In 2016 at the InterTabac trade show in Dortmund, Germany Padron showcased two new sizes in the 1964 Anniversary line. Those sizes named Soberano and Presidente were available in the usual Natural or Maduro wrapper. However, it wasn’t the new sizes that caught everyone’s eye, it was the aluminum tubes that the cigars were packaged in. Today we review the Soberano which translates to Sovereign. It’s not the first time a cigar came in a […]
This is one episode you will want to catch on YouTube as David Garofalo takes us to school. It’s cigar smoking 101 taken to the next level complete with a slide show to help you better understand the science known as cigars. You won’t believe how many people get it wrong or how many myths in our passion of cigar smoking. We address them all and make you The Cigar Authority We are joined live […]
This is one episode you will want to catch on YouTube as David Garofalo takes us to school. It’s cigar smoking 101 taken to the next level complete with a slide show to help you better understand the science known as cigars. You won’t believe how many people get it wrong or how many myths in our passion of cigar smoking. We address them all and make you The Cigar Authority We are joined live […]
The rumors began a few weeks ago when Rafael Nodal was featured at an evening with Romeo cigars during an event in Florida. Today, those rumors became true as the distribution for Boutique Blends/Aging Room will now be handled by the parent company of Romeo Y Julieta, Altadis USA. What we know so far is that this afternoon all the sales reps from Aging Room Cigars were let go, and that distribution along with sales will be handled by Altadis. The […]
It was about this time two years ago we took a ride to the cigar fields of Connecticut. During the ride David Garofalo handed out cigars for the trip, something he can’t do anymore due to the FDA. I remember looking at it and having no idea what it was, but I smoked it and both Chuck Morrison and I were in agreement, that it was a damn good cigar. Studio 21 is best described […]
According to the Hammer + Sickle website, “Hammer + Sickle Berlin Wall Series cigars are available in three sizes including robusto, toro and churchill. Each and every Berlin Wall cigar is packed in a handmade marble box with a singular cold-pressed steel adornment of the famed Brandenburg Gate on the cover. The cigar itself boasts a first of its kind pressed, copper finished, metal band which is held on the cigar using only the metal’s tensile […]
The FDA has issued a revised guidance with new compliance deadlines for retailers and manufacturers. Below are highlights of the newly promulgated schedule. New Deadline Highlights Submission of cigar warning plans (August 10th, 2017) Manufacturer registration & product listing (September 30th, 2017) SE exemption requests (November 8th, 2017) Submission of health documents & ingredient listings (November 8th, 2017) Submission of SE Reports for non-grandfathered products (May 8th, 2018) Implementation of required health warnings and labeling […]
Earlier today the United States Senate confirmed Dr. Scott Gottlieb as the next Commissioner of the Food & Drug Administration (FDA). IPCPR applauds the Senate’s decision to put thoughtful and experienced leadership at the head of an organization as critical as the FDA. Dr. Gottlieb’s confirmation puts a reform minded physician with experience in both the public and private sectors in charge of a regulatory body that has too often failed in its mission to […]
This past weekend was the best The Cigar Authority episode to date in my opinion. What made it so great? We were drinking, which is always worthy of a few laughs. But for this episode we were joined by Brad Jarvis of Fuente-Newman who definitely knows his scotch, and he took us on a tour of the scotch making process With four different scotches on the table, we experienced first hand how much scotch can […]
Tatuaje Monsters are highly collectible when released every October and the debate is long as to which was the best blend. For me, that was the first ever release Monster, The Frank. It’s something I wish I still had in my humidor, but I won’t pay the rediculous black market price for them. I’ve seen them sell for over $1,000 a box. While different in terms of vitola, I am ecstatic that the cigars are […]