If you follow this website you know I have become a big fan of La Galera which is part of Indian Head, owned by Jochy Blanco. For decades, Jochy Blanco was known only to those in the industry. The average consumer did not know he was behind so many Dominican brands either in terms of producing or supplying the tobacco. Last year, 2015, Jochy stepped out of the shadows and into the spotlight with his […]
Every now and then I look for a good smoke that I can buy boxes of without emptying my bank account. I’ve smoked cigars that cost me twenty-five cents each, all the way to a single that cost me $300. I’m all over the board with this passion of mine, but if I’m looking for a stick I can light up with no regrets, it’s the 22N / 83W. It’s a cigar that is both […]
The following is a press release from Christian Eiroa outlining the new distribution deal with Reyes Family Cigars: It is with great pleasure and true honor that I announce to you, that we have formed a partnership with Rolando Reyes Sr.’s family. Although both families agreed not to divulge the terms of the partnership, I can tell you that the factory operations will remain in control of the Reyes family as well as the late […]
It’s labor day weekend, and we celebrate from the beach at Two Guys Smoke Shop in Seabrook, New Hampshire. We will light up a cigar from 2015 that made its comeback. The La Flor Dominicana Firecracker has a year and a half of age… In the second hour we will light up and unveil who will make the 2017 Firecracker. All this and all the usual shenanigans on The Cigar Authority. Next Podcast: Announcing the 2017 […]
Arturo Fuente is known for making some of the best selling Dominican cigars in the world. They’ve been around for quite some time and are a household name to cigar smokers everywhere. It’s rare to find someone who hasn’t at least heard of them before, so today I wanted to revisit a cigar I used to smoke all time back in the day. The Arturo Fuente Hemingway Best Seller. What am I smoking? Cigar Review: Arturo […]
This week we welcome a new advertiser on The Cigar Authoirty, Serino Cigars. According to their Facebook page, Serino Cigars is a boutique small batch cigar manufacturer that prioritizes quality over quantity. We look to share with our family some of the finest blends from Nicaragua. All of our cigars are made at the La Corona Factory S.A. in Esteli, Nicaragua and are blended by world renowned Cuban Master Blender Omar González-Alemán. Derek reviewed the Serino […]
The story of Aging Room Solera sets it apart from cigars on the market as the aging process used for the tobacco in the Solera blend comes to use from the Sherry and Brandy methods used in Andalucia, Spain. In 2004, Rafael Nodal visited Spain with his wife in 2004 where he learned about the Solera aging system. The method of aging is a fractional blending process where the finished product is a mixture of ages. […]
The FDA has published a draft guidance to assist members of industry submitting health warning plans for cigar packages and advertisements. The draft guidance discusses the required warning statements for cigars and how each must be randomly distributed, randomly displayed on packages, and rotated quarterly in advertisements in accordance with an approved warning plan submitted to FDA for review and approval. Cigars will be required to carry warning statements on all packaging and advertisements beginning […]
There are gimmicks left and right in the cigar industry. Wether it be cigars packaged in ancient mammoth tusk boxes or cigars with laser etched billion-year-old meteorite bands… There’s always something that catches the consumers eye and, more often than not, are a letdown in terms of being a quality smoke. Then, there’s Leaf by Oscar. A cigar that I admittedly have passed over several times because I thought it was just that. Another gimmick. […]
The story of Byron cigars begins in the mid 19th century when immigrants of the Canary Islands made their way to Cuba and started their own cigar factory. The small factory was located on Macías Street in Santiago de Las Vegas, a province of Havana. It was at this factory that the original Lord Byron was made in honor of the world-renowned English Poet. The brand was resurrected by another Cuban; Nelson Alfonso who designs […]