On Monday we reviewed the Atabey Spiritus which we gave a perfect one-hundred rating. It was such an amazing cigar that we had to light up one of the other new sizes today, Atabey Duendes. What better way to come back to work after a 27″ snow storm then to light up a cigar from Nelson Alfonso’s Selected Tobacco. The Duendes was chosen for review when a few people asked me for my thoughts, so […]
If you ask our own David Garofalo what his favorite cigar is, without hesitation he will say Atabey. If you ask him what his least favorite size is, he will answer just as fast, Lancero. Talk about the conundrum this cigar created. Now on the other hand if you ask me those same questions this would be the dream cigar in theory. However, does that theory hold up? Today we put the theory to the […]
Jay Leno has Regis Philbin and Saturday Night Live has Alec Baldwin as the most frequent guest, we here at The Cigar Authority have Mr. Jonathan Carney the VP of Sales for La Flor Dominicana as our most frequent. Could today be his last visit? We will put him on the hot seat and ask some pressing questions about LFD while we smoke the Petit La Nox in the first hour. In the second hour, […]
With news from Illusione coming out that the company would be releasing One Off at the 2018 IPCPR I decided to reach into the humidor and pull out one of my favorite Illusione cigars for today’s review. Cigar: Illusione Epernay Wrapper: Cafe Rosado Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua (Criollo & Corojo) Length: 5.25″ Ring Gauge: 48 Size: La Ferme The Look: The Illusione Epernay La Ferme comes packaged in 50 count cedar boxes. Inside the cigars are in packaged in a wheel. A vision of […]
The Oscar Habano comes to us from Oscar Valladares and it’s interesting to the fact that two cigars Oscar is best known for use a tobacco leaf instead of a cello. While at first glance it might seem like a gimmick, there is no denying that these are great cigars as well. Cigar Review: The Oscar Habano Wrapper: Ecuador Habano Binder: Honduras Filler: Honduras, Nicaragua Length: 6″ Ring Gauge: 52 Vitola: Toro The Look: Packaged in 11 count boxes that look like the […]
As I prepare to write this review I am trying to think of another cigar brand where the name comes before the company and I can think of one. The Pistoff Kristoff got its name from a customer who told owner Glen Case that he should come out with a cigar called Pissed Off Kristoff. Glen decided to put his spin on it changing it slightly and the result is today’s cigar. So as our […]
He’s been with us from the very first episode and a staple in the chat room every Saturday morning. The regulars asked that he be a guest, and this week we give them what they want as we welcome from our neighbor to the North the original cigarsonist, Rudy! We will light up a cigar from the Care Package in C. O. Jones as we talk about the difference between Canada and the USA when […]
A little over two weeks ago we fired up the Habano version of today’s cigar and with the local rep Brett Bowersox stopping by I figured it was as good a time as any to light up the Maduro version of the JFR Lunatic. Cigar Review: JFR Lunatic Maduro Wrapper: San Andres Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Length: 4.75″ Ring Gauge: 52 Size: Short Robusto The Look: The JFR Lunatic comes packaged in 28 count boxes and is available as a Maduro or Habano. […]
Having lived in different parts of the United States I’ve always been surprised by how many region specific cigars there are. It’s not by design, but there are some cigars that sell well at one shop, that are very hard to find in another city. One of those is Fleur de la Reine a cigar that’s distributed by United Cigars . It does very well where I work but finding them in Miami or NYC […]
This past weekend on The Cigar Authority podcast we lit up and smoked the Sixto which is a 6 x 60 hexagon shaped cigar. It was the second size of the cigar that I smoked with the first being our review of the Nestor which is a traditional toro. Today we review another non-traditional size the 7 x 58 box pressed Salomon. Cigar Review: Plasencia Alma FuerteWrapper: Nicaragua (Jalapa) Binder: Nicaragua Filler: NicaraguaLength: 7Ring Gauge: 58Vitola: Box Pressed Salomon The Look: Packaged in […]