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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire…A guy named John Garofalo got into the cigar industry and I didn’t know him – no relation, but we had to have him on the show. He’s got a cigar store, building more, and owns his own brand. We’ll talk about events and lots more… Welcome to The Cigar Authority! In the first hour we will smoke the The […]
This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire…We welcome Justo Eiroa of Aladino Cigars as we smoke two of Dave’s favorite types of cigars… We catch up on all things Aladino plus we recap the Two Guys Smoke Shop’s 36th Anniversary. In the first hour we will smoke the Aladino Vintage Selection Lancero, a favorite size of Dave’s *sarcasm* which is part of The Cigar Authority Care […]
This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… 10 years ago, a British banker drops what he was doing and creates a cigar brand for himself. Today, (after 10 years) he is an overnight sensation. Akhil Kapacee from Regis Cigars joins us. live in studio on The Cigar Authority! In the first hour we will light up a Regius Black Label Petit Robusto from The Cigar Authority […]
his week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… Motorcycle Riders and Cigars have gone hand and hand since 1901, and that is when Indian Motorcycle began making bikes right near us in Springfield MA. Today we welcome Phil Zanghi of Indian Motorcycle cigar and we will talk about his cigar brand that goes hand in hand with the open road… Plus, we discuss whether you should break […]
This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire…We welcome Michael Capellini live in studio from Toscano Cigars. He is back and, he’s got new Toscano’s plus he has a very interesting event coming with us and we’ll tell you all about it. In he first hour we will light up the Toscano Modigliani from the care package. In the second hour Dave will share a story about […]