The United Firecracker hit the market in 2006 as a shop exclusive and has since grown into the United portfolio. The United Firecracker has kept its original form with a fuse like wick at the cap since its introduction to the market. This short vitola (3 ½ x 50) has captured the attention of retailers over the years not only as a cigar with balanced strength but as the cigar to celebrate the 4th of […]
Aganorsa Leaf will be launching a new vitola in their popular Lunatic Habano blend: Hombre Libre. A 6 x 54 parejo wrapped in Ecuador Habano cover leaf, the Hombre Libre is the first toro to be released in the Lunatic Habano blend. According to Terence Reilly. “Toro is overall the most popular vitola and so it made sense to create one for our most popular brand.” Packaged in boxes of 28, Hombre Libre will retail for […]
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) kicked off a series of presentations to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on Health Effects and Patterns of Use of Premium Cigars this afternoon. PCA’s Head of Government Affairs Joshua Habursky presented an opening statement on the preliminary research questions of the committee that is undergoing a literature review of existing information on premium cigars in a study set to be published in 2022. The study […]
This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Studio 21 Podcast Cafe with our Mascot BRUNO the BELL – we get smaller as we discuss cigarillo style cigars and ask if they are premium cigars? We will smoke a Dom Hombre from a cigar tin and a United Pencil Maduro. Plus we will be joined by Josh Habursky who is the head of Government Affairs for the Premium Cigar Association. We will have this […]
Aganorsa Leaf will be launching a new vitola in their popular Lunatic brand: El Grande Maduro. A 5.5 x 80 torpedo cloaked in San Andres Maduro wrapper, this short giant of a cigar caters to the rapidly growing segment of consumers who are demanding big, flavorful smokes that don’t break the bank. For the month of April, El Grande will be sold exclusively to PCA retailers through the organization’s new PCA Product Hub and a […]
Tampa’s most famous cigar factory, El Reloj, turns 111 years old tomorrow, Wednesday, March 31. 2021. J.C. Newman Cigar Company will celebrate this milestone all day long with free factory tours, special 1910 cigar prices, and by bringing back the first cigar factory lectors to Tampa since they were banned in 1931. “When El Reloj opened in 1910, the Tampa Tribune described it as the ‘largest and finest cigar factory in the world,’” said Drew Newman, a […]
The week on The Cigar Authority marks 11 full years of The Cigar Authority! It all began on April Fool’s Day 2010 and we said we will keep going till we get it right! So… the good news is… the show continues. We celebrate in the first hour by lighting up an Atabey Idolos which was part of the care package as we look back on the history of the show live from the Toscano Sound Stage […]
Before JC Newman could start on the major restoration they just completed at their El Reloj Cigar Factory in Tampa, the team had to clear out almost 70 years’ worth of items from the building. During this process, they uncovered some hidden gems. One of those was a trap door from the 1930s with a secret staircase that went from the General Managers’ office down into the basement where he could hide when the Tampa […]
This week on The Cigar Authority LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage… It’s the Prediction Show! What will the Cigar World look like tomorrow or years from now? Who will buy, merge, or go out of business? We peer into the crystal ball and share with you what may or may not happen in one of our most popular episodes! In the first hour we will fire up the 2020 Cigar of the Year, Perdomo […]
This week on The Cigar Authority LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage… We ask what should you be smoking instead of Cuban cigars? In the first hour we smoke a cigar that some say is Cubanesque from the Care Package, the Bandolero Barbaros. In the second hour of the cigar we fire up a Cuban Cohiba Siglo VI and compare it to cigars available in the American market that we feel are better and […]