Every year the cigar industry gets together at the annual PCA trade show. This year in Las Vegas, manufacturers were showing off new releases that would grace the shelves of tobacconists around the world. This year ADVentura showed off a few new releases including La Llorona which the buyer for 2GuysCigars.com, Ed Santamaria called one of the best cigars he smoked for the first time at the show. He came back raving about it. La Llorona […]
Medio Tiempo
Today on The Cigar Authority we light up two cigars that have some rarity attached to them. In the first hour we will light up Pappy Van Winkle from Drew Estate. We’ll try not to take a 20 year nap, as we tell you the story of Rip and Julian “Pappy” Van Winkle. It’s also not the first cigar to have ties to the liquor industry and we will discuss how the two industries have […]
This weekend we light up the Vallejuello Medio Tiempo on the show, and as I try to do every Friday is showcase the cigar we will talk about on The Cigar Authority. I’ll be honest, I thought it was a bit repetitive, but the feedback via Facebook requesting this has been strong, so here we are. The name comes from the fact the cigars uses a rare form of tobacco that doesn’t grow on every tobacco […]
Today’s review is a bit of an experiment, as we have often said a box pressed cigar changes things up. Well as luck would have it we just took delivery on a cigar called Vallejuelo Medio Tiempo that comes as a traditional round cigar, and the more modern box pressed stick. Both cigars feature exactly the same blend, and the cigar is distributed by the same company that distributes Serino Cigars. The name comes from […]
The La Palina Goldie is more than a cigar, it is a true work of art. But what makes it truly special is all the cigars are rolled by one person who is a category 9 roller from Cuba. Her name is Maria Sierra and she works at El Titan de Bronze in Miami, Florida where today’s cigar is made. The historic 32 year career of Maria Sierra began July 22, 1967 at Villa El Laguito. Maria is […]