For the last 27 Years, David Garofalo has announced the Cigar of the Year. This year it started with 8 contenders and you the listener of The Cigar Authority. For the past month we’ve solicited your votes and on today’s show we will announce the 2018 Cigar of the Year. Did you vote for the winner? In the first hour we will smoke C.O. Jones which is made by a former Cigar of the Year […]
Since 1992 David Garofalo has named cigar of the year, and it always starts with the Contenders. It’s the only Cigar of the Year that counts because it is voted on by you the consumer. We will unveil the 8 cigars that make up the 2018 Contender on today’s episode of the number listened to cigar podcast, The Cigar Authority. This week we smoke two cigars from the Care Package with the first being the […]
In the first hour we will sit down and light up the 2016 Cigar of the Year from Jochy Blanco’s Indian Head Tobacco. The La Galera Connecticut will end its reign as champion and we will sit down with Jonathan Carney from La Flor Dominicana to discuss what’s happening with Litto Gomez and family. We will find out how their lives changed after Cigar Aficionado named them Cigar of the Year. In the second hour […]
You are our brothers and sisters and we are looking out for you, taking care of you, just a little bit so you won’t have to spend your money, forget about them bums, these are the Contenders for Cigar of the Year. Over the next two hours we will take you on a journey and let you know the 8 nominees, and inform you how you can cast your vote for Cigar of the Year. […]
Well Rocky Patel was supposed to be a guest on The Cigar Authority even confirming it at IPCPR in Las Vegas. But, he’s on a well deserved vacation in Wyoming where evidently they don’t have cell phone service. We will still light up the Rocky Patel 15th Anniversary which is the first cigar from the August Care Package. We will also take a look at contenders for the 2017 Cigar of the Year. What have […]
As The Cigar Authority begins today we will say goodbye to the reigning cigar of the year as voted by the authority on cigars. The Recluse Amadeus Habano might have raised a few eyebrows when we named it cigar of the year but the brand saw tremendous growth during the year as people saw just how amazing the cigar was. When we come back from the break to start the second hour we will reveal […]
January 7, 2016 – For the past 25 years Two Guys Smoke Shop has announced the Cigar of the Year. This year the cigar retailer in New Hampshire released the 7 cigars that would make up the Contenders in early August, 2016. This allowed consumers to place their vote for Cigar of the Year alongside employees of Two Guys Smoke Shop and members of The Cigar Authority. This year saw the highest turn out of […]
As The Cigar Authority begins today we will say goodbye to the reigning cigar of the year as voted by the authority on cigars. The Recluse Amadeus Habano might have raised a few eyebrows when we named it cigar of the year but the brand saw tremendous growth during the year as people saw just how amazing the cigar was. When we come back from the break to start the second hour we will reveal […]
If you follow The Cigar Authority, you already know who the contenders are for the upcoming 2016 Cigar of the Year… But today, we will be talking about some honorable mentions that didn’t make the cut for one reason or another. In the first hour, we spark up a Serino Royale XX Maduro… Today we go around the table and name off some of our favorite cigars that could have been a contender if it […]
Each year, for the past 24 years, David Garofalo who hosts The Cigar Authority Podcast (www.TheCigarAuthority.com) has made the announcement for the Contenders for the Cigar of the Year. Much like the nominees for the Academy Awards, the Contenders for the Cigar of the Year is announced late in the year, but this year it was moved ahead… way ahead. This year the announcement for The Contenders for The Cigar of the Year took place […]