It always amazes me how many people consider our mailbag episodes to be there favorites. Over the last couple of months we have gotten a lot of emails and this week on The Cigar Authority we play catch up as we go through close to 20 of them on this email centric episode of the #1 cigar podcast on the internet. In the first hour we will light up one of the hottest new cigars […]
We break down the world of Social Media & Cigars and ask the question how important is social media in today’s cigar market. What Cigar-lebrity has the most followers on Facebook? Twitter? Instagram? Top Podcast? Does size matter? Is it about content? Does it really effect sales? Do people still buy followers? We are joined by the National Sales Manager for Kristoff Cigars, Jarrid Trudeau as we light up something from Kristoff and a cigar […]
Many cigar smokers are collectors and their humidors contain some special cigars that they refuse to smoke until the occasion warrants it. Today we discuss some of those cigars that line the humidors belonging to the hosts of The Cigar Authority. We also look at the cigars we wish we had at least one off. What cigars are our holy grails, something we want to smoke another of or something we want to try. Will […]
In the first hour we will welcome the New England Sales Rep for Oliva Cigar to the show as we light up the Gilberto Oliva Reserva from the Cigar Authority Care Package. We will sit down with Todd Kumes and find out what’s new with Oliva Cigars. Throughout the show we will be revisiting the Ten Commandments of Cigar Shops that was written a few years back by Miguel Schoedel who is now the Sales […]
Do you remember the Pepsi Challenge? We do, and we will explain the concept and history behind it as we take that process to the cigar world. Let’s face it as we walk through the humidor a cigar band can catch our eye and causes us to gravitate toward that smoke. We all have friends that a loyal to one brand, but would they be if the didn’t know the cigar they were smoking. In […]
In the first hour we will sit down and light up the 2016 Cigar of the Year from Jochy Blanco’s Indian Head Tobacco. The La Galera Connecticut will end its reign as champion and we will sit down with Jonathan Carney from La Flor Dominicana to discuss what’s happening with Litto Gomez and family. We will find out how their lives changed after Cigar Aficionado named them Cigar of the Year. In the second hour […]
This week The Cigar Authority broadcasts live at a special time, 4pm (Eastern) on Thursday December 21st and we will be joined by the Director of Sales from United Cigar, Oliver Nivaud. In the first hour we will light up a cigar from the care package that happens to be one of Barry’s favorite every day cigars, the Fleur de la Reine Maduro. We will also discuss the Top 10 Cigar listing from Aficionado, and […]
Dave returns from Florida after making the trek last weekend to show his respects for Old Man Padron. He’ll fill is in on the Celebration of Life and let us know who was there and who he rubbed elbows with. We will light up The Upsetters from Foundation Cigar Company as we sit down with Rick Ardito. We will discuss his history with Drew Estate, ACID and now his relationship with Foundation Cigar Company with […]
Easily one of our most popular episodes each year is where we make our annual predictions about the Top 10 from Cigar Aficionado. Barry, David, Ed, and Mr. Jonathan will offer their own Top 10 list for each magazine. How accurate will they be? With the lists coming out soon we won’t have long to wait… We will also light up something from Southern Draw Cigars as we sit down with Robert Holt and find […]
This week it’s episode 401 as we are joined by Jason Wood the Vice President of Miami Cigar & Company. We will light up a cigar distributed by them, the La Aurora ADN Dominicano which is better known as La Aurora DNA. We’ll also find out what’s up with Tatiana, Toscano and the most interesting man in cigars, Nestor Miranda. In the second hour of the show we will light up a cigar from the […]