Windham, NH – The Cigar Hall of Fame announced its inductees for 2024 at the New England Cigar Expo Night One in Windham, NH. This historic moment celebrates the profound impact of three legendary cigar brands: La Flor Dominicana, Perdomo, and Rocky Patel. These brands have been recognized for their enduring contributions to the cigar industry and will be immortalized in the digital archives of The Cigar Hall of Fame at TheCigarHallOfFame.com. The Cigar Hall […]
Welcome to a very special Thursday night edition of The Cigar Authority live from above Two Guys Smoke Shop at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe. On this special episode we host the inaugural event of La Flor Dominicana Gourmet Smoke Sessions with the No Bull Podcast. We will be joined by Litto Gomez & Jonathan Carney from La Flor Dominicana we smoke an Andalusian Bull, learn how to cook a Tomahawk Steak and we debut the […]
Two Guys Smoke Shop of Salem, Nashua, and Seabrook, New Hampshire will be celebrating it’s 35th Anniversary on September 16, 2020 by giving away up to $35,000. Two Guys Smoke Shop, a very popular New England Cigar Shop, has not only become known for being the highest volume independently owned and operated retail cigar shop in America, but also for it’s elaborate Anniversary events which have included everything from giving away Harley Davidson Motorcycles, Hummer […]
The cigar industry is big on dates with Litto and Ines Gomez are no different. La Flor Dominicana celebrates their 25th Anniversary with a limited edition cigar. After closing down their jewelry business, Los Libertadores was started by the Gomez family in 1994. In 1996 they would change the name to La Flor Dominicana and as they say the rest is history. This limited edition cigar celebrating the silver anniversary of La Flor Dominicana was […]
What do you do when you own a jewelry store that is robbed at gunpoint to the tune of $400,000? Litto and Ines Gomez answered that question with the founding of La Flor Dominicana in 1994. At that time they were based in Santiago, Dominican Republic and the company would change how cigars are viewed from the Caribbean Nation. The company made a name for themselves with strong cigars known as the Ligero and Double […]
In 2018, Royal Agio released their first collaboration-based stick called Balmoral Serie Signaturas (Signature Series) Dueto. The cigar which was made by Ernesto Perez Carrillo featured tobaccos from both companies. This year for their second collaboration they turn to Litto Gomez of La Flor Dominicana for Paso Doble which comes in two sizes, a Double Toro (6.25 x 54) and today’s review a Robusto. Cigar Review: Balmoral Paso Doble Wrapper: Ecuador Habano Binder: Ecuador Sumatra Fillers: Dominican Republic, Brazil (Stalk […]
The Changing “FACE” of the Cigar Industry! The Faces of the Brands and the ones that could be changing another Editorial by David Garofalo We know a small business owner, as is in the cigar industry, must be a jack of all trades and one of the tools they should possess is being the face of their brand. Today even some of the huge corporations and brands have attempted to put faces and personalities to […]
With many retailers and consumers have a hard time getting their hands on Andalusian Bull, La Flor Dominican issued a statement from Ines & Litto Gomez. The statement reads, “We are humbled and honored to be selected as Cigar Aficionado’s #1 Cigar of 2016. This is an incredible accomplishment that would not have been possible without your continued support of our premium cigars over the past twenty-three years. La Flor Dominicana would not have the […]
Two Guys Smoke Shop of Salem, Nashua, and Seabrook, New Hampshire will be celebrating its 32nd Anniversary on September 13, 2017 by giving away a Custom-Built Man Cave. The Man Cave is a completely finished building, insulated and ready to use year round, equipped with a bar, humidor, electric wiring run throughout with 4 outlets, ceiling fan and lighting inside and out. Two Guys, a very popular New England Cigar Shop has not only become […]
Collaboration Cigars Too many Chefs in the Kitchen An Editorial by David Garofalo It’s been going on for a while and when I hear of it, it always sparks my attention and creates lots of interest and discussion in the cigar lounge but it seems to me to never work out as I had expected. I’m talking about a cigar maker or owner of a cigar brand teaming up with another owner of a cigar […]