The cigar that was released at the 2015 IPCPR has shipped to retailers and while we did a pre-release review a little over a month ago we decided to reach into the box on the shelves at Two Guys Smoke Shop and review one of the retail cigars that features a wrapper never seen before on a cigar. The My Father El Centurion H2KCT features a Habano 2000 seed grown in the Connecticut River Valley […]
The Cigar Authority goes on the road to the tobacco farms of the Connecticut River Valley where we talk with Chris Topper whose family has been growing tobacco for 120 years. We will talk about the rich history of the Connecticut River Valley and the role that Broadleaf tobacco plays in the market today. All that and the usual shenanigans on The Cigar Authority. [jetpack_subscription_form] Next Episode: Chris Topper of Topper Cigars
There were a few new releases at the trade show that were highly anticipated and at least two of them were Connecticut Shade wrappers which given the direction of new releases lately seems pretty rare. Today we look at one of those releases, Padron Damaso. According to the Padron website where Jose O. Padron writes, “THIS CIGAR was named for my grandfather Dámaso, who was the first Padrón to arrive in Cuba sometime in the […]
On our previous episode of The Cigar Authority before the IPCPR we lit up Recluse Amadeus Connecticut and I enjoyed the cigar so much, I couldn’t believe this one got by me and hadn’t been reviewed on the website. It is the perfect cigar on why the question we ask when we enter a cigar shop needs to change from “what’s new to what’s good?”. If you listen to the show, you know that Recluse is […]
As we reported on The Cigar Authority Show back on May 2nd; the new Padron will be called Damaso and now official details are beginning to come to light all of which we previously reported. The round cigar is named after Damaso Padron who is the grandfather of Jose Padron, the founder of Padron who in 1890 left the Canary Islands and arrived in Cuba where he would eventually grow tobacco. The cigar will be […]
Flor de Selva “Toro” Connecticut and Maduro to be Officially Released at the 2015 IPCPR in New Orleans, Louisiana Hollywood, FL – Maya Selva Cigars is proud to announce that we will be adding a “Toro” vitola to our Flor de Selva Connecticut and Maduro lines. Our new Toros will be a classic 6 x 52 size, and will stay true to the Flor de Selva blends.The Connecticut Toro features a Honduran Connecticut wrapper with Honduran binders and fillers, for a […]
According to a published report in Cigar Insider, My Father is set to release the El Centurion H2KCT featuring a special hybrid wrapper grown in Connecticut. The name of the new cigar reflects on the wrapper type which is grown proprietary to El Centurion. What sets the wrapper apart is that it isn’t the typical shade grown or broadleaf variety. Instead the wrapper is grown from a Cuban seed strain in open sunlight and harvested in […]
It seems that Perdomo has been coming out with one limited edition cigar after another. First there was the Perdomo Double Aged, followed by the Small Batch and now a cigar which follows the same schematic of those two releases with the exception that is it not limited. Available in three wrappers, each one is meant to pair with a specific type of beer, and today we look at the Connecticut which is specially blended to pair with […]
If there was one press release come out this year that had me wanting to try the cigar it was the AJ Fernandez New World Connecticut. According to the press release, “The New World Connecticut is a medium bodied cigar. Unlike the original New World, it will not be box pressed. Smokers of the New World Connecticut will experience notes of cream, wood, and almonds in a very well balanced and refined cigar. The MSRP […]
In Connecticut, the New Haven Board of Alders is expected to vote this week on a measure that would change where you can light up. Over the weekend Democrat Senator Richard Blumenthal joined Democrat Mayor Toni Harp of New Haven to talk about restricting tobacco. The measure if passed would ban tobacco as parks and beaches amongst other areas such as school ground and city buildings. New Haven, CT is home to 130,000 residents […]