Skip Martin & Mike Rosales started RoMaCraft 10 years ago and to celebrate, this year the company is set to release the CRAFT 2020 to 10 accounts who are believed to be getting between 100-150 boxes each. The cigars measure 5.75 x 46 and while the blend isn’t being disclosed, the wrappers consist of Broadleaf/Ecuador Habano and Connecticut/San Andres. The cigars are expected to ship late June, 2020. Limited to 1500 boxes of 10 with […]
This week, the crew talks about know-it-alls. What are the different types of know-it-alls that you may encounter in the cigar shop? How do you the handle them? We weigh in on the topic this week on The After Show. 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 […]
A lot of people think Aladino is a new company, but the fact is the factory that produces the tobacco has been around a very long time. Julio Eiroa the patriarch of the Eiroa family has been growing Corojo tobacco since the 1960s and was an integral part of the pre-Davidoff Camacho era. Now Aladino takes things to the next level with Honduran grown Cameroon tobacco, a project that Justo and Julio Eiroa have been […]
The World Cigar Smoking Championship by Rocky Patel ushers in a new decade for the Cigar Smoking World Championship. The Cigar Smoking World Championship is an international competition of “slow smoking” of cigars. Competitors compete in how slow they can smoke their cigar with time penalties given for such things as breaking your ash or burning the competition ring (cigar band). The official size of the competition is the 5 1/8 x 42 Mareva which, in 2019, was smoked non-stop from the initial light for 3 […]
Broadcasting LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… The Cigar Smoking World Championship Event was supposed to be in New Hampshire this weekend, But we are going to have our own championship today and we have 1,000 people joining us doing the same thing. In the first hour we light up the Rocky Patel Cigar World Championship Cigar in its official competition size to see who will be the winner. In […]
According to the Aganorsa Leaf Press Release, JFR Lunatic Torch is a rare brush foot cigar with the wrapper missing from the first half inch of the stick. This exposes the binder and filler allowing you to taste the signature Aganorsa Leaf tobacco before joining the wrapper. According to Terence Reilly VP of Sales for Aganorsa Lead, “Lunatic Torch is an incredible blend that offers the opportunity to see how our Corojo 99 wrapper impacts […]
In part three of a five part series, CLE takes us inside the factory to show us that cigar rolling has resumed using the same time old traditions. However, in this era of COVID-19 some changes have occurred to the rolling room layout as is showcased here. Due to social distancing it is interests to note there are less bunchers and rollers on the floor due to spacing required to continue operations. This would definitely […]
This week, Jonathan Carney from La Flor Domicana joins the after show to talk about and smoke the 2020 TAA release. Will this cigar be too strong for Dave? Plus Barry is angry, and he goes on a rant about anger. Does this make him a hypocrite? 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 […]
In part two of a five part video series, CLE takes us into their factory in Danli, Honduras to show us how they retrofitted it for safety due to COVID-19. The new changes ensure the safety of their factory workers, families and consumers. During the shut down the company worked on a new manual for bio-security protocols and today they take you behind the scene to show you these measures.
The Unstolen Valor is the fifth installment of the Muestra de Saka series following in order, Exclusivo (6 x 52), Nacatamale (6 x 48), Unicorn (6.25 x 60 Perfecto), #NLMTHA (7 x 38). It is also the first time the cigar has not been blended by Steve Saka, although he had the final say on the release cigar. The story goes that Saka asked Raul Disla of Nicaragua American Cigars S.A. to make four blends […]