This week marks the tenth anniversary of a special moment in the premium cigar industry. It was called, “Freedom Tour.” Following a series of meetings in Houston, Texas during the annual Retail Tobacco Dealers Association (today’s IPCPR) a group of industry leaders realized something different had to be done to work for the protection of the premium cigar interests of the nation, with a focus on building a consumer coalition that would echo the message […]
Back in June, Steve Saka announced a line extension fro Todos Las Dias in the form of Mas Fuerte. The name Mas Fuerte translates to stronger, but the question is does the cigar ramp things up enough to deserve the name. Today we look at this Thick Lonsdale and answer that question on The Cigar Authority. Cigar Review: Todos Las Dias Mas Fuerte Wrapper:Nicaraguan Sungrown Criollo Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Length: 6″ Ring Gauge: 46 Size: Thick Lonsdale The Look: Like the […]
50 Years ago Davidoff Cigars was born and we fire up the Davidoff 50 Year Diademas Finas in celebration of the Golden Anniversary of the original boutique cigar. We will go through the timeline of this storied company and take a look at other boutique cigars that have made it. In the second hour we fire up a cigar from the current king of boutique cigar companies. Back in 2016 RoMaCraft Cigars made the Firecracker […]
In 1998, Eduardo Fernandez went to Nicaragua with a dream: to grow the finest tobacco in the world that captured the very essence of the Cuban cigars of old. In order to do this he worked with some great tobacco people and they quickly realized they could recreate the style and aroma of Cuban tobacco with the resources available to them in Nicaragua. The tobacco that they cultivated was named Aganorsa Leaf. As a vertically […]
Between the unveiling of the La Flor Dominicana TAA 50th Golden “Oro” Anniversary at TAA something changed. The inside of the box has a more professional feel to it, but the outside of the box looks like it was designed by a child. Back in April we asked Carney about the box and we were told the story behind the box art has Litto Gomez the owner of La Flor Dominicana reaching out to his son, […]
While the Placencia Alma Fuerte was the cigar that grabbed everyones attention in 2017, there was another line from the company that hooked me from the second I lit up. The Alma del Campo which translates to “Soul of the Fields” is more medium bodied, but it’s loaded with flavor and it’s today’s review here at The Cigar Authority. Cigar Review: Plasencia Alma del Campo Wrapper: Nicaragua Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Length: 5″ Ring Gauge: 52 Size: Tribu (Robusto) The Look: Packaged in 10 […]
This week we are a man down with Barry on vacation, but we will be joined by him in spirit as we smoke a cigar that could be named for him in Big Boy. It’s part of The Cigar Authority care package and we will let you know our thoughts. In the second hour, we will light up something special so join us for all the shenanigans on the number one cigar podcast in the […]
As has become customary after The Cigar Authority podcast is over we share a full in-depth review of a cigar of a cigar smoked on the show. This week we smoked a cigar that was part of the care package with the Brand Ambassador from the Italian based company Toscano. We got to speak to Michael Cappellini about the company and invite you to check out the interview in case you missed it. Cigar Review: Toscano […]
This week we take a trip to Italy, in spirit as we welcome Michael Cappellini the Brand Ambassador from Toscano Cigars. He’ll tell us about the oldest cigar company in Italy and how his own family history has ties to the Italian company. We’ll light up the Toscano Classico in the first hour and pair it with a nice Espresso as we share our thoughts as the members of the care package smoke it along […]
Earlier this year we had Justo Eiroa in town for a series of events to launch the Aladino Maduro and to be a guest on The Cigar Authority. While in town he offered up a sample of this cigar with a band that he said was just a place holder. I practically begged him that he had to use that band on the release of the Aladino Corojo Reserva. He wasn’t sure, but I passionately argued […]