The Cigar Authority

The Cigar Authority is LIVE at the J.C. Newman Cigar Factory in Tampa, Florida for the J.C. Newman Diamond Crown Experience! Eric and Bobby Newman join us as they take us back throw the history of the J.C. Newman Cigar Factory; the last working cigar factory in America. We lightup the #99 Factory Throw-Out (this ain't no throw out!), and the acclaimed Julius Caesar, along side the Diamond Crown Ex...

This week on The Cigar Authority we're smoking the pre-release Questa è la Vita - aka "This is the Life" - cigar, and the new Fratello by Omar de Frias.   

We're smoking cigars from the 1980's! House of Winsor Panatella Claro humidified from the 1980 Olympics, and Macanudo Vintage 1988 humidified for over 25 years. Special guest Duane Morency, Two Guys Smoke Shop Manager and cigar specialist joins The Cigar Authority to give us the real "dirt" on Dave. 

With the Dominican Festival taking place in Santiago R.R., we're smoking Dominican Cigars today; C.O. JONES by Joche Blanco (Las Palmas) and Topper Cigars, We celebrate George Washington's birthday (what's up with the car sales?), hit the mail bag, 99 problems but a cigar ain't one, cigars and sexism and whole lot more!

This week we're lighting up cigars that are perfect for the winter... Comedians in Cars Smoking Cigars... Upcoming "Cigar" March Madness, and news from Capital Hill on Dave's trip to Washington DC... We light up Perla Del Mar P, Gran Reserve Corojo No1, and Recluse Petite Corona (all great sticks under $5 bucks)

On The Cigar Authority this week "What's New" in cigars...what is coming out this year. We look into the future of cigars, and light up Studio 21 and Rock-A-Feller Habano.  

5 words... 2013 Cigar of the Year!

That’s right 200 shows, 400 hours, and countless laughs as we discuss lots of cool things that we have had happened over the last 4 years. We smoke all 3 Diamond Crown Cigars (Diamond Crown, Julius Caeser, and Maximus) and launch the latest crazy about to sweep the cigar world…The Happy Birthday cigar!

We light up 2 cigars that are each over 10 years old, the do's and don'ts of Humidor Maintenance, and we toast to Grampy our oldest listener who past away this week, and Dave takes his shirt off!

Jose Ramo's Don Beningo Cigars Launch of the Maduro. 10 Commandments of Cigars. FDA is nuts. And Cigars by the numbers: what sold best in 2013. 

Cigar Journal's Top 25 Cigars... a message from the North Pole... and we put our reputation on the line and our status as citizens of this great country by smoking the Evil Weed.

We say fairwell to 2013 with Perdomo Champagne, review Cigar Aficionado's Top 25, and light up Aging Room's Quattro  F55.

The guys preview the cigar of the year candidates as Christmas approaches.

Does shape really matter? We're smoking Tortuga Cigars in the round AND boxed pressed, light up the Cuatro Cinco by Juan Martinez and Joya De Nivaragua.

Steve Abid drops in for a special giveaway of the finest Cognac Louis XIII.

We're bowling with Turkey's live on the air with My Father Cigars. We've chosen the most perfect cigar rep, Jeremy Soares, to not only join us... but take over Mr Jonathan's seat! We light up the Flor De Las Antillas and La Duena.    

Nominees for the 2013 Cigar Of The Year.

Relearning The Cigar Essentials. Here Dave's complete story inside the cigar business, and a little class in how to cut, light, smoke and enjoy Premium Cigars.,, what makes them premium and why cigars are so different than all other tobacco products.

We're joined by Team Perdomo (Roy Kirby and Christopher Harper) and getting blind tasted... While we're getting tested, we test them with the 'Perdomo Quiz." We light up the Perdomo Fresco and Nick Sticks Maduro... But do we know it?? 

Rafael Nodal drops by too chat it up with the guys and break some news about a new Aging Room Cigar!

Davidoff 25 Anniversary & Camacho Liberty 2013 Cigars.

This week we are paid a visit by Christopher Columbus as we smoke the EPC Dark Ritual from 2011 and Don Pepin Black Lancero Cigar from 2008. Plus News from Asylum, Old Fart Freddy, and the top Tweets of the week. 

This week we smoke the latest cigar to come out of Ventura's stable...Psyko 7, La Gianna Cigars turn 19, and Cigar Craig swings by for a LIVE visit. 

Live from an undisclosed location, it's Two guys Smoke Shop's 28th Anniversary... and we're giving away a DeLorean! We've got the who's-who of Cigarlebrities including JR Dominguez and Scott Weeks from Recluse Cigars, Cristian Eiora from CLE and Eiora Cigars, David Topper from Alec Bradley Cigars, Ernesto Perez Carrillo from EPC Cigars, Patric Hurd from the new Pysco Seven Cigars, Nick Perdomo fro...

We're smoking the Hand Rolled Cigar & Smoking Cigar Bars. We talk with Pete Johnson from Tatuaji Cigars celebrating 10 years in the cigar business. And look into Cigar Journal Magazine and peak through as cigar-lebrities make their way up to see us for a BIG event.