What cigar does one smoke on their birthday, there were a few options but when it came down to it I reached for a Byron Petit Poemas. Made by Selected Tobacco and distributed by United Cigar, the cigar is the brainchild of Nelson Alfonso. In fact, yesterday we smoked the Atabey and today the Byron all that remains is the Bandolero, and tomorrow we might have to complete that hat trick. The cigars come in […]
Some days you just wake up and want to smoke the very best and when that happens I reach for Atabey. The only cigar on The Cigar Authority to be awarded a perfect 100 score on the Brujos size. Today’s I have to be in Salem for a taping of The Cigar Authority radio show so my time was pressed and I reached for the smaller size of the Divinos. From Selected Tobacco and Nelson […]
This past weekend we had Jeremy Soares as a guest on The Cigar Authority Podcast, and during the course of the show we smoked two cigars from the My Father portfolio, one of which was the La Antiguedad Toro. According to their website, “La Antiguedad (The Antiquity) is the Garcia’s second project to be developed after the mega success of Flor de las Antillas, in which they will once again embrace the authenticity and historic […]
With the release this week of a Four Pack Sampler, I decided to go through each size of the Hirochi Robaina cigar which is officially called HR Habano Maduro. For those not in the know, Hirochi Robaina is the grandson of renowned Cuban tobacco grower Alejandro Robaina who also have a Cuban brand called Robaina. In 2011, Omar Gonzalez Aleman the master blender for Cubanacan who once worked in Cuba’s cigar industry reached out to the […]
I’ve mentioned at times that I work for Two Guys Smoke Shop, and one of the things I do is work the mail order side and maintaining their website. Yesterday, a person called ordering some of today’s cigars and I forgot how much I love this cigar considering it one of the Top 5 Lancero cigars on the market. Interesting enough, one of the other Top 5’s for me was a cigar from Pete Johnson as […]
Padron is a company that really isn’t know for their limited edition, however they do reward there loyal customers from time to time with a cigar that is a little bit different. The Padron TAA is the closest thing to a limited edition smoke from this storied company based in Little Havana. In 2013 they released a Toro, and last year was a Belicoso which we will review here. It will be interesting to see […]
Around this time 3 years ago I was sitting at a cigar shop in Kendall, a suburb of Miami. It was at this shop that I met a person I had crossed paths with at a cigar lounge in the Bronx. Turns out that he was regular at the now defunct Cigar 1. It was here that I also met a future porn star in Luna Star, as she worked in the shop before the adult […]
A few weeks ago Two Guys Smoke Shop got in the Hirochi Robaina and although they can’t put them on the web at 2guyscigars.com they are taking phone orders. At that time they also bought on the Cubanacan core line. According to their website, “As long as there have been people, there have been stories. From the stories told in paintings on ancient caves to the family stories shared around the table, stories make up […]
Last night I got to speak with Jeff Stone who does product training for Davidoff. During the course of the conversation we spoke on how each of the Winston Churchill had a different strength. For me I thought it was the Toro which I reviewed last week, and this week I thought I would see if his assessment of the Robusto being the strongest was spot on. Normally, I don’t like to review sizes of […]
A few weeks ago the good folks at Black Label Trading Company reached out to me to send some cigars out for review, and I accepted. There was a buzz about this brand on Social Media and I was curious. When the packaged arrived I was a little surprised by the branding, as there were two labels; a black version and a white version. However, there were 6 different blends which were only told apart […]