For fans of Arturo Fuente Christmas is the most wonderful time of year as the company begins sending out their limited release Anejo cigars. The Anejo features a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper that ages inside Cognac barrels and for me when I first started smoking it was one of the cigars that I highly coveted. With 20 years of cigar smoking experience under my belt, does the cigar still warrant that? We review the Robusto size […]
The International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association (IPCPR) has announced the hiring of Lisa Cox, CMP as its new Senior Director of Trade Show & Events. Cox brings significant trade show experience to the position, serving most recently as the Vice President of Events at the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions, where she oversaw 13 meetings and the annual trade show. Under Cox’s leadership, the annual trade show revenue grew more than 50%. […]
Toward the end of November we named our Contender’s for the Cigar of the Year. The process begins with us sitting in a room, and discussing the cigars that came out in 2018. We argue, we debate, and we argue some more before settling on eight contenders. However, unlike the rest of the Cigar of the Year’s this is the only one where you get a vote on who wins. So far during the course […]
On the December 8th, 2018 episode of The Cigar Authority we featured a cigar from the care package and as has become custom we share the review of the La Aurora DNA. On the show we smoked the Churchill, but offer up to you a review of the Robusto. It’s a cigar that features Andullo tobacco that I enjoyed immensely. Cigar Review: La Aurora DNA Wrapper: Dominican Republic (Cibao Valley) Binder: Cameroon (Authentic from Africa) Filler: […]
The Cigar Authority is the longest current cigar podcast on the internet today. 9 Years in and we’ve asked the listeners for some show ideas and today’s show is one of them. Almost 2 months ago Mr. Jonathan read the email suggestion and quickly went off on how bad of an idea it was. Well, that was enough for us to use the idea. Today we will share some of the movies we enjoy and […]
Since 2014 Master blender and brand owner, Nicholas Melillo aka Nick R. Agua, has been working with choice farmers in the Connecticut River Valley to develop the Havana Seed CT #142 wrapper. Grown in the great state of Connecticut the seed is extremely rare and unlike any other tobacco in the world. Due to the incredible amount of oil from the plant, it takes 3 yrs to undergo the fermentation process to deliver cigar that delivers […]
According to Eduardo Fernandez of Aganorsa Leaf, “First you crawl, then you walk and then you run. It’s a process you can’t skip or else it comes back to haunt you.” It’s some serious words to live by as we all want to run before we can walk, but until you understand the process, learn the process and utilize the process it becomes a recipe for disaster. Aganorsa Leaf is a company that is now […]
The following is a press release submitted by the Cigar Rights of America. A new report by Mangum Economics updates the out-of-date economic analysis of the Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) regulation of premium handmade cigars, and estimates the number of U.S. jobs that will be lost because of the regulations. The report uses FDA’s own assumptions about the effects of the regulations and updates the calculations to use more recent government data. It also […]
Earlier today we welcomed to The Cigar Authority podcast the Great-Grandson of Winston Churchill, Randolph Churchill. During the course of the show we smoked the Winston Churchill, Churchill cigar and has become customary after the show we share a full in-depth review of the cigar smoked on the show. This episode was a special occasion and as a result we smoked only the one cigar . Cigar: Winston Churchill Late Hour Wrapper: Habano Ecuador Binder: San Andres […]
Today we welcome the Great Grandson of the most recognized cigar smoker ever who also happened to be the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and led Britain to Victory in the 2nd World War. We’re talking about Winston Churchill as we welcome Randolph Churchill. We look back on the life of Sir Winston Churchill who was born on November 30, 1874 as we light the cigar and size that features his name. We will have […]