Set to be introduced officially at the 2022 PCA Trade Show, JRE Tobacco released Aladino Classic to farm tour accounts a month in advance. It’s a Honduran puro with all the tobacco grown at Fabrica de Puros Aladino S.A under the watchful eye of the world renowned Julio R. Eiroa in the Jamastran Valley. We first smoked the cigar a couple of months back when Justo Eiroa was in town to be on The Cigar […]
We discuss some of the new things that will be at TCA. Which ones sound like things that Dave should buy? 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 Salem, NH and as always you can find many of the cigars we discuss at https://www.2GuysCigars.com/.
The 4th of July is around the corner and that can only mean one thing, it’s Firecracker season. United Cigars has begun shipping the limited edition Bandolero Firecracker from Selected Tobacco. In 2006, from the creative mind of David Garofalo, the Firecracker line was born. The first cigar on the market with a long piece of tobacco at the head was shaped like a ‘wick’ or ‘fuse’ to capture the name of the line; Firecracker. […]
Toscano Master Aged Cigar Series is a new range of Premium cigars made and rolled by Manifatture Sigaro Toscano exclusively for selected countries (today it is only available in USA, Germany, Austria, Spain, Romania and Serbia). Toscano Master Aged was born from an idea of the Toscano Master Blender to create a unique making process with an extra maturation period, managed by a specialized ‘affinatore’ (refiner). Starting from the fifth day of maturation, the product is […]
This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… We discuss cigar smoking etiquette… Whether you are new to cigar smoking or a pro… What to-do and what Not to-do… that is the question and we have an answer. In the first hour we light up the Montosa Maduro from the care package and in the second hour we fire the Terra Nova Dark Fired Kentucky… Join […]
Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust® (DTT) will begin shipping its long awaited Muestra de Saka “The Bewitched” to its Select Purveyors on Thursday, June 9th, 2022. The Bewitched is an intoxicating liga of choice Nicaraguan and US Grown fillers with our exclusive Cultivo Tonto San Andreas Negro binder swaddled in a Grade 1 Ecuador Habano Seed capa. Presented in a beautiful 6 5/8 x 48 prensado vitola with a spiral colita, this cigar rewards the smoker […]
When there’s a downturn in the cigar industry, the retailer sees it first. What is Dave seeing now and what does it mean? 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 Salem, NH and as always you can find many of the cigars we discuss at https://www.2GuysCigars.com/.
For an outsider looking in, Michael Herklots was becoming the face of the TAA. He would serve as Emcee for numerous years during the Dream Machine event which was the TAA Trade Show aspect of the convention. In 2022, he returned to the TAA as a brand owner that saw his company Ferio Tego release Timeless TAA 2022. Made at the Plasencia factory in Nicaragua the limited edition smoke utilizes all Nicaraguan tobacco. The 10 […]
Aganorsa Leaf is excited to announce the highly acclaimed Aniversario Maduro will return this summer to the PCA. This year’s edition utilizes the same blend of 100% Aganorsa Leaf tobaccos wrapped in our proprietary Shade Grown Corojo Maduro cover leaf as previous years, but will be produced in three new vitolas: a 5 x 54 box-pressed Gran Robusto, a 6 ¼ x 52 boxed pressed Toro, and a 6 x 58 box pressed Gran Toro. […]
This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… Dissecting a cigar from outside-in. Most people never see this done because you must destroy a cigar to see what’s inside, but Dave does it all the time… How else can you see it inside? And when you do, what can you learn from looking from the inside-out. In the first hour we light up the Garofalo Family Legacy […]