With its silky-smooth Connecticut shade wrapper, it may seem tamer than its bolder Antaño brethren. Don’t be fooled. Antaño CT is a masterful and paradoxical blend of what a cigar with attitude can be. A cigar that defies expectations; a smoke for those with defying souls. Antaño in Spanish means ‘Yesteryear’, a word that perfectly expresses the soul of the Joya de Nicaragua Antaños. The first blend of this family was released almost 20 years […]
It’s the Barry show and The Cigar Authority plays musical chairs. Barry slides into the hosting seat, with David Garofalo sliding over to Mr. Jonathan’s seat who in turns slides into Barry’s seat. We will be joined by the owner of H New Media, Lawyer Frank Herrera as we look at the effects of FDA regulations. Are new cigars still being Trademarked? Is Substantial Equivalence a face? We will find out the answers to these […]
Since the initial release of Aladino, Julio and Justo Eiroa have produced cigars that’s that have been consistently among our favorites. They follow up the success of Aladino, Aladino Maduro, and Aladino Corojo Reserva with the Aladino Connecticut. If you look on social media would never know it, but mild cigars outsell other cigars significantly and as a result the market place for a Connecticut is crowded. The question is can a company known for […]
During the second hour of The Cigar Authority episode titled, “What is the TAA?” we smoked a cigar called NPD-52S. The only person that knew what it was when we started was David Garofalo. By the end of the show both Ed Sullivan and Barry Stein figured out what the cigar was. We also found out what NPD-52S stood for thanks to a representative for the company who informed us it was “New Product Distribution”. […]
If you listened to The Cigar Authority this past weekend we smoked the CLE Connecticut in the 11/18 size during the second hour. The size of the cigar is named for the birthday of Christian Eiroa’s mother on November 18. We raved about the cigar on the show and I enjoyed it so much I opted to make it the feature review on The Cigar Authority today. Cigar Review: CLE Connecticut Wrapper: Ecuador Connecticut Binder: Honduras Filler: Honduras Length: 6″ […]
Every week on The Cigar Authority we give flavor notes for the cigar we smoke. At the suggestion of a listener we present to you the great blind spice off. Can the boys tell you the name of the spice by the smell and taste of it or will they fall flat on their faces? We will light up the Rocky Patel Sungrown Maduro, and while we were supposed to be joined by the local […]
On the February 16th, 2019 episode of The Cigar Authority we welcomed to the show, Francisco Batista the Managing Director of Operations in the Dominican Republic for Royal Agio. During the first hour of the show we smoked the Balmoral Anejo XO Connecticut from The Cigar Authority care package. The cigar was also a contender for the 2018 Cigar of the Year. As has become customary we offer a full review of the cigar that […]
When you think of cigar tobacco you think of Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras and Nicaragua but there is a rich history of tobacco grown for cigars right here in the United States of America. Today we explore the Connecticut River Valley with Nicholas Melillo who has his company, Foundation Cigars based in The Constitution State. We will do this with one of the newest cigars in his portfolio the Tabernacle Havana Seed CT #142. Master […]
On The Cigar Authority podcast we fired up a cigar from the Care Package. It’s become custom to offer up a full review of a cigar we feature on the show as soon as the podcast comes to a close and today we continue that trend with the Perdomo Habano Bourbon Barrel Aged Connecticut. Cigar Review: Perdomo Habano Barrel Aged Size: 5 x 54 (Robusto) Wrapper: Ecuador Connecticut Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua (Condega Aged 4 Years, Jalapa Aged 5 Years […]