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VODCast: Lessons in Cigar Vocabulary

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 […]

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VODCast: Smoking & Drinking Irish Car Bombs

This week live from the Toscano Sound Stage at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe… It’s new, its green and it’s the Bomb!  Today we drink and light up the same thing… a cigar that should pair perfectly – The Irish Car Bomb.   In the first hour we will drink an Irish Car Bomb and light up the latest offering from United Cigars of the same name that is part of The Cigar Authority care package. […]

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VODCast: What Should You Be Smoking Instead of Cuban Cigars

This week on The Cigar Authority LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage… We ask what should you be smoking instead of Cuban cigars? In the first hour we smoke a cigar that some say is Cubanesque from the Care Package, the Bandolero Barbaros. In the second hour of the cigar we fire up a Cuban Cohiba Siglo VI and compare it to cigars available in the American market that we feel are better and […]

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VODCast: Which Presidents Smoked Cigars?

This week on The Cigar Authority LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage… Monday is Presidents Day and although we do not like to get into Politics on the show… you might be amazed at which President smoked cigars and which did not, and what does it mean?  We will be joined by Jim Price from CLE as we smoke the Eiroa First 20 in the first hour. In the second hour of the cigar […]

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VODCast: Explosive Cigars for Chinese New Year

The week LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage… Although the Groundhog saw his shadow meaning there are 6 more weeks of winter, It is The Chinese New Year and that means it is over! With lots of snow this week… We will be the judge of that! Stand by for an explosive show. In the first hour we smoke the Black Bomb which was included in the Care Package as we look at the Chinese […]

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VODCast: The Meatball Recap with Steve Saka

The week LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage… The Meatball Event is over, and we have Steve Saka with us to give you his take on the event and we may learn some breaking news of what he has planned in the cigar world in the near future.  Then again, we may not!   In the first hour we smoke Mi Querida from The Cigar Authority Care Package. In the second hour we see […]

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Special VODCast: The Meatball Cigar Event

For the last three years The Meatball Event at Two Guys Smoke Shop has been synonymous with Steve Saka & Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust. This year he looks to defend his title versus four competitors. Can Steve Saka hang on? The challengers are Mr. Jonathan (The Cigar Authority), Oliver Nivaud (United Cigars), Jim Price (CLE Cigars) and Ed Santamaria (Two Guys Smoke Shop). Can one of them defeat the King of Balls? Will Mr. Jonathan […]

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What is the State of The Cigar Industry Now?

Broadcasting LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire…  2020 was an interesting year for the cigar industry with a whole bunch of ups & downs.  Today it’s The State of the Cigar Industry Address.  Where are we and where are we headed? During the first hour we smoke the Victor Sinclair Serie 55. In the second hour we get into a discussion about retail, manufacturers, reps and brokers as we smoke […]

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VODCast: The Un-Released Cigar: What Does The Future Taste Like

Broadcasting LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire…  We have a Pre-Release of a Cigar from United Cigars that Oliver Nivaud, Director of Sales says we have to smoke. So we included it in the Care Package and fire it up in the first hour as Oliver joins us live in studio. We also have a announcement from David Garofalo of a personal nature that you want to tune in for. […]

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Podcast: The After Show Discusses The Beginning of the End of Cigars

Jim Price from CLE Cigars joins The After Show to talk about changes to the Jenkins’ Act that may negatively affect the cigar industry. Will it be the end of online sales of cigars? The Cigar Authority is a member of the United Podcast Network and is recorded live in front of a studio audience at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe upstairs at Two Guys Smoke Shop in Salem, NH and as always you can find […]

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