A very special live broadcast of The Cigar Authority from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… It’s the 2023 Meatball… For the last two years Oliver Nivaud of United Cigars has won the event and for the 6th year Mr. Jonathan is trying to escape from the bottom. For those joining this for the 1st time… It is a Meatball Competition (6th Annual) 5 Contestants make 50 Meatballs each. 50 People try All-5 […]
This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… It’s Episode #666 – The number of the beast – 666 has become one of the most widely recognized symbols for the Antichrist or the devil – OR – is it just misunderstood? This week we light up a cigar from The Cigar Authority Care Package that measures 6 x 66 in the form of Gran Habano Corojo #5 Czar […]
This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… Today, let’s keep cigar smoking happening by inventing ways to smoke in the winter. Dave has the top 10 ways, and maybe the boys will have other ideas to share as well. This week we light up two cigars from The Cigar Authority Care Package as enjoy the Mad Minnow in the first hour and Regius Black in the second […]
This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… It’s Another Year in the Cigar Industry, BUT where are we, and where are we headed? It’s the 2023 State of The Cigar Industry Address. On this weeks show we will light up the Oliva Serie O Robusto from the Care Package in the first hour while in the second hour we smoke the Topper 125th Anniversary cigar…. […]
This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… We invite our listeners to ask us anything. We’ve invited you to submit. email via our website, join in the live chat or reach out on social media. Will our listeners ask the questions to make this a fun show or will y’all get shy. On this weeks show we will light up the RoMaCraft Intemperance Whiskey Rebellion Jefferson […]
A lot of people unfortunately don’t know the history of the Meerapfel family and their importance to the cigar industry. In 1876 Meir II Meerapfel opened a cigar factory in Untergrombach, Germany. But the contribution the family is most known began in 1969 when Richard Meerapfel traveled Cameroon. It was Richard who created what the family calls the miracle of Cameroon tobacco. He established unique relationships with the local growers, families, and communities while bringing unprecedented opportunity, […]
This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… Toscano cigars are made in Italy, and today will go through The New – MASTER AGED Toscano, with Michael Capellini from Toscano Cigars. Plus we have the feast of the Seven Fishes, TCA Style! The power of the care package as turned a lot of people on to Toscano Cigars and today we smoke the Toscano Master Aged Series […]
This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… are we really The Cigar Authority? If you listened last week Dave fired everyone after show (not really) and we share our resume’s and list of accomplishments. Are we good enough to be re-hired? Are we really The Cigar Authority? It’s December and we dig into The Cigar Authority Care Package as we light up the Leaf by Oscar […]
Rodgers & Hammerstein penned A Few of my Favorite Things which was made famous by Julie Andrews. I don’t think they had bourbon, cigars or heavy metal on their radar when they did. However, if I wrote the song they would definitely have topped schnitzels and crisp apple strudels. Blackened by Drew Estate was first conceptualized during the pandemic when James Hetfield of Metallica would smoke cigars with Rob Dietrich the Master Blender of Blackened […]
Red Anchor was the start of the boutique cigar industry when the line originally released in 1772 in Holland. Albertus Hillen Sigarenfabriek established the Red Anchor Factory and Cigar Brand in Delft, Holland. On February 22, 1772, legal permission was granted from the Aldermen of the Municipality of Delft, for Albertus to sell his cigar brand under the Red Anchor name. 2022 marks the 250th Anniversary line and it returns via United Cigars and is made at […]