Los Caidos is Spanish for The Fallen and it comes to us from Steve Zengel who made the cigar at the Aganorsa factory in Nicragua as an extenson of honoring one of his closest friends, Chris Duncuff who lost his life on 9/11. In addition to honoring his friend, Los Caidos honors the fallen with its unique box design. Upon opening the 12 count box you will notice one cigar is missing. That open space is reserved for the End of […]
This week The Cigar Authority welcomes to the show Steve Zengel from Los Caidos Cigars. Los Caidos is Spanish for The Fallen and it is made at the Aganorsa factory in Nicragua. The cigar comes as a red band for the Fire Department, and a blue band for the Police Department with the blend being the same for both. For each cigar sold, $1 is donated by Los Caidos to family members of fallen police […]
The cigar industry scored a win today against the FDA when Judge Amit P. Mehta ruled in their favor over warning label requirements. If the FDA was allowed to create labeling rules, the majority of cigar boxes would have covered with a a warning. In his conclusion Judge Mehta wrote, “The Deeming Rule’s warnings requirement for premium cigars is hereby vacated” before adding, “this portion of the Rule is remanded to the agency for further […]
On February 1st, 2020 we featured a cigar from the care package on The Cigar Authority. That cigar is one of Mr. Jonathan’s favorite smokes and unless you’ve been smoking for a long time you might not remember 22N/83W which is made at J. Fuego. 22N/83W are the Latitude and Longitude where you will find Hacienda el Corojo, a plantation that once (1930 – 1990) grew arguably the best tobacco in the world. Today, having […]
With Dave on his way to Miami for the Super Bowl after spending a week in Las Vegas at TPE, the boys take charge of the show. Will they be stooges or musketeers? In the first hour Mr. Jonathan is in charge of the show we fire up one of his favorite cigars that happens to be part of the February Care Package. We smoke 22N / 83W as we address your burning cigar questions […]
Last night at the Tobacco Plus Expo the Tobacco Business awards were announced. The exclusive invite-only event took place at Club 101 at the Sahara in Las Vegas with almost 300 people in attendance. In the audience was our own David Garofalo who was nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year which we have the video announcement below. Other winners on the night included Carlo “Carlito” Fuente (Legacy Award), Arturo Fuente Hemingway Untold Story (Dominica Cigar […]
We caught up with Miguel Schoedel of Crowned Heads where they were showcasing a cigar named Juarez. According to Schoedel the cigar is named for the song Cocaine Blues by Johnny Cash, but it also shares a name with the murder capital of the world Juarez, Mexico. The cigar comes from a small factory in Nicaragua named, Tabacalera Pichardo which makes them the fourth factory to work with Crowned Heads. The cigar comes in three […]
We caught up with Nimish Patel in Las Vegas at the 2020 Tobacco Plus Expo and he gave us a look at the Rocky Patel CSWC. The cigar is the new official cigar of the Cigar Smoking World Championship and will debut in three sizes. The Mareva which is the official size of the yearly event measuring 5 1/8 x 42 ($8.75), a Robusto coming in at 5 x 50 ($9.75) and the Toro at […]
Back in the day I ran a cigar blog by another name. It’s a blog that allowed me to carve out a career in the cigar industry. Back when PCA was known as IPCPR we ran into a lot of resistance from retailers and manufacturers about being allowed into the show where we helped create buzz around the newest releases. Back then Dave was on the board of IPCPR and he went to bat for […]
The last couple years has seen the Tobacco Plus Expo grown exponentially especially with the premium cigar industry. With a lot of manufacturers dropping out of PCA the buzz around this show is even greater then in past years. Throughout the duration of the show we will be showcasing the differences between the two shows as well as a look at some new products debuting in Las Vegas. Here Dave checks in and shows how […]