This week on The Cigar Authority, we’re talking Problems in the Cigar Industry! It’s the Ed & Mr. J Show!? Dave’s away at PCA so the boys will play! Ed & Mr. Jonathan discuss what’s really going on in the business & cigar shop do’s and don’ts while smoking Oliva Join Mr. Jonathan, David Garofalo and Ed Sullivan as we light up cigars and talk about them. The Cigar Authority is a member of the […]
Oliva Serie V Double Robusto is a complex blend of Nicaraguan long filler tobaccos. Blended with specially fermented Jalapa Valley ligero, and finished with a high priming original Cuban seed grown Wrapper. This is one of the most popular cigars on the market today. The Oliva Serie V Double Robusto makes a striking first impression with its milk chocolate-colored wrapper, adorned with thin veins and exhibiting impeccable construction. The cigar is densely packed, giving it […]
This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… Last year Dave predicted that Alec Bradley would be sold, what will he predict this year? It’s the Prediction Show – a yearly look into the future. Who buys who, who goes out of business and even who gets back in business. Mergers, Acquisitions – Smoke and Mirrors. In the first hour we smoke the Nub Maduro from […]
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 […]
Since 2008 Oliva V has released a limited edition Maduro wrapper each summer. The line has been highly sought after by cigar enthusiasts each year it has been released. This year the Oliva Cigar Company has announced that the cigar will be an ongoing yearly release in four sizes limited to 6,000 boxes per size. The four sizes available are a Double Robusto (5.5 x 54), Toro (6 x 50), Torpedo (6 x 54) and […]
Since 2008, the Oliva Cigar Family has released a limited edition of the Oliva Serve V, the Maduro Especial. This year the cigar sees two sizes released in 6,000 boxes of 10. Like the last couple of years the cigar sees the release of the Double Toro (6 x 60), but this year also sees the release of a Double Robusto measuring 5 x 54. It’s consistently been one of my favorite special releases each […]
As has become custom following the airing of The Cigar Authority we share an in-depth review of a cigar we smoked on the show. Today that cigar comes from the care package as we look at the Oliva Serie O. The care package contained a Toro, and we smoked the Robusto for review and I can say the notes are spot on identical. Cigar Review: Oliva Serie O Wrapper: Nicaragua Sun Grown Habano Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Length: 5″ Ring Gauge: 50 […]
This week on The Cigar Authority we’re talking about the Nicaraguan cigar boom and we explore why Nicaragua is beating the Dominican Republic and all others for cigar production and cigar exports. It’s a changing industry, and we explore why this change is happening. In the first hour we fire up a cigar from the care package in the Gilberto Oliva Reserva Blanc, its rolled in Nicaragua and features a Ecuador Connecticut wrapper. In the […]
In the first hour we will welcome the New England Sales Rep for Oliva Cigar to the show as we light up the Gilberto Oliva Reserva from the Cigar Authority Care Package. We will sit down with Todd Kumes and find out what’s new with Oliva Cigars. Throughout the show we will be revisiting the Ten Commandments of Cigar Shops that was written a few years back by Miguel Schoedel who is now the Sales […]
The Oliva V Maduro is back for another go around, and this time they use the familiar 6 x 60 Double Toro size. Personally, I was hoping the company would get away from this size. For a while the cigar has highly sought after by collectors and/or cigar geeks but this size does nothing to help that in my opinion. A corona gorda would be nice or even a traditional Robusto or Toro. It feels […]