Broadcasting LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… Tis the season to celebrate the holidays and the New Year ahead, and what better way than Premium Cigars & Alcohol. But does alcohol and cigars really mix? In the first hour we will fire up a cigar from the Care Package, the Caleanoch 50 from Hammer + Sickle as we pair with Oban, a Scotch Whiskey and Evan Williams Single Barrel Vintage […]
The United States Postal Service is experiencing monumental delays. You may ask what does this have to do with a cigar blog? As the United States is seeing an increase in COVID-19 numbers, people are turning to online shopping in order to get their Christmas gifts and this includes cigars. This has led to an increased volume never seen before. We were recently sent a video from a trucker in Indiana who shared with us […]
LIVE from the Toscano Sound Stage at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe above Two Guys Smoke Shop in Salem, NH, The Cigar Authority Live from the Toscano Sound Stage at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe in Salem, NH we welcome Oliver Nivaud of United Cigars who joins us live from the Dominican Republic. We get prepared for Black Friday, which is the day after-Thanksgiving. We will light up the 2020 release of The Black Friday by HVC cigars. […]
LIVE from the Toscano Sound Stage at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe above Two Guys Smoke Shop in Salem, NH, The Cigar Authority brings to you our first ever game of Cigar Trivia. We have 20 questions and 20 prizes. In order to be eligible to win you must be watching the show on The Cigar Authority Facebook page, You Tube Live or TheCigarAuthority.com chat room. While we invite you to always share our show, we […]
Two brothers, two different companies, competing head-to-head against each other… The Eiroa Brothers are here, It’s Christian Eiroa from CLE with the brands CLE, Eiroa and Asylum and its Justo Eiroa with Aladino. In the first hour we fire up a cigar from The Cigar Authority Care Package as we smoke the Aladino Cameroon Robusto from Justo Eiroa’s JRE Tobacco. In the second hour we fire up an Eiroa from CLE Cigars as we find […]
The entire team at The Cigar Authority are members of the blind tasting panel for Cigar Journal magazine. This week on the After Show, we look at the current issue of the magazine and discuss some of the stories that caught our interest. The Cigar Authority is a member of the United Podcast Network and is recorded live in front of a studio audience at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe upstairs at Two Guys Smoke Shop […]
The highest volume independent online cigar company is, yet again, expected to be sold to a cigar manufacturer as direct to consumer sales continue in the cigar industry. Famous Smoke Shop was formed in 1939 by David and Rose Zaretsky in New York City. In the year 2000, after increased taxes in NY, Arthur Zaretsky, son of the founders of the company and then owner, moved its operations to Pennsylvania. Famous Smoke Shop was a […]
Two Guys Smoke Shop of Salem NH, Seabrook NH and Nashua NH is heartbroken to announce that their 35th Anniversary Party, which they have been doing consistently since their 8th Anniversary in 1993, which was scheduled for September 16, 2020 has been postponed. Due to the Governor of Massachusetts, Charlie Baker’s, order lowering the amount of people gathering in one place. “I am heartbroken” said David Garofalo, owner, and founder of Two Guys Smoke Shop, “we […]
This week, we talk about the history of Nat Sherman, and how it got to where it is today. We also speculate on where Michael Herklots may wind up next. Will he stay in the cigar industry? The Cigar Authority is a member of the United Podcast Network and is recorded live in front of a studio audience at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe upstairs at Two Guys Smoke Shop in Salem, NH and as always […]
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 […]