This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… It’s the friggin Catalina Wine Mixer – It’s the Cigar Authority’s 13th Anniversary Show. Could this be our last? Is the honeymoon finally over? We have a new cigar to celebrate this milestone so come join the party, there’s cake and champagne! In the first hour we fire up the 12th Anniversary Limited Edition Lancero while in the second hour […]
If you think of David Garofalo you know the Lancero is his least favorite size because the cigar just doesn’t sell. Yet, he decided to release a cigar to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the longest running cigar podcast in that format. Starting on April 1st, 2010 the cigar authority was started by David Garofalo despite not really understand what a podcast was. In the early days it was himself, chef Tommy Grella and Mr. […]
This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… 12 Years Ago (in 2010) – Dave had a crazy idea to start a podcast and he wasn’t even sure what a podcast was. Today – our studio audience flew from around the world, to join us as we celebrate 12 years of the show! It’s the figgin’ Catalina Wine Mixer on steroids… The Cigar Authority’s 12 Year […]
ADVentura The Conqueror Emperor’s Edition is a limited edition lancero, that is limited to just 500 boxes with only 350 of them going to the United States. Handmade in the Dominican Republic, the cigar sees the Ligero tobacco used in the regular release replaced by a lower priming Viso which helps not only with the burn, but it imparts a flavor perfect for this vitola. The tobacco’s using in this blend are aged 4-5 years […]
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 […]
In the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Miami Cigar & Company sent out an unbanded cigar to a select few cigar bloggers and asked us our opinion during a Zoom call. The cigar was well received by the vast majority on the call. During the session, Jason Wood told us that Nestor Miranda had blended the cigar himself at La Aurora and fell in love with it, pressuring him to release it. We debated the […]
Miami Cigar & Company has announced that they will be releasing a series of cigars called, Nestor Miranda Private Reserve. The initial release will be a 6.75″ x 40 lancero that is limited to 500 boxes of 10. The blend features a Dominican Corojo wrapper over Criollo ’98 binder and filler from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and Brazil. The Nestor Miranda Private Reserve Lancero is the first in the series of releases with all blends […]
The La Aurora 107 Lancero story begins on a trip to the Dominican Republic where it was discussed amongst a group of bloggers, that I was a part of. It was something we called for when Miami Cigar & Company was bringing us to La Aurora to help spread the word of the first cigar factory of the Dominican Republic. Before long the movement headed over to Twitter where other bloggers and a retailer in […]
Broadcasting LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire at 12 Noon… It’s the love/hate relationship with Lancero cigars. It’s a debate that’s been going on for years, long and thin cigars that are perceived s great to some and not so great to others. Our own panel is split on the size, and we will discuss that as we fire up a La Aurora 107 Lancero. In the second hour we […]