This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Studio 21 Podcast Cafe, for over a year now, the pandemic has caused all trade shows to close, and Las Vegas has not allowed a trade show to happen until now. TPE – The Tobacco Plus Expo just wrapped up and we will tell you how it went. Also, there is an all-out war against flavored cigar… they could be banned. How will that […]
This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Studio 21 Podcast Cafe. Dave is back! HeI missed the show last week, but he had a good excuse as he became a Grandfather… an Abuelo… And we will smoke the soon to be released new Abuelo cigar made by JRE for United Cigars. We will smoke that as Dave gives us an update on Baby James and how life is living under one roof with four […]
This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Studio 21 Podcast Cafe we welcome Justo Eiroa of Aladino Cigars to the show. He’s the brand owner of JRE Tobacco along with his father Julio Eiroa, but the two of them are more than brand owners. They are the Kings of Honduran tobacco and we talk to Justo about everything tobacco from seed to cigar. In the first hour we light up the Aladino Corojo […]
This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Studio 21 Podcast Cafe we welcome Terence Reilly from Aganorsa Leaf as we smoke the new Aganorsa Rare Leaf in the first hour. We will also look at the science of smoking a cigar in a car. What is the best way to prevent ash from getting everywhere and how can you reduce the odor. Plus what is the optimal way to remove smoke from the […]
This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Studio 21 Podcast Cafe with our Mascot BRUNO the BELL – we get smaller as we discuss cigarillo style cigars and ask if they are premium cigars? We will smoke a Dom Hombre from a cigar tin and a United Pencil Maduro. Plus we will be joined by Josh Habursky who is the head of Government Affairs for the Premium Cigar Association. We will have this […]
This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Studio 21 Podcast Cafe with our Mascot BRUNO the BELL -Dave has another coin story, but this is one every cigar smoke should know. In the first hour we smoke a cigar that shows the skills of the cigar roller as we fire up a Serino Artisan Cigar from the Care Package. In the second hour we follow up the Regius Red from last weeks which […]
The week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Studio 21 Podcast Cafe with our Mascot BRUNO the BELL – It is the annual Cigar Survey. We will take a look at the 2021 survey and let you know what we want to know about you… and why! We will do this while smoking an Arturo Fuente 858 and a Regius Red Label both of which were in the care package. We will have this […]
The week on The Cigar Authority marks 11 full years of The Cigar Authority! It all began on April Fool’s Day 2010 and we said we will keep going till we get it right! So… the good news is… the show continues. We celebrate in the first hour by lighting up an Atabey Idolos which was part of the care package as we look back on the history of the show live from the Toscano Sound Stage […]
This week live from the Toscano Sound Stage at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe… The Cigar Authority has been working on the New Flavor Wheel for Cigar Tasting… It’s done and we have it for you here with details on how you can get one for FREE. In the first hour we will smoke a cigar from the Care Package in C.O. Jones. In the second hour we planned to smoke a cigar that ties into […]
This week live from the Toscano Sound Stage at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe… People talk shit about Dave’s vocabulary and pronunciation – but this time we will discuss Cigar Vocabulary – let us see who knows and who doesn’t know. In the first hour we will smoke a Studio 21 from the care package. A cigar that will go through a rebranding process in the near future and we discuss other brands that probably could benefit […]