On the 500th Episode of The Cigar Authority asking when cigar tasting notes became a thing. While we can’t be certain, we believe it started during the days of Usenet and forums like alt.smokers.cigars when Dave Garofalo, Ed Sullivan and Steve Saka were members. Dave recalled a story where he gave some cigars to Steve Saka and Saka wrote him a long letter with detailed tasting notes well before any publication was doing so. For those […]
60,000 minutes, 1,000 hours or better put 500 Episodes. On today’s episode we tie the record for the most cigar podcast episodes with a trip down memory lane. But it get’s even better than that as there will be no Mr. Jonathan and there will be liquor involved! At the top of the first hour we welcome back someone who was there at the beginning as we discuss the early days of the show and […]
Earlier this year Aganorsa Leaf announced the return of the Aganorsa Leaf Habano which was formerly known as Tabsa Habano. The cigar was rebranded to fit with the existing Aganorsa line including the Cigar of the Year Aganorsa Leaf Connecticut. The cigar has begun appearing on retail shelves including 2GuysCigars.com and today we offer our review of the Short Churchill. Cigar Review: Aganorsa Leaf Habano Wrapper: Habano Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua (Criollo ’98, Corojo ’99) Length: 6.5″ Ring Gauge: 48 Size: Short Churchill The Look: The […]
A few months ago I was hanging out with Oliver Nivaud the Director of Sales for United Cigar when he asked if I ever smoked a Patina cigar, which I hadn’t. After going out on the road a couple of weeks he returned with one for knowing that I like to smoke everything on the market. It’s an obsession of mine and while most brands I haven’t heard of wind up being dog rockets for […]
Aganorsa Leaf Habano is back with a familiar new look. Formerly known as Aganorsa Leaf Tabsa Habano, the new name, band and presentation are intended to align the brand with the Corojo, Maduro, and Connecticut editions of the Aganorsa Leaf series which were repackaged last year. “One of the key goals of our packaging changes is to demonstrate clearly the variety of taste and aroma our cigars offer while maintaining an overall coherent look and […]
In 2015, Perdomo changed the packaging on the Perdomo Habano line focussing on the fact that the cigar like many Perdomo cigars are aged in Bourbon Barrels. Today we light up the Perdomo Habano Bourbon Barrel Aged Maduro for review on The Cigar Authority. Cigar: Perdomo Habano BBA Country of Origin: Nicaragua Wrapper: Nicaragua Maduro Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua (Condega Aged 4 Years, Jalapa Aged 5 Years and Esteli Aged 6 Years) Length: 6″ Ring Gauge: 54 Vitola: Epicure (Toro) The Look: Packaged […]
This weekend on The Cigar Authority was our annual conspiracy theory show. It’s a show where we talk about where cigar companies could be sold and to whom. It’s entirely hypothetical although each year we manage to get one right. On the show we smoked two cigars from the Care Package. On Saturday we shared our review of the Aladino Maduro, today we offer up our Lunatic Review. Cigar Review: JFR Lunatic Wrapper: Ecuador Habano Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua […]
United Cigar Group is the company that distributes Selected Tobacco in the United States and today’s cigar is part of the United Cigar portfolio. It shares the name of the company of which Oliver Nivaud is the National Sales Manager. It’s a box pressed cigar available in two different wrappers with the first being a lighter Connecticut Broadleaf while the Maduro, today’s cigar features Connecticut Broadleaf #1 Darks. Cigar Review: United Cigar Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf #1 Darks […]
The La Galera Habano comes to us from Tabacalera Palma. While that company might not be known outside the cigar geek community it is a company that has origins back to the mid 19th century when a Spanish citiizen named Jose Manuel Blanco Lozada moved to the Dominican Republic to specialize in the trade of tropical fruits and tobacco. In 1936 one of his children Jose Arnaldo Blanco II founded Tabacalera Palma. By 1960, Las Palma […]
The Oscar Habano comes to us from Oscar Valladares and it’s interesting to the fact that two cigars Oscar is best known for use a tobacco leaf instead of a cello. While at first glance it might seem like a gimmick, there is no denying that these are great cigars as well. Cigar Review: The Oscar Habano Wrapper: Ecuador Habano Binder: Honduras Filler: Honduras, Nicaragua Length: 6″ Ring Gauge: 52 Vitola: Toro The Look: Packaged in 11 count boxes that look like the […]