The La Aurora Time Capsule series is an interesting series of releases from La Aurora. Tomorrow we will feature the Corojo on the show and as requested by a few of our listeners here is a review to go along with the cigar we are smoking. The Time Capsule is available in three wrappers each one with a year attached to it representing the first time La Aurora used it. The 1903 Cameroon, 1987 Connecticut […]
After a year of being distributed by Miami Cigar, Foundation Cigar Company will be bringing their Upsetters brand in-house for domestic distribution. “Foundation Cigars has distributed The Upsetters brand internationally during the past year and decided it was time to add the brand to our core distribution portfolio here in the U.S. We are extremely thankful and appreciative for all of Miami Cigar Company’s efforts during the Upsetters’ first year,” says Melillo. He adds, “Prior to The Upsetters’ release we […]
The Byron Siglo Series 19 Century Grand Poemas comes to us from Nelson Alfonso’s Selected Tobacco who also makes Atabey and Bandelero. The Byron 19th Century is a line extension of sorts as the cigar now comes in stunning 25 count limited edition humidors. The cigars inside have been aging since 2012 and only 200 humidors were produced this year. We ran the press release prior to the 2017 IPCPR trade show, and these are […]
It’s International Podcast Day and the grand opening of Studio 21 Podcast Cafe. We look at the history of the podcast and explain how International Podcast Day began. But fear not my cigar smoking friends as we have some cigars to enjoy as well. In the first hour we light up the last cigar of The Cigar Authority care package for the month of September. Last Call comes to us from AJ Fernandez and we […]
Tomorrow on The Cigar Authority we will be smoking Last Call and some of you have asked me to put up a review of the cigar we are going to smoke. This won’t be the size, but I opted for this one since my time was a little short. It’s going to be a crazy busy day for me tomorrow as it’s the grand opening of Studio 21 Podcast Cafe. Which is more then a […]
One of my favorite stories to tell took place between 2003-2005, when a sales representative visited the cigar shop I, Barry was partners in. Glen Gutin came in pitching cigars, by Don Pepin Garcia, who he said was the next big thing and will be one of the hottest cigar manufactures in the industry. We smoked the cigars, and ordered them on the spot. 30 boxes of a couple of different lines. A big order […]
I would complain about how crazy things were today where I didn’t get to light up a cigar until 3pm, but that wouldn’t be right as many people aren’t given the joy of being able to smoke at work. Since my time was so short, I opted to smoke something I really enjoy that was small that would allow me to dive right back into my work. The cigar was the Davidoff Short Perfecto. Cigar: Davidoff Wrapper: Ecuador […]
We are joined by Colin Ganley who calls in to The Cigar Authority from Nicaragua and we will talk Twin Engine Coffee. We will drink Cuban Coffee from the company and light up a Montecristo 80 Aniversario from the 2017 Habano Fesitival. Inter-tabac is under way in Germany and we have the winners of the Cigar Trophy Awards as shared to us by our friends at Cigar Journal magazine. In the second hour we pair […]
It was back in 2013 at the DC Tweetup I first met Skip Martin, and he was pimping a prototype cigar called Black Irish. It was a dark cigar with a thin candela stripe around it, that I bidded on for charity. Myself and another person kept raising the price, until we decided to split the box. However, my friendship with Skip Martin goes back at least a few years before that. It’s not often […]
Back in 2014, Pete Johnson released the Tatuaje Tattoo which was cigar that was a bit more budget friendly then some of his other lines. The cigar is often overlooked even on Tatuaje’s own website where the cigar does not appear. The cigar comes to us from the My Father factory in Esteli, Nicaragua and it is today’s featured review on The Cigar Authority. Cigar: Tatuaje Tattoo Wrapper: Ecuador Habano Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua (Esteli, Jalapa) […]