This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… Some people love box pressed cigars – Some people don’t – Besides being round or square – Are they really any different? Which is Better or it doesn’t even matter? We smoke two cigars of the same blend, one round and one pressed and tell you how they are different. We light up two cigars from the care […]
This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… It is one of our most listened to shows each and every year since we began doing it. It’s also our most controversial show to some. Everyone waits for it our listeners, manufacturers and other bloggers… It’s the long awaited PREDICITIONS SHOW… We look into the Crystal Ball & Guess on Mergers, Acquisitions & Trends in the Cigar […]
This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… We take a look at the top cigar companies… It originally started as a top 10 list, but then on last weeks show it became a top 20 list. Who is #1, is it all smoke & mirrors? In the first hour we light up a cigar from The Cigar Authority Care Package in the Romeo Y Julieta […]
This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… HEY… Nice Ash! What does that even mean? Does a good Ash improve the cigar at ll? And if so – Why? Ashes To Ashes – Today on TCA…. We only smoke one cigar today because it is immense! The Perdomo Inmenso Maduro which comes in at 6 x 70 and it make it a great size for […]
This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live on tape from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… Today marks the 30th year that David Garofalo has been announcing the Cigar of the Year. It’s officially The Cigar Authority’s 12th Year doing the show and its’ officially 2022. We have big plans for 2022 and it all starts now with the announcing of the Cigar of the Year! In the first hour we pop […]
This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live on tape from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… We’ll be exploring the highest rated cigars from previous reviews done by our own Barry Stein. In the first hour we light up the Bandelero Serie T Picaros from the care package while in the second hour we have a Yankee Swap featuring the cigars that Barry has previously rated 100. Join us for all of […]
Toward the end of November we named our Contender’s for the Cigar of the Year. The process begins with us sitting in a room, and discussing the cigars that came out in 2018. We argue, we debate, and we argue some more before settling on eight contenders. However, unlike the rest of the Cigar of the Year’s this is the only one where you get a vote on who wins. So far during the course […]
This past weekend the cigar industry lost another legend with the passing of Gilberto Oliva Sr. Like many great cigar makers, Gilberto Oliva was born in Cuba. In 1964 he settled in Nicaragua after he left the island nation when Fidel Castro began seizing tobacco fields and companies. In 1995, the company created their fist cigar available for sale in the USA named Gilberto Oliva. In time the cigar name was shortened to just Oliva […]
Today on The Cigar Authority podcast, we will be doing a total 180 from last weeks show. Instead of having one MONSTER cigar, we will be smoking FOUR different small cigars (don’t try this at home, kids). In the first hour, we will light up an Italian cigar known as Toscana and a hand rolled cigar. During the second hour, we will spark up the final two cigars; a pencil sized smoke from United Cigar […]
Maya Selva is a company with 20+ years of rich cigar history. While they have a strong presence in Europe, they have recently begun to establish a foot print in the American market. One of their lines, Cumpay has undergone a transformation with new packaging that has a similarity to the company’s 20th Anniversary packaging. The name Cumpay comes to us from the Native Americans who once inhabited Central America. It’s name translates to “rolled […]