to their Facebook page, Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust will ship their initial orders to select purveyors on the estimated date of November 1st, 2015. According to the posting all orders will be truncated though retailers will receive an equitable share of their first order with the balance to be fulfilled ASAP. The posting goes on to say that the company received “5-fold” the amount of orders at the IPCPR than they anticipated and that Steve […]
While The Cigar Authority is collectively the team of David Garofalo; Mr. Jonathan Barbeau, Chuck Morrison and yours truly; the blog sometimes takes on a personal note as it is my style of writing. Today’s cigar reflects on that. This week it was announced that Charlie Lopez was named Director of Sales for Boutique Blends and as luck would have it he showed up at the offices of The Cigar Authority just the other day. Living in […]
Living in New York at the time that Liga Privada No. 9 came out; I remember how the cigar set the world on fire so to speak. Limited to a certain amount of accounts they became the holy grail of cigars for cigar geeks such as myself. A couple of years later Drew Estate would release the Liga Privada T52 and it would surpass the No. 9 for me in terms of a cigar I […]
At the end of July we looked at the Davidoff Escurio Gran Toro in a review; but this morning on the way into work the urge to smoke the Robusto, which comes in a gorgeous tube, took control of my thoughts. So when I got into work, I purchased one from the shelves at Two Guys Smoke Shop. The Davidoff website describes the cigar as “Inspired by Zino Davidoff’s pioneering spirit. We at Davidoff continue our mission to […]
Rafael Nodal has announced Charlie Lopez as Director of Sales for Boutique Blends; the company behind cigars such as La Boheme, Aging Room and Swag. Prior to being name the Director of Sales, Charlie worked for the company for 2.5 years as an account manager in the Florida market where is he based. According to a press release from Boutique Blends, “Charlie’s broad knowledge of different aspects of our industry, along with his exceptional organizational […]
This week on The Cigar Authority we are joined by Stephen Adib of Cuba Rica Tabacalera who makes brands Via Havana, Testarosso, Spirt of Art, Barabbas and the Cuba Rica Limitada. Also with football season right around the corner we talk a little football with Chuck Morrison who works for the New England Patriots. We also discuss the new releases coming in from IPCPR and what it means for some brands with shelf space being […]
KILO is a cigar that I didn’t really want to review; because it is my cigar. However in speaking with someone on social media he put it in a way that made it hard to say no. He said, “I don’t live in New Hampshire and I can’t meet with you to discuss the cigar, so why not bring the cigar to me via The Cigar Authority.” So reluctantly I offer you my thoughts on […]
La Antiguedad was originally released in 2014 and was offered up at the 2015 Tobacconist Association of America convention earlier this year. The cigar that was originally set to ship in June is now available at TAA Cigar Shops around the country but it features a different wrapper then the regular release and a different sizes as well. The filler tobacco for La Antiguedad is cultivated entirely in Nicaragua on the farms of San Rafael, […]
The LG from La Flor Dominicana carries the initials of owner Litto Gomez, and this year the 2015 edition will be available in 5 sizes: Oriental (4 7/8 x 38 / $8.80); Cubano (5 x 50 / $11.20); Chisel Puro (5.5 x 54 / $12.80); Americano (5.75 x 46 / $11.20) and Lusitano (6 x 52 / $12.80). The band which originally denoted “Diez” has been reworked slightly and now has the number 10 which […]
In the 1980s the two big soft drink manufactures went at it via ad campaigns and now two of the biggest players in the cigar industry are waging their own version of the cola wars. At the 2015 IPCPR in New Orleans Padron released a round Connecticut named Damaso and now Avo which is part of Davidoff has released a box pressed Avo with Nicaraguan tobacco. According to the Avo website, “Inspired by the cosmopolitan […]