It’s strange how our palates change over time. When I started smoking cigars I was a huge fan of Connecticut wrapper that was grown in Connecticut. However, as the cigar companies began to use shade grown Connecticut seed that was grown in Ecuador I found that I lost the taste for the wrapper. There was something about the Ecuador grown wrappers that left my mouth dry. Now over the last year or so I have […]
Christian Eiroa is a name I’m sure some of you have heard of before. He has been in the cigar business since June of 1995 where he began working for his father. It was also the same year his family gained ownership of the Camacho brand and later sold it to Davidoff in 2008. Over the last twenty years, Christian Eiroa has worked in the industry non-stop and created many well-known cigars. His most recent […]
Fleur de la Reine is a brand I’m very familiar with, in particular, the Fleur de la Reine Quatre Maduro. It is a cigar that I keep in rotation with my other go-to’s. One of the main reasons I enjoy them is for the use of Connecticut Broadleaf, which is one of my favorite wrappers on a premium cigar. Not only that, but this hand-made has fillers and binders from three different countries that are […]
C.L.E. Cigar Releases TAA Exclusive Cigar – The C.L.E. Azabache Miami, FL – C.L.E. Cigar Company is launching a new TAA exclusive cigar this year at the TAA convention in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; the C.L.E. Azabache. Azabache, which translates into jet black, is a glistening coal that is often used in jewelry in the Cuban culture. This medium to full body Maduro cigar is delightfully creamy and will be available only to TAA members. “Last […]
This past weekend on The Cigar Authority podcast we smoked the Intemperance EC XVIII, Mr. Jonathan looked to see if the type of cut changes the duration of a cigar and we smoked the Eiroa Classic which our friends at Cigar Journal named as their cigar of the year. The magazine went on to say, “Not even having reached his mid-forties, Christian Luis Eiroa has a long family tradition in the cigar business – in 2016 […]
Yargüera H. Upmann An Altadis U.S.A. Exclusive Honduran Estate Tobacco FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Hybridization, innovation and passion are key ingredients in producing something special. Tucked between two mountains in Honduras sits a tobacco farm named Yargüera. From this farm, surrounded by history, comes a revelation from the earth called Yargüera. Yargüera is a new hybrid tobacco seed and will be leading the next wave of Honduran tobaccos and cigars for years to come. In […]
It’s that time of year where many of us are recovering from spending too much money over the holidays. As a result sitting down and enjoying a good cigar is more difficult as cigar isn’t a need, but a want. I know this month my cigar budget is much less than in other months. So as a result we look for other options that don’t disappoint and while today’s smoke is a Two Guys Smoke […]
In June of 1995, Christian Eiroa began his illustrious career in the cigar industry when he began working for his father Julio at Caribe. It was also that year that the Eiroa family purchased Camacho and made Christian Eiroa a household name among cigar aficionados. In 2008 he would sell Camacho to Davidoff; and today he focuses on his own company CLE Cigars which he started in 2012. The Eiroa First 20 Years is a […]
Robert Wright, the owner of Pura Soul cigars is someone I have known since I first took an interest in the cigar industry. Robert Wright the Jazz playing cigar maker has always been the same. Mild mannered, friendly, and supportive of those around him. When he rolled through New Hampshire last week we promised him we would take a look at his latest cigar to hit the shelves… The first of the new releases is […]
Today’s cigar was represented when it was first release by Paul Giacalone in the Northeast. If the name is familiar to you; he was also the owner of Gloucester Street Cigars which is well-known in cigar geek circles for the Tatuaje Pork Tenderloin. Debuting in 2002, One Off is made by Nestor Plasencia for Italian cigar lover Andrea Molinari. The tobacco was from first generation Cuban seed from Robaina. Paul was at the taping of The […]