The Cigar Authority

The Cigar Authority welcomes to the show Klaaus Pieter Kelner from Davidoff cigars. If that name sounds familiar to you, he is the son of Henke Kelner. We will catch up with him as we light up the Davidoff 702 Series Special R and see what is expected from Davidoff as they celebrate their 50th Year. At the bottom of the hour we will begin our preview of the 2018 IPCPR Trade show as we look at the...

Half the year is almost over and Ed Sullivan returns from his vacation to Portugal. We will catch up with him in the first half hour as we enjoy a Diamond Crown Maximus. At the bottom of the hour we will be joined on set by Eric Newman from JC Newman as we find out if we can save Ybor City. We talk with Eric about his many trips to Washington DC and the halls of the US Senate and how you can help...

It’s one of the most anticipated Limited Edition releases every summer. As Independence Day inches closer, we unveil the Mi Querida Firecracker which goes on sale at  2GuysCigars.com  on June 25th, 2018. To celebrate the great unveil we welcome Steve Saka to show. But first we will light up the ongoing release Corojo Firecracker as we look at the history of the Firecracker. How did it start, and w...

As you may know by now Eric Hanson from Hammer + Sickle passed away this week. Today, The Cigar Authority will be joined by Hammer + Sickle Nation Sales Manager Erik Wentworth as we reflect on our very close friend. We’ll do this while smoking a Hammer + Sickle Hermitage in the first hour and a Moscow City that was limited to just 1,000 boxes of which Dave was personally gifted a sign box. With FD...

He once worked for the company that distributed Royal Agio in the USA but went his separate way. Shortly there after he wound up with Royal Agio who now handles their own sales and distribution. Zev Kaminetsky fills us in on this company as we smoke the Balmoral from the June Care Package. In the second hour we announce the return of a Subculture Cigar from Drew Estate that is meant to be shared w...

  Last week the boys flew solo and Dave will chime in on their performance. He will also recap what he was doing in Florida. David Garofalo was he there for Urban Beach Week or was there another reason.. Tune in to hear about Dave partying it up in South Beach. In the first hour we will light the first cigar of the June Cigar Authority Care Package. It’s the Oliveros Gran Retorno from Rafael Nodal...

This week The Cigar Authority looks at the science of cigar strength versus the size of the cigar. It’s been a hot topic on the show lately with Barry & David thinking smaller equals stronger. Mr. Jonathan has strongly disagreed and with David Garofalo in Miami he takes over the hosting and tells us why he is right. But is he? #StrengthGate is here! In the first hour we will light up the Neanderth...

This week The Cigar Authority welcomes Christian Eiroa the owner of CLE Cigars. We will catch up with the man who caught lightning in bottle not only once, but twice. Why did he come back to the industry after he got out? What’s new and exciting in the world of CLE? Tune in to find out this and more! In the first hour we will light up a cigar from CLE and in the second hour we will fire up La Gian...

This week The Cigar Authority welcomes two guests to the show. First we are joined by Glynn Loope from the Cigar Rights of America as he gives us a two year update on the FDA Deeming Regulations. Where do we stand? What can we expect? Is there a light at the end of the tunnel? During the first hour we will be smoking the Jose Dominguez Maduro from The Cigar Authority Care Package. In the second ho...

It’s Cinco de Mayo and you know what that means? The boys are drinking, and since Dave was doing Tequila shots at the TAA in the Dominican Republic with the likes of Carlito Fuente, Rocky Patel and Jorge Padron he can slum it with the likes of Mr. Jonathan, Barry Stein and Ed Sullivan. It’s also a cigar show, so we will talk a lot about that this week as we recap the week in La Romana as we talk e...

Last week we teased the Jorge Padron interview, but this week we have it for you. The sit down which took place on April 19th at Two Guys Smoke Shop in New Hampshire featured a very candid and often funny Jorge Padron. It is something you do not what to miss! In the first hour we will be lighting up a Perdomo 20th Anniversary Connecticut and in the second hour we will light up Yellow Jacket, both...

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...

In 1941 Mount Rushmore was created honoring four presidents. Today, we debate who would be on the Mount Rushmore of cigars if it was built today. Things are guaranteed to get heated as we are sure to have different opinions. As we debate this topic we will fire up a cigar from Casa Fernandez that is a collaboration with Warped Cigars. The  Guardian of the Farm  is part of the April Cigar Authority...

This week we welcome Justo Eiroa from JRE Tobacco to the show for the first time. You may recall he was scheduled to be on the show once before, but with a Hurricane about to hit Miami he flew back to the city to be with his family and we admire that almost as much as the cigars. This week we will light up the Aladino Maduro which will get it’s word-wide release on The Cigar Authority. It’s about...

It’s been 8 crazy years since David Garofalo decided to start podcasting. But how did The Cigar Authority actually come into existence? We will look back at the history and the madness of The Cigar Authority and let you know why we refer to it as the Catalina Wine Mixer. We will look at some stats, and have a couple of gifts for you our faithful listeners and surprisingly there are quite a few of...

It’s been a crazy week in the cigar world that began with Rocky Patel standing up for the cigar industry this week in a great interview where he campaigned against the draconian FDA regulations. We will discuss the interview that can be seen at  http://video.foxnews.com/v/5754532530001/?#sp=show-clips We will light of a cigar from the son of Henke Kelner in the first hour of the show and discuss c...

It’s Saint Patrick’s Day and the boys celebrate in style in the first hour with La Flor Dominicana Double Claro a Candela offering from Litto Gomez. They’ll pair it with an Irish Whiskey that is part of the Whiskey Maker Series from Jameson called “Blender’s Dog”. In the second hour, we continue drinking and light up Camacho Ecuador a cigar from the March Care Package. During the course of the sho...

Jay Leno has Regis Philbin and Saturday Night Live has Alec Baldwin as the most frequent guest, we here at The Cigar Authority have Mr. Jonathan Carney the VP of Sales for La Flor Dominicana as our most frequent. Could today be his last visit? We will put him on the hot seat and ask some pressing questions about LFD while we smoke the Petit La Nox in the first hour. In the second hour, we visit th...

He’s been with us from the very first episode and a staple in the chat room every Saturday morning. The regulars asked that he be a guest, and this week we give them what they want as we welcome from our neighbor to the North the original cigarsonist, Rudy! We will light up a cigar from the Care Package in C. O. Jones as we talk about the difference between Canada and the USA when I comes to cigar...

It always amazes me how many people consider our mailbag episodes to be their favorites. Over the last couple of months we have gotten a lot of emails and this week on The Cigar Authority we play catch up as we go through close to 20 of them on this email centric episode of the #1 cigar podcast on the internet. In the first hour we will light up one of the hottest new cigars from the 2017 trade sh...

We break down the world of Social Media & Cigars and ask the question how important is social media in today’s cigar market. What Cigar-lebrity has the most followers on Facebook? Twitter? Instagram? Top Podcast? Does size matter? Is it about content? Does it really effect sales? Do people still buy followers? We are joined by the National Sales Manager for Kristoff Cigars, Jarrid Trudeau as we li...

We’ve asked for show ideas from you the listener and we’ve had more than a few emails asking to get to know the staff of Two Guys Smoke Shop. Seeing as we broadcast every week from Salem, NH you will get your chance to meet them all. Ed, Pat, Mike, Trevor, Jessica and Sean the Barista take a turn in the hot seat. Being we are The Cigar Authority we will light up a couple of cigars during the cours...

Many cigar smokers are collectors and their humidors contain some special cigars that they refuse to smoke until the occasion warrants it. Today we discuss some of those cigars that line the humidors belonging to the hosts of The Cigar Authority. We also look at the cigars we wish we had at least one off. What cigars are our holy grails, something we want to smoke another of or something we want t...

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 whats 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 Mana...

Do you remember the Pepsi Challenge? We do, and we will explain the concept and history behind it as we take that process to the cigar world. Let's face it as we walk through the humidor a cigar band can catch our eye and causes us to gravitate toward that smoke. We all have friends that a loyal to one brand, but would they be if the didn't know the cigar they were smoking. In the first hour the b...