Avo’s 100th! This week on The Cigar Authority, we celebrate Avo Uvezian’s 100th birthday & discuss Cuba’s future with Colin Ganley of Experience Cuban Culture! Avo was many things including a cigar legend, we talk his legacy in the cigar world along with chat with Colin Ganley of ECC a full-service travel company specializing in travel for Americans visiting Cuba! Join Mr. Jonathan, David Garofalo and Ed Sullivan as we light up cigars and talk […]
On today’s After Show, we talk about Cuba using prisoners to roll cigars. It’s not just a couple of guys. It’s 400-500. What other things do prisoners make? Join Mr. Jonathan, David Garofalo and Ed Sullivan as we light up cigars and talk about them. The Cigar Authority is a member of the United Podcast Network and is recorded live in front of a studio audience at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe upstairs at Two Guys Smoke […]
Most expensive collection of cigars sold last night a Habanos Festival Each year at the Habanos Festival in Cuba they have an auction of humidors filled with cigars. There is always a highlight humidor and the price that it sells for is pretty astounding but this years looks to as they say “takes the cake”. Cigar fanatics from 70 countries attend the Habano Festival which just wrapped up last night in Havana Cuba. The most […]
On today’s episode of The After Show, we talk about the economic turmoil in Cuba. How is this affecting the cigar industry and the people of Cuba? The Cigar Authority is a member of the United Podcast Network and is recorded live in front of a studio audience at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe upstairs at Two Guys Smoke Shop in Salem, NH
HVC was founded in 2011 by Reinier Lorenzo as a way of paying homage to Havana City, where he lived for most of his life. It is with this release he pays the ultimate tribute to his home with a special limited edition smoke that celebrates the historic birthday of Havana. The city of Havana was founded by the Spanish on November 16th, 1519 and to celebrate the 500th Anniversary HVC has created a unique blend […]
We all know how important tobacco is when it comes to making a cigar. This week we look at what makes Atabey, Byron and Bandolero amazing cigars as we sit down with Nelson Alfonso and delve into how it fits into the name Selected Tobacco. In the first hour we will light up a cigar from the care package, Bandolero Traviesos as share the story of the mythical Bandolero. In the second hour we fire […]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) has introduced a bill that would lift the Cuban trade embargo and it has already received bi-partisan support being co-signed by Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY), and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT). The bill S. 428 was read twice in the 116th Congress on February 7, 2019 and it has been referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. However, details of the bill have yet to be posted online at the Congress […]
As we celebrate Christopher Columbus on Columbus Day we looked for a cigar that has ties to the holiday, and that cigar is Atabey. On October 28th, 1492 Columbus discovered the island nation that at one time was the benchmark for cigars. How does the cigar tie into Cuba? The Tainos Indians would sit in a circle called the Cohiba where they would offer their prayers to the leader of the tribe, the Behike. The […]
The Byron Siglo Series 19 Century Grand Poemas comes to us from Nelson Alfonso’s Selected Tobacco who also makes Atabey and Bandelero. The Byron 19th Century is a line extension of sorts as the cigar now comes in stunning 25 count limited edition humidors. The cigars inside have been aging since 2012 and only 200 humidors were produced this year. We ran the press release prior to the 2017 IPCPR trade show, and these are […]
We are joined by Colin Ganley who calls in to The Cigar Authority from Nicaragua and we will talk Twin Engine Coffee. We will drink Cuban Coffee from the company and light up a Montecristo 80 Aniversario from the 2017 Habano Fesitival. Inter-tabac is under way in Germany and we have the winners of the Cigar Trophy Awards as shared to us by our friends at Cigar Journal magazine. In the second hour we pair […]