Miami Cigar & Company is in the midst of celebrating their 25th Anniversary. In doing so, they have released their signature brand the Nestor Miranda Collection which is an advertiser on The Cigar Authority. A few weeks back we looked at the Connecticut and today we look at the Maduro. Both cigars are made the My Father Factory in Esteli, Nicaragua and the company has adapted the motto of #OneLife. Cigar: Nestor Miranda Collection Size: 4.5 x […]
The week in review is a weekly installment that is a look inside the life of your webmaster, Barry. We discuss what is going on at work, the cigars I smoked, and whatever is on my mind at the time of writing. We didn’t really have anything to post on Sunday, so this is an inside look at the life of a kid from New York City by way of Miami who wound up in […]
The Cigar Authority took a trip to Tampa with a group of consumers from Two Guys Smoke Shop to take part in the Diamond Crown Experience. We got sit down with the Newman family and discuss the history of the company as well as disclose some new cigars. Black Diamond – Due to be released at the IPCPR, the cigar will feature a wrapper from the Fuente farms in the Dominican Republic. Brick House Tubo […]
Today I wanted to get back to my roots. While the first cigar I ever had was a Macanudo Robust, I didn’t consider myself a real cigar lover until my business associate gave me a Padron to try. In fact for a period of about a year, 95% of what I smoked was the Padron 2000 or 3000. That all changed when I decided to blog, and I went from being brand loyal, to look […]
The country of Turkey joins the growing movement to ban smoking and infringe on smokers rights. On Thursday the country announced it will extended the current indoor smoking ban to the outdoors. Included in the new ban are parks, open areas of restaurants, cafes, teahouses, mosque yards and hospital gardens, and shopping mall entrance. Also beginning in January of 2015 all tobacco products will be generic packaging that is black in color. Turkey is home […]
Following 33 other Massachusetts cites and towns that have already raised their tobacco age to 21, Saugus has begun the steps to follow suit. The Board of Health will hold a public hearing at its next meeting on November 3, 2014 at 6:15pm. The meeting will take place at the Saugus Public Library. The proposal for the change came from Joyce Redford, the program directory for North Shore/Cape Ann Tobacco Alcohol Policy Program. Currently the age […]
At the most recent meeting of the city council in Culver City, CA discussions were held about regulating smoking inside a multi-unit housing. The next step will be to draft an ordinance which will prohibit a person from lighting up inside a location that has more than one family. This includes privately owned property. Though no date was set for the ordinance, the draft will be considered at an upcoming city council meeting. Culver City […]
Zino has undergone a bit of a transformation over the past year. The brand has made an effort to get younger with the addition of street art. The Make Of Texas continues that trend featuring the art of Gonzo 247, the renowned graffiti artist from as you may have guessed it, Texas. According to a mailing from the company, Zino is referred to as “a brand that prides itself on the ideals of nonconformity, ceaselessly aiming for […]
In June, Governor Christie vetoed a resolution that would have banned smoking in the Garden State. However, that didn’t sit well with many municipalities and Newark is looking to pass a similar law that would ban the ability to light up in a city park or other recreational facilities. It will also ban smoking inside city-owned and city-operated cars means many law enforcement officials will not be able to light up on the job. The […]
Sitting at work, I asked my buddy Ed to pick our a cigar for today’s review. The mindset behind that was that he would pick something that isn’t on my radar, and that plan worked to perfection. Back in 2010, Vallejuelo was voted as the best bargain cigar by Cigar Aficionado where it received a 93 rating. As much as I love the boys from CA, I don’t put a lot of stock into their […]