I believe this cigar flew under the radar of many people attending PCA 2022 as well as those awaiting new releases. I was unaware of the company until David Garofalo mentioned it on our podcast and how he wanted to try it. Freud Cigar Company was founded by Luis Torres and David Stadnyk. Mr. Torres served as the GM for the Davidoff flagship store on Madison Ave in New York City. Mr. Stadnyk is a […]
JRE Tobacco has announced the soft launch of the new Aladino Classic. The soft launch was delayed due to box manufacturing issues, but according to Justo the soft launch will be limited to just farm trip stores which is about 30 locations including 2GuysCigars.com. The cigar features a Habano wrapper over Corojo binder with fillers consisting of Corojo and Habano tobaccos. All tobaccos are grown at their farm in Honduras. It will be available in 4 […]
Aganorsa Leaf has streamlined their core line Corojo, Maduro, Habano, and Connecticut brands under the new La Validación Series. Maintaining the same blends as the original releases, the four lines have been repackaged with more prominent Aganorsa Leaf branding, and the box counts and sizes have been standardized. All four lines will now be showcased in boxes of 15 and consist of three vitolas: Gran Robusto 5 x 54, Toro 6.25 x 52, and Gran […]
The United Cigars Stadium Series II collaboration with CLE Cigars begins shipping to retailers. The 2021 Stadium Series I did not make it to retailers, but the latest limited edition will be sure to please cigar enthusiasts and baseball fans alike. Celebrate Americas Pastime with the United Cigars Stadium Series collection, only 1000 hand-crafted chests were made to hold 12 CLE Corojo 11/18 cigars. The CLE Corojo 11/18 features a Honduran Corojo wrapper with Honduran […]
This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… Did we see into the future? We had this show scheduled for months and Baseball has reached a labor agreement. We welcome Radhames “Ram” Rodriguez from El Artista Cigars to the show as we talk about America’s favorite pastime & cigars! In the first hour we light up arguably the best cigar with athlete ties… Big Papi The […]
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 […]
In January of 2020, The Cigar Authority podcast send out a sample of a cigar to their care package members that was in consideration to become the new Abuelo cigar in the United Cigar Group portfolio. That cigar was met with overwhelming positive comments and the cigar went into production. Now shortly after our own David Garofalo became a grandfather, the cigar has reached the market. Abuelo means grandfather in Spanish and the Abuelo cigar […]
Halloween has long been associated with the cigar industry due to the fact that some companies over the years have released a cigar in conjunction with the holiday. United Cigar has cornered the market with their seasonal Fourth of the July Firecracker release and now they are ready to enter the Halloween market with the return of the cigar bar. The cigar bar was out many years ago when it looked like a famous candy […]
This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire…We welcome Justo Eiroa of Aladino Cigars as we smoke two of Dave’s favorite types of cigars… We catch up on all things Aladino plus we recap the Two Guys Smoke Shop’s 36th Anniversary. In the first hour we will smoke the Aladino Vintage Selection Lancero, a favorite size of Dave’s *sarcasm* which is part of The Cigar Authority Care […]