This week we welcome the owner of Foundation Cigar Company Nick Melillo aka Nick R. Agua to the show and we discuss his company which makes cigars such as Charter Oak and Tabernacle which we will smoke, and we will discuss El Gueguense and the Upsetters. It’s Labor Day weekend and we discuss our Labor of Love cigars with one of the most passionate owners in the business. Join us live for the madness known […]
It’s easily our most controversial episode of the year as we sit down and create some rumors, spread some rumors and tease you about who may be selling, who may be sold and what the future could hold for the Cigar Industry. To make things more interesting we will be joined by Eric Hanson of Hammer + Sickle where we will light up the Hermitage No. 1 and Sochi. But it doesn’t stop there as […]
It’s finally here. You’ve heard us talk about it for weeks now and the new studio has arrived at the United Podcast Network. This week we will be broadcasting live from the La Flor Dominicana set of the The Cigar Authority where we will light up two cigars from the care package. Thomas Marshall once said, “what this country needs is a really-good 5-cent cigar.” Well we have the 21st Century equivalent in the Dos […]
Well Rocky Patel was supposed to be a guest on The Cigar Authority even confirming it at IPCPR in Las Vegas. But, he’s on a well deserved vacation in Wyoming where evidently they don’t have cell phone service. We will still light up the Rocky Patel 15th Anniversary which is the first cigar from the August Care Package. We will also take a look at contenders for the 2017 Cigar of the Year. What have […]
This week we welcome to the show the hottest cigar maker in the world, AJ Fernandez as we find out about his Nicaraguan operations and why everyone is asking him to make cigars. We also speak to his Director of Sales, Adrian Acosta and find out how he got his start in the business. In the first hour we light up the New World Oscuro and in the second hour enjoy the Last Call. Join […]
The boys are back and we will discuss IPCPR with Steve Saka from Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust as we light up his Mi Querida in the first hour of the show. This show has the potential of creating the perfect storm as Steve isn’t shy and promises to unload his thoughts about the most recent IPCPR. In the second hour we will light up the new Winston Churchill Late Hour from Davidoff Cigars as we […]
One of the hottest cigars since the 2016 IPCPR has been Serino Cigars. It’s a brand that has seen tremendous growth across the country, and we catch up with the Father & Son team behind the brand, Anthony & Carson Serino. We take a peak at the latest issue of Cigar Journal magazine and tell you why it is the best Cigar magazine on the market today. We’ll break down the issue and tell you […]
We are joined live and in studio by the beast known as Sakasquatch, aka Steve Saka and we light up a couple of cigars from Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust. In the first hour we light up a cigar from The Cigar Authority care package, Sobremesa. In the second hour we light up Mi Querida. Join us for all the madness known as The Cigar Authority, live from Two Guys Smoke Shop in Salem, NH. As […]
We end the month of May with an episode that has it all. We are joined in studio by Mr. Jonathan Carney who fills us in on everything La Flor Dominicana as we light up the 2017 Edition of the LFD TAA. Dave returns from Tampa and tells us what he can about the Davidoff Advisory Board meeting, and let’s us know about a new Winston Churchill he got to light up while in the […]
David Garofalo is a genius. The last couple of years we have done a show predicting the consolidation of a the Cigar Industry. Well, he got another one right and we will be joined by Rafael Nodal of Boutique Blends, the makers of Solera, Pelo de Oro, Swag and Aging Room who will tell us as much as he can about the new distribution deal with Altadis USA and what the future holds for the […]