La Gianna Maduro Toro (6×54) Originating in 1994 as a tribute to David Garofalo’s daughter, La Gianna Havana has held a cherished place in the hearts of cigar aficionados for years. With La Gianna Maduro, United Cigars aimed to cater to the preferences of fuller-bodied enthusiasts without compromising on the brand’s reputation for quality and flavor. Upon lighting, the first third delights the palate with nutty undertones, accented by a subtle vanilla sweetness reminiscent of […]
Hudson, NH – United Cigars is proud to announce the highly anticipated La Gianna Havana 30th Anniversary, is now shipping to stores. The La Gianna Havana 30th Anniversary pays homage to the brand’s illustrious history, dating back to its inception in 1994 to celebrate the birth of David Garofalo’s daughter. Now, three decades later, this limited-edition masterpiece emerges from the Agroindustria Diadema Factory in Honduras, showcasing a legacy of refinement and class. King Midas would […]
Today Dave, Ed, Dan and Aaron are smoking the La Gianna Maduro Toro while they have a roundtable discussion about their fondest cigar memories, they share some of their favorite times, who they were with and what they were smoking. We also have a Dave’s Weekly 6 Pack, a weekly Top 5 and some Delightful News Join us as we broadcast live on location from Studio 21 Podcast Cafe high above Two Guys Smoke Shop […]
The La Gianna Havana brand first came to market in 1994 and has continued non-stop ever since. Totalamente Hecho a Mano in Spanish means “totally made by hand” using tobaccos from Danli, Honduras and this is where and how La Gianna Havana cigars were born. Danli has been a tobacco source and cigar manufacturing region since 1765, when the Spanish crown established a royal tobacco trading post. In recent years, the brand underwent a packaging change with new […]
This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire…We welcome Michael Capellini live in studio from Toscano Cigars. He is back and, he’s got new Toscano’s plus he has a very interesting event coming with us and we’ll tell you all about it. In he first hour we will light up the Toscano Modigliani from the care package. In the second hour Dave will share a story about […]
La Gianna Angelic is back after a lengthy hiatus. There is nothing more polarizing in the cigar industry than a sweet tipped cigar. It joins the La Gianna Havana Natural and Maduro lines and is named after David Garofalo’s daughter, Gianna. The cigar is described as having a kiss of sweetness on the cap of the cigar, and admittedly, reluctantly, we lit one up when the arrived. For today’s review we are now smoking our […]
We all remember our first kiss, our first love, but for some of us our first cigar trumps them all as it ignited a passion that would become our careers. In the first hour we begin the countdown to episode five hundred and look back at the cigars that were our first and the cigars that changed our lives as we smoke the Serino Maduro XX Belicoso from The Cigar Authority care package. It doesn’t […]
Dave is back from Miami as we celebrate Father’s Day with Dave’s Daughter La Gianna. Each year Two Guys Smoke Shop hosts an annual sit down dinner featuring the Father & Son or Daughter brand owner. This year we celebrate with Father (David Garofalo) and his Daughter as the La Gianna brand celebrates its 25th Anniversary. We sit down with Gianna herself as we learn about her history with the cigar industry. We will fire […]
Can cigars be good for you? We believe they are and this week will will tell you the reasons why cigars are good for you. David, Mr. J, Barry and Ed will discuss the benefits of smoking cigars as we fire up a couple of cigars. In the first hour we will light up a cigar from the care package, La Gianna Havana Maduro Churchill and look at the perception of packaging changes and if […]
We step into the time machine this week and we look at the cigar industry and how it has changed from 1994 to 2019. We will pull out some old price lists and look at how cigar pricing has changed. We also look at prices from other industries to see if pricing has been consistent. We also look at cigars we feel are underpriced. In short, what cigars perform better than their pricing. We look […]