After 2 months of their Honduras operation being shutdown, C.L.E Cigar Company has announced that they are back and better than ever. Over the next couple of days they will be releasing a video showcasing the measures being followed to keep their workers and families safe after being named the model factory in the country. The county which has reported 2,600 cases attributes their success to a strict lockdown that included curfews and the complete […]
The Tobacconists’ Association of America meets in the early spring every year and for cigar smokers it means the release of some exclusive limited edition cigars. The cigars are limited to shops that are a member of the TAA such as Two Guys Smoke Shop in New Hampshire. In 2019, La Flor Dominicana released the La Flor Dominicana TAA 50th Segunda Edition Toro in both Sun Grown and Maduro wrappers. The cigar is based on […]
Broadcasting LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire…. Cigar shops are beginning to open up again during the coronavirus pandemic and some cigar smokers might have forgotten how to behave in cigar shop. Today with help from La Flor Dominicana’s Mr. Jonathan “The Carnivore” Carney, we will dig into it, and maybe a little something else! In the first hour we light up the La Flor Dominicana 2019 TAA Oro Maduro […]
The Premium Cigar Association announced today it will cancel the PCA Convention and Trade Show that was scheduled to take place July 10-14, 2020 at the Sands/Venetian Convention Center and Hotel due to public health and safety concerns related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “After much deliberation and careful discussions of every aspect of our annual convention and trade show, the PCA Board and the Associate Member Advisory Board have made the difficult decision to […]
Today we review Tatuaje Selection de Cazador also known as the brown label. I am taken back to a conversation I had with a former business associate when the brand first came out and I was smoking them like crazy. The conversation basically went, why are you smoking that, no one will know who Tatuaje is in a few years ago. This was at the start of the brand, and one can argue Pete Johnson […]
This week, we talk about some listener feedback that discusses why he’s disappointed with Dave. What are his issues with Dave? 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 you can find many of the cigars we discuss at https://www.2GuysCigars.com/.
On the May 9th Episode of The Cigar Authority we smoked the Diamond Crown No. 4 from JC Newman Cigar Company which was part of the care package. According to the JC Newman website, in celebration of J.C. Newman Cigar Company’s 100th Anniversary in 1995, Stanford Newman joined Carlos Fuente, Sr., to develop an exceptional series of Super Premium cigars. Stanford dreamed of making the best cigar in the world with no regard for how […]
On the May 9th Episode of The Cigar Authority we smoked the Diamond Crown No. 4 from JC Newman Cigar Company which was part of the care package. According to the JC Newman website, in celebration of J.C. Newman Cigar Company’s 100th Anniversary in 1995, Stanford Newman joined Carlos Fuente, Sr., to develop an exceptional series of Super Premium cigars. Stanford dreamed of making the best cigar in the world with no regard for how […]
Broadcasting LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… Today, tickets are on sale for Two Guys Smoke Shops 35th Anniversary. 35 Years of a cigar shop Dave founded in 1985. Today he will share the questions & answers people always ask and some that nobody thought to ask. We will do this while lighting up the Diamond Crown No. 4 from the Care Package. In the second hour we look at […]
While driving into work this morning I was wondering how much my palate has changed over the years. Often when talking to people the majority of people prefer smoking the 1964 Anniversary Maduro over the Natural, even those who prefer mild cigars. In 2008 I awarded the Natural my first ever 100 point rating and subsequently I reviewed it again in 2017 when I scored it a 96. So why review it again? 9 out […]