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VODCast: 20 Things Only a Cigar Smoker Knows

The week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… Because you’re a cigar smoker, you know things other people don’t know! Actually 20 things. We’ll tell you what you already know, and some honorable mentions. We will smoke two cigars from the Care Package the first one which you don’t know about and a second cigar from Camacho called Factory Unleashed. Join us for all of this […]

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VODCast: The 2021 Contenders For the Cigar of the Year Are….

The week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… It’s showtime – time to piss-off some MFG and time to make some happy! The Contenders for The Cigar of the Year – The Best New Cigars of 2021 revealed! We will count down the 7 cigars that make up the list for the best cigars of 2021 while we smoke last years winner the Perdomo 10th Anniversary […]

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Special Episode: Joke & Smoke Live

Live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… It’s the second annual Joke & Smoke. Join us as we welcome Jonathan Carney from La Flor Dominicana as he prepares a meal from The Cigar Authority cookbook and we reveal an exclusive cigar made just for the event! We will also welcome Tony V star of stage & screen as he acts as host while we feature sets from top notch comedians such as […]

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VODCast: Starting a Cigar Company From The Beginning Again! w/ Michael Herklots

This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… Ferio Tego is a new cigar company from Michael Herklots who has been in the industry for a long time. He started down the road from us at a little cart in the Prudential Center. We will find out his 5-year plan and what have been the struggles so far. In the first hour we will talk with Michael […]

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VODCast: Launching HVC Black Friday with Reinier Lorenzo

This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… When we talk who’d red hot in the cigar industry right now, the first one that comes to mind is HVC and Reinier Lorenzo. Reinier joins us as we launch the HVC Black Friday 2021 In the first hour we will smoke the new HVC Black Friday 2021 as we catch up HVC while in the second hour we […]

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VODCast: How Much Does It Cost to Get Into the Cigar Industry

This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… What does it cost to make your own brand?  Is it worth it?  What else should you do?  Micky Pegg has been in the industry in lots of forms, Now a brand owner with All Saints Cigars, we will ask him this question as we pull back the curtain on costs! In the first hour we will smoke the […]

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VODCast: Cigar Influencers – Do They Influence Your Purchases

This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… Let’s talk influencers…. Who are the influencers in the Cigar Industry and – Do they influence your purchases? Joining us today is someone we call an influencer – we are joined by Tim Swanson. In the first hour we light up the Dama Valada Gordo from the Care Package as we discuss who the influencers are in the cigar […]

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VODCast: Trademarks in the Cigar Industry

This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire…Let’s Talk Trademarks in the Cigar Industry! It’s always an issue, year after year and its complicated! What brand owners can call their cigar brands and size… and what they can’t! In the first hour we will smoke the new Aladino Cigar Bar from United Cigars while in the second hour we will fire the Perdomo Habano BBA Epicure CT […]

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VODCast: Rare & Limited Cigars – Episode 600!

his week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… It’s 600 Episodes… in 600 weeks. This week – let’s look back to Episode #1 as we discuss Rare and Limited Edition Cigars… are they all that or just marketing? Welcome to TCA. In the first hour we will smoke the Araganorsa Rare Leaf as we discuss rare and limited cigars. In the second hour we will light up […]

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VODCast: All Time Greatest Cigar Packaging

This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire…Sometime as consumers, we buy the Sizzle and not the Steak. It certainly happens in the cigar industry where sometime elaborate packaging takes priority over the cigar itself. The greatest cigar packaging of all time as we are joined live in studio by Erik Wentworth of Hammer + Sickle Cigars. In the first hour we will smoke the Trademark Maduro […]

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