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VODCast: Are Bundle Cigars Cheap or a Value?

You can’t smoke the box. This week on The Cigar Authority live from Toscano Sound Stage at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe we take a look at Bundles. We look at the history of bundles from the early days to the current marketplace while we smoke Perdomo Fresco from the Care Package. In the second hour we light a second cigar from the Care Package as we continue the discussion. This time it’s the sponsor of […]

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VODCast: Is This The End Of Flavored Cigars?

The Cigar Authority comes to you live from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage and this week we ask the question, is this the end of flavored cigars in the United States. Cigars are under fire (pun intended) and flavored cigars even more so. Law makers are trying to kill it and the fight has divided the cigar industry. How did this happen and what is the future? Is it good or is it bad? Tune […]

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VODCast: The Top 10 Strongest Cigars

The Cigar Authority broadcasts live from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage and today is The Leap Year Edition of The Cigar Authority – It’s Feb 29 and it only comes around every 4 years, and as for a Saturday, it’s been 28 years since this has happened. We smoke a cigar from The Care Package, the Camacho Corojo as we count down the 10 strongest cigars in the marketplace. We will kick back and share […]

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VODCast: Cigar Industry Prediction Show

Every year it is the most talked about and anticipated episode, the Cigar Industry Predictions show so grab your tinfoil hat and join in on the conspiracy happening within the cigar industry. Sure, some of it educated guesses along with some uneducated guesses but we find it fun and according to listener feedback you do too. It also happens to be Dos Hombres Day at  Two Guys Smoke Shop as they celebrate 30 years of […]

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VODCast: A Cigar Made For Fallen Police & Firefighters

This week The Cigar Authority welcomes to the show Steve Zengel from Los Caidos Cigars. Los Caidos is Spanish for The Fallen and it is made at the Aganorsa factory in Nicragua. The cigar comes as a red band for the Fire Department, and a blue band for the Police Department with the blend being the same for both. For each cigar sold, $1 is donated by Los Caidos to family members of fallen police […]

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VODCast: Dave Returns With Insider Information From TPE ’20

This week Dave returned from Tobacco Plus Expo and on The Cigar Authority this week he will spill the beans and let us know what he saw and what he heard in Las Vegas. We know one thing, the show was packed. But what was the buzz? What was being discussed in hush tones? You won’t want to miss out on the show as Dave pulls back the curtains. We will fire up Kristoff Criollo […]

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VODCast: Your Burning Cigar Questions Answered

With Dave on his way to Miami for the Super Bowl after spending a week in Las Vegas at TPE, the boys take charge of the show. Will they be stooges or musketeers? In the first hour Mr. Jonathan is in charge of the show we fire up one of his favorite cigars that happens to be part of the February Care Package. We smoke 22N / 83W as we address your burning cigar questions […]

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VODCast: We Prepare For Tobacco Plus Expo 2020

With all the controversy and separation in the cigar industry we prepare for the TPE – Tobacco Plus Expo 2020 where all parties in the tobacco world will unite. What is scheduled and what is not but will happen anyway… we’ll discuss today on The Cigar Authority. We will look at the players in the industry from giant corporations to small family businesses and from the manufacturers to the retailers. Who will be there and […]

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VODCast: Passion & Myths of Toscano Cigars

Fresh off his North American Sales Meeting in Doral, Florida we welcome Brand Ambassador Michael Cappellini of Toscano Cigars to the show. We catch up with him to see how 2019 was, how 2020 is shaping up as he visits us Live at the Toscano Sound Stage of Studio. He is bringing with him some of his award winning Limoncello as we drink up and smoke a cigar from the care package, Toscano Garibaldi. In […]

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VODCast: State of the Cigar Industry Address

With 2019 behind us it’s time for Dave to give his 2020 State of the Cigar Industry Address. What trends did 2019 see happen. Was cigar production up or down? How did the cigar producing countries fare? What will 2020 bring? Is the cigar industry in an upward or downward trend? Dave takes a look at it all in one of our most popular shows each year. We will do this while smoking a cigar […]

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