Today we light up the Davidoff Selección 702 Limited Edition which was the first cigar back in 2009 to feature the 702 wrapper from Ecuador. To celebrate Davidoff’s 50th Anniversary the company has released these cigars in a limited quantity once again. Will they perform as the original release did? Will these too become a highly sought after collectible? Here are our thoughts on this highly anticipated stick. Cigar Review: Davidoff Selección 702 Limited Edition Wrapper: Ecuador Habano […]
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Last week we teased the Jorge Padron interview, but this week we have it for you. The sit down which took place on April 19th at Two Guys Smoke Shop in New Hampshire featured a very candid and often funny Jorge Padron. It is something you do not what to miss! In the first hour we will be lighting up a Perdomo 20th Anniversary Connecticut and in the second hour we will light up Yellow […]
Supply and Demand, two import words in business. Unfortunately, La Flor Dominicana has had supply issues with the Oscuro and Maduro wrappers, but thankfully demand remains strong. For months, retailers across the country have had back order issues and customers have been waiting for their favorite cigars to arrive. Now the wait is over and to celebrate we light up the La Flor Dominicana L300 Oscuro as La Flor Dominicana is once again flowing to […]
The first of three limited edition sizes from RoMaCraft for 2018 have come and gone in the blink of an eye. The Black Irish features the Cromagnon blend with some candela. In the upcoming months there will be the Sabertooth (Aquitaine version of Black Irish) and Mastodon (a box pressed version of Mandible). The cigars are limited to the top RoMac Craft accounts, and today at 2GuysCigars.com we sold out of them in 18 minutes. Usually […]
The Don Carlos is named in honor of its legendary creator and Fuente family patriarch Carlos Fuente, Sr. Earlier this year a print publication named the Don Carlos Eye of the Shark its cigar of the year today’s review the Don Carlos Belicoso shares some similarities with that cigar. Both are a belicoso and both are part of the Don Carlos line. One is box pressed and one is not. So today we smoke the Don […]
How many of us would be able to move to another country with nothing and be able to built an empire and legacy for ourselves and our family? Not many, and Jose Orlando Padron beat the odds to do it for his family. Earning a mere $60 every month in government aid for Cuban refugees he went to work as a carpenter. That work, led him to save up $600 and start a cigar brand […]
As has become customary on The Cigar Authority the Saturday following the podcast we feature an in-depth review of the cigar we smoked on the episode. We try to feature a cigar from the care package which is currently available for purchase via 2GuysCigars.com on behalf of show. Cigar Review: Guardian of the Farm Wrapper: Nicaragua Corojo ’99 (Jalapa) Binder: Nicaragua Corojo ’99 Filler: Nicaraguan Criollo ’98 and Nicaraguan Corojo ’99 Length: 5.25″ Ring Gauge: 50 Size: JJ (Robusto) The […]
Yesterday I got to sit down for a bit with Dylan Austin from Davidoff Cigars where he showed off some new promotional material from Davidoff that showcases a rating from The Cigar Authority. When he left, part of the team we sat with left behind a 4 pack of Davidoff Special R 702 and I decided to take one out and light ie up. After all, bloggers will be bloggers. Cigar Review: Davidoff 702 Series Special […]
At the end of 2017 we named the original Aladino Cigar of the Year. So the obvious question is how do you follow that up? JRE Tobacco believes the answer is the Aladino Maduro, which got it’s official global release this past weekend on The Cigar Authority podcast. JRE Tobacco is the company owned by the father and son team of Julio and Justo Eiroa, and the cigars are made in Honduras. The cigar is […]
The La Galera Habano comes to us from Tabacalera Palma. While that company might not be known outside the cigar geek community it is a company that has origins back to the mid 19th century when a Spanish citiizen named Jose Manuel Blanco Lozada moved to the Dominican Republic to specialize in the trade of tropical fruits and tobacco. In 1936 one of his children Jose Arnaldo Blanco II founded Tabacalera Palma. By 1960, Las Palma […]