Today I had no idea what to put up for review, so I asked my co-worker to pick me out a cigar. The only requirement was that it had to be a corona or smaller. The result is today’s 22N / 83W review. The numbers on the cigar are coordinates for Cuba, specifically Hacienda el Corojo, a plantation that once (1930 – 1990) grew arguably the best tobacco in the world. Today, having low yield and […]
10 Years, a decade. Not a long time in the grand scheme of life, but for a cigar company it is an accomplishment. That accomplishment has been reached by Sean Williams who launched El Primer Mundo a decade ago and this June the company will release a special 10th Anniversary cigar that will be limited to only 100 shops nationwide. The 10th year Anniversary will be made at De Los Reyes in Santiago, Dominican Republic and feature […]
In our new weekly series we will be sharing two to three minute video reviews about some cigars we can’t get enough of. The week we look at the Byron Distinguido which comes to us from Nelson Alfonso and Selected Tobacco. For those that don’t know. Nelson Alfonso makes his cigars in Costa Rica; but he also lives in Cuba where he does packaging and design for Habanos S.A.
Join us this week as we light up two very special cigars live from the La Flor Dominicana studios on The Cigar Authority. The first cigar will be the limited edition TAA 48 and in the second hour we will light up the even more limited Maduro version… We’ll talk about cigar charities, penile transplants and so much more on the #1 cigar podcast on the internet, The Cigar Authority. [jetpack_subscription_form] Next Podcast: Mr. Jonathan Carney […]
Each week we share some of the news that comes across our desk about upcoming legislation.. In a quiet week we have stories from Pennsylvania, West Virginia and the country of Uganda. Pennsylvania – In Scranton, smoking outside the downtown bus station will soon be banned as The County of Lackawanna Transit System board voted to ban smoking outside the Lackawanna Transit Center at its meeting Tuesday via MassTransitMag https://www.masstransitmag.com/news/12209613/brief-colts-bans-smoking-outside-transit-center West Virginia – The West Virginia State […]
For the first time in history, Davidoff master blenders have collaborated with six of the world’s top chefs to create Davidoff’s latest cigar creation, the Davidoff Chefs Edition. The Davidoff Chefs Edition offers fine dining and an exceptional cigar for connoisseurs to enjoy after a culinary tour de force. This unique partnership with some of the world’s greatest chefs has inspired Davidoff master blenders to blend a truly memorable cigar. While the press release stated […]
Yesterday we reviewed one of two new cigars that were introduced by C.L.E. at the 2016 TAA. Those cigars were Chele, which is slang for light-skinned and Prieto, which is Spanish slang for dark-skinned. The names provide an interesting take when applied to cigars with light and dark wrappers. Both cigars are made in Nicaragua which is a departure for Christian Eiroa who normally works his magic in Honduras. Cigar Review: C.L.E. Prieto Country of Origin: Nicaragua […]
According to Danny Moya, co-owner of Moya Ruiz cigars, “Civil disobedience is the active, professed refusal to obey certain laws, demands and commands of a government. A symbolic or ritualistic violation of the law. Henry David Thoreau’s image was chosen because of his essay on civil disobedience which influenced the political thoughts and actions of such figures as Tolstoy, Gandhi, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Given the current state our industry is in we […]
Legislation that was defeated only a short while ago was put up for a vote a second time in the Illinois Senate yesterday. The measure which would raise the legal purchase age for tobacco and electronic cigarettes from 18 to 21 was passed by a vote of 32-22-2. Despite falling 5 votes short in the past Sen. John Mulroe (D-Chicago), the bill’s sponsor, was able to get a second vote. In the second effort, he was […]
The Center for Tobacco Products is offering a series of webinars to help industry understand a recently finalized rule extending the FDA’s authority to all tobacco products. Under the rule, which is often referred to as the “deeming rule,” the FDA’s authority covers products such as e-cigarettes, cigars, hookah tobacco, and pipe tobacco, among others. Some of the webinars are designed for specific audiences—tobacco retailers, vape shops, or manufacturers and importers, for example—to help them […]