The Rocky Patel Vintage 2006 San Andreas was originally released in 2017. This year the company has released a line extension exclusive for member of the TAA. The TAA is a group of manufactures and retailers that meets once a year. At the meetings, cigar companies release a limited edition or size exclusively for stores like Two Guys Smoke Shop. This year, the company has released a size that has become synonymous with Rocky Patel, […]
We’ve been selecting the real cigar of the year since 1992. With fewer new releases coming out, will there be enough choices for this year’s cigar of the year? We’ll whittle down the list on this episode. The Cigar Authority is a member of the United Podcast Network and is recorded live in front of a studio audience at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe upstairs at Two Guys Smoke Shop in Salem, NH and as always […]
The House Ways & Means Democratic staff has begun circulating a list of priorities and revenue raisers for the “Human Infrastructure” bill that will be voted on in coming weeks through the reconciliation process that only requires a simple majority (51 votes) in the Senate. This is the first step in this process and unfortunately the committee’s priorities include a $96 billion tobacco tax increase that would likely include both premium cigars and pipe tobacco […]
This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… we welcome Brad Jarvis the New England Sales Representative from JC Newman/Diamond Crown Cigars as we discuss dumb things people do to (or with) Cigars. Just when you think you heard them all… Dave shares his list of the worst 10 and the panel will be sure to chime in with things they have seen or heard. In the […]
Aganorsa Leaf has announced the newest vitola of Lunatic Torch: IMAGINE. A robusto measuring 5 ½ x 50, the Imagine joins the 6 ½ x 52 Visionary, the 6 ½ x 60 Dreamlands, and 4 ¾ x 70 Mad Folk. Like the other vitolas in the series, the Imagine possesses a brush foot, a term used to describe a cigar which has been rolled with the cover leaf removed from the first half inch of […]
Originally launched in 2008 La Aurora created a cigar that contained just one vintage of tobacco. That year, the cigar featured tobacco from 2003, but now in 2021, the La Aurora Puro Vintage comes full circle by featuring tobaccos from the launch year of 2008. It is also the first year to my knowledge that the vintage year is missing from the band which I hope isn’t a trend the company will follow in future […]
Akhil Kapacee joins from Regius Cigars joins us on The After Show. If money were no object, how would you go about creating the ideal cigar shop? The panel discusses what things an owner should be thinking about. The Cigar Authority is a member of the United Podcast Network and is recorded live in front of a studio audience at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe upstairs at Two Guys Smoke Shop in Salem, NH and as […]
This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… 10 years ago, a British banker drops what he was doing and creates a cigar brand for himself. Today, (after 10 years) he is an overnight sensation. Akhil Kapacee from Regis Cigars joins us. live in studio on The Cigar Authority! In the first hour we will light up a Regius Black Label Petit Robusto from The Cigar Authority […]
The Cigar Authority is a podcast about premium cigars that first began in 2010. Currently the number one listened to podcast about cigars in the world. David Garofalo began the show and along with his co-hosts Mr. Jonathan, Barry Stein and Ed Sullivan have consistently preached the word of cigars across the globe. “I thought it would be a fun collaboration to compile a cookbook with cigar makers, family, friends, and listeners of the […]
The La Aurora Preferidos Hors d’Age is the result of an investment in time and world class tobacco. Twelve Years go by in the process from seed to cigar. The tobacco’s used in his years Hors d’Age was grown in 2008, but it wasn’t put into a cigar until 2019. Once the cigars were rolled they were placed in the La Aurora Aging room for two years before being released. Cigar Review: La Aurora Hors d’Age […]