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 […]
In June of 2016 Oliva Cigar Company was purchased by J. Cortes, a cigar company based in Belgium. The company also unveiled a new cigar at the 2016 IPCPR named Facundo. The cigar never reached the market as it had to undergo a name change due to a trademark issue with Bacardi. The cigar finally made it back to shelves this year at the 2017 IPCPR and is now arriving at retailers. Oliva cigar company […]
The boys are back and we will discuss IPCPR with Steve Saka from Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust as we light up his Mi Querida in the first hour of the show. This show has the potential of creating the perfect storm as Steve isn’t shy and promises to unload his thoughts about the most recent IPCPR. In the second hour we will light up the new Winston Churchill Late Hour from Davidoff Cigars as we […]
This weekend on The Cigar Authority the first cigar we will be lighting up is Mi Querida from Steve Saka who will be joining us live in studio. The episode is promising to be a doozy as Steve Saka will unleash his opinions on the 2017 IPCPR Convention that ended last week in Las Vegas. Those who know Steve, know he doesn’t hold anything back and for that reason alone you need to tune in. […]
Changing the band is always a risky move in my opinion and at the trade show Nick Perdomo was proudly showing off the new bands for the 20th Anniversary line. Based on pictures and video, the bands are truly amazing. However, the mindset of the consumer is that a new band equals a change to the cigar. Our friends at Hammer + Sickle went through that when they removed a secondary band that denoted Icon […]
This past week Asylum Cigars debuted their medulla oblongata which features a cigar wrapped in tissue paper. Which made me realize that the CLE Prieto has been on my list of cigars to smoke from last years trade show that I have overlooked for way to long. I constantly reach for the Chele, but today I decided to cross Prieto off my list and smoke it for review here at The Cigar Authority. Cigar: CLE Prieto Wrapper: […]
The last day of the trade show we ran into a little bit of technical difficulties with the internet. As a result we have a couple of bonus videos today that we are dubbing the Lost Tapes. Just like every great rock band has a release of lost tapes, bonus sessions, demos, etc, so does The Cigar Authority. The last day of the 2017 IPCPR we stopped by at the Drew Estate booth where we […]
David Garofalo and Mr. Jonathan were in Las Vegas this week where they were performing triple duty. They got together and recorded this show live on tape to give us a first hand look at the 2017 IPCPR show from Las Vegas, Nevada. In the first hour they light up the Spirit of Art from Cuba Rica, and fill us in on what the IPCPR is all about. We hear first hand from a variety […]
Each week The Cigar Authority podcast serves up a segment called Debonaire. It was handled by Gentleman Chuck Morrison who has moved on to bigger and better things (let’s be honest, he took a step back). Nowadays, the Debonaire segment is handled by Debonaire Mr. Jonathan who was on point today at the trade show in a suit that was an awesome shade of blue (check out his Facebook page). However, the Debonaire segment is second […]
For the first time in a decade Oliva Cigars is set to release a new cigar. Originally mentioned last year as Facundo, the company ran into a trademark issue with the rum company Bacardi. Earlier this year the cigar was renamed to Giberto, the patriarch of the Oliva family. It isn’t the first time the company had a cigar with that name. The cigar is being released in in two versions the first being a […]