There are several methods you can use to light your cigar but a few things are key to guaranteeing a good flavor and an even burn. All premium hand made cigars should be cut prior to lighting. There are a couple of videos floating around on line that suggest that the “real way” is to light first and cut second but I ask you…What if it doesn’t draw? All Premium cigars are hand made but that […]
Nashua, NH – The Cigar Authority which will celebrate its 5th Anniversary in March, 2015 has hit the 1 million download mark for 2014. The mark happened in late November and the total number for the year continues to grow with 4 weeks lefts in the calendar. According to David Garofalo, “I was as surprised as anyone when I was showed the numbers, but also honored. The Cigar Authority each week sets out to put […]
Gran Habano was nice enough to send some samples to The Cigar Authority, and today we look into one of those samples. According to the press information that accompanied the cigar, “Made by hand in Miami under the watchful eye of George Rico, this attractive handmade has plenty of bold flavors to go along with its impressive appearance. This cigar has a blend of all-Nicaraguan long fillers and Nicaraguan binder all carefully selected. As a limited […]
For the sixth year in a row, Gurkha Cigars, makers of the world’s finest and most expensive cigars, have partnered with The Eric Trump Foundation to raise money and awareness for children battling life-threatening diseases at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This year, they offered a special private label cigar specifically for the Eric Trump Foundation that sold at auction for $30,000, following the golf tournament and fundraising gala. The cigar will be blended and […]
Last week when The Cigar Authority headed south, one of the cigars we lit up was Studio 21. I remember looking at it and having no idea what it was, but I smoked it and both Chuck Morrison and I were in agreement, that it was a damn good cigar. Studio 21 is best described as a mild, smooth creaky smoke that shares many similarities with mild cigars with one exception, the price. Today’s cigar […]
I’m just coming down off the high of the IPCPR Cigar Trade Show in Orlando Florida. This week long parade of new cigars and accessories literally had my head spinning. As a buyer for one of, if not the largest selling shops in the world, can you just imagine what I go through? Everyone is excited about their new brands and new items and so am I, but when you take thousands of new products and put them all together and are force fed them by some of the best salesman in the country one after one, day after day, something gets lost. Ten cigars in by noon on day one will make what seems to be paradise into brutally obnoxious. And some great new cigars are wasted on me…
I personally hold a few roles here at the cigar trade show and thought I could easily wrap up the day here on the blog. As a retailer and The Cigar Authority I have been putting in 20 hour days. There is no time to prepare for this blog and do it proper justice today.Yesterday was a not stop world-win as it has been since arriving. 20 hour days of fun and work…or has it […]
There’s a cigar being made which will be a collaboration between the Quesada and García families. Sisters, Patricia and Raquel Quesada are the daughters of Manual Quesada, owner of the brand Fonseca among others. They have attached their names with Janny Garcia who is the daughter of Pepin Garcia, owner of Don Pepin/My Father Cigars. The name of the cigar will be…