A few weeks ago on The Cigar Authority podcast we reported on a new trademark filed by the parent company of Altadis USA. This week some details emerged about Yueguera thanks to Cigar Insider. The name isn’t a new cigar, but rather a new proprietary Honduran tobacco that should appear in cigars in the first quarter of 2016. The tobacco is named after an estate in the Northeast part of Honduras which is mountainous. According to […]
A perfecto cigar is classified as a cigar that is tapered on both ends, and today we continue our week-long look at these cigars which are my personal favorite size. According to the Fuente website, the perfecto cigar was popular in the 1920’s, 1930’s and 1940’s and were made by hand. As time moved by and the rollers grew older and retired fewer perfectos were being made as only the true master rollers were […]
The La Flor Dominicana Football Cigar is set to return as a special edition for the California market. Featuring an Ecuador Habano wrapper with Ecuador shade overlays to create the appearance of a football these artisan style cigars first made their appearance in conjunction with the Super Bowl. The 5 5/8 X 54 cigar is rounded out with a ninder from Nicaragua and fillers from the Dominican Republic. Each cigar is expected to retail for […]
This week is perfecto week at The Cigar Authority, and today we start the week with the first perfecto cigar we ever smoked that turned us on to the size. It is part of the Davidoff Special Series which marks the renaissance of emblematic classic shapes such as robustos, culebras, perfectos and other figurados. According to the Davidoff website, The Davidoff Short Perfecto is a beautifully crafted and wholly unconventional cigar, the Special Short Perfecto addresses the senses […]
Sobremesa is set to ship over the coming days and while the word has no precise English translation it basically means “over the table”. It is an idiom used in Latin cultures to describe the leisurely time spent tableside after you have finished dining, but before you rise. It is the experience of lingering casually with friends and family in conversation, relaxing, drinking, smoking and enjoying each other’s company. Sobremesa is one of life simplest pleasures. Available […]
First there was Bruins vs Canadiens, then there was Lakes vs Celtics and Yankees vs Red Sox… Now with the Cuban embargo getting closer to its demise the next great rivalry could be Cohiba vs Cohiba… We light up the Cohiba Red Dot from the Dominican Republic alongside the Cuban Cohiba and tell you which one we think is better.. We will also address FDA and OMB and what we know so far and the responsibility […]
At the 2015 IPCPR in New Orleans, Robert Wright announced a third and fourth release within the Pura Soul portfolio. Both blends are from Honduras and use tobacco from the Jamastran Valley region produced by the Eiroa family. The first of the new releases is a Maduro wrapped, Corojo blend available in three sizes. The 5 x 50, 6 x 54 and 7 x 64 sticks will carry a MSRP ranging from $7.65 and $9.45 […]
Democrat Councilman Donovan Richards of Queens has proposed a smoking ban for all city subsidized housing in the five boroughs that make up NYC. The legislation which will officially be introduced today would ban smoking in all apartments in the new city-financed affordable housing as well was existing New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) developments. According to reports the federal government has been encouraging house authorities across the USA to go smoke free. The measure […]
Originally released in 2014, the AVO Quartet survived the rebranding of the line with a new look, and a two new cigars added to the mix. The 2015 version of the AVO Quartet Sampler contains three cigars from the existing AVO portfolio and includes the AVO Classic, Domaine and Syncro. As for the fourth cigar, “The Mystery Note 326 is a special unreleased blend that can only be found in the new AVO Quartet 4 for […]
One of the most anticipated releases from 2015 IPCPR trade show in New Orleans was the Padron Damaso and since its release it has been among the most polarizing cigar amongst aficionados. Bloggers have rated the cigar from the mid 80’s to the low 90s which would be welcomed for any line, but this is Padron and the standard of excellence is higher. Now that the cigars have been out for a few months I […]