The Cigar Authority

This week on The Cigar Authority we're blind folding Mr Jonathan for a double-blind cigar smoking challenge. Can he guess the cigars without seeing them? We test him with the Diamond Crown Torpedo #8, Macanudo, J. Fuego Americana, and the Flor de las Antillas from My Father Cigars. All this and lots more only on THE Cigar Authority!

This week on The Cigar Authority, two Cigar Stars for the price of one! Omar de Frias from Fratello Cigars joins us along side Phil Zanghi from Debonaire Cigars and Rum. As an extra bonus, Mr Jonathan took the day off making this week's Cigar Authority even BETTER!

This week on The Cigar Authority it's the world premier of the pre-release of the Luchidor Cigars live inside the Diamond Crown Cigar Lounge at Two Guys Smoke Shop in Nashua, NH. We light up the JC Newman Julius Caesar 1885 Perfecto cigar, and the all new Luchidor by Leccia Tabacco.

Jose Ramos from Don Benigno Cigars joins us as we compare the Don Benigno Natural vs Maduro cigar. The FDA has their nose in Premium Cigars, and we tell you why it's not going to be good. This and lots more on The Cigar Authority.

Easter Candy & Cigars! What's your favorite? We share ours, plus are you loyal? To your cigar store? Cigar brand? Your wife?!?! We light em up and eat em up this week on The Cigar Authority.

The Drew Estate Cigar Connection! This week on The Cigar Authority we open up an original box of Nosotros Illusione Cigars by Drew Estate, and and an 11 year old box of Red Lion By Heaven Cigars and Drew Estate. We reveal the hottest thing to happen to a cigar... EVER, and LOTS more on this weeks edition of The Cigar Authority!

Hollywood comes to The Cigar Authority! Armand Assante brings his passion for cigars, and new brand, Ora Vivo, along side Victor Vitale from Legacy Brands with his new brand Tortuga Cigars.

Back from the T.A.A. (Tobacconists' Association of America), Mr Jonathan Carney from La Flor Dominicana Cigars stops by with the pre-release LFD 707, 7 x 70 Ligero, due out in late April / early May.

It's the freakin' Catalina Wine Mixer!! AKA: The Cigar Authority 4 Year Anniversary show!! We've got Nelson Alfonso from Selected Tobacco, Byron, Atabey and Bandolero Cigars with us to celebrate as we light up the Bandolero Pack 2 and Bandolero Pack 3.

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 Experience winners, Glen Baker and Jim Ferrara.

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 from Perdomo Cigars, Tom Ryhiner from Davidoff Cigars, Tom Lazuka from Asylum Cigars, Litto Comez from La Flor Dominicana, Nelson Alfonso from Atabey, Byron and the new Bandolero Cigars, Eric Newman from Diamond Crown Cigars, amd David Laffery from CYB Cigars.

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.

It's the Smoking Calendar Motorcylce run live from Two Guys Smoke Shop. Motorcycles, cigars, beautiful women, BBQ, and live entertainment - all to support the charities of The Smithfest Foundation as we light up the Brickhouse Maduro and Aging Room Maduro.

We're live at the Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival 2013 with some of the world's biggest cigarlebrities including: Nick Perdomo from Perdomo Cigars, Glynn Loope from Cigar Rights of America, Barry Blonder from Alec Bradley, Tony "The Future" Gomez from La Flor Dominicana, Phil Zanghi from Debonaire Cigars and Rum, and Tom Lazuka from Asylum Cigars.

It's the official end of summer 2013, and to celebrate we're smoking the Aging Room Havao Connecticut and United Cigar Boxed Toro Madauro.

"The" Mr Jonathan Carney from La Flor Dominicana is moving! He tells us all about it as we smoke the La Flor Dominicana Light, as well as a 10 year old La Flor Dominicana 2000 Series.

This week on The Cigar Authority we're smoking only ONE stogie... Something CRAZY with The World’s Gone Crazy Guy; Gary "G-Spot" Marino... The Asylum 13 6" x 80!

Live from the Italian section of Boston known as the North End, we're live at the Feast of Madonna Della Cava. This week, we feast! We eat, drink, and smoke Italian style! We light up an Parodi Ammazetti, Avanti Anisette abd Garofalo Toro.

The former President of Drew Estates, Steve Saka, joins us for a scoop...as we dig into the past and the future...What happened? Where's he going? And other uncomfortable questions! We light up the Eiroa Pesetas and the Cuban Stock Royal Selection.

Part 2 of NEW Cigars from the BIG Cigar Show. We're smoking the new Barabba, Senor Solomon, Recluse Draconian Sidewinder, Spirit of Art, Debonaire Toro Reblend, and the Davidoff 25th Anniversary.

The guys return for a live show following their trip to Las Vegas for the annual ICPCR Conference.

This week we take a look inside Cigar Journal Magazine, and smoke two new brands of cigars we're already crazy about; Icon by Hammer & Sickle and Sam Leccia Black.

It's the 4th of July Part II with Alec Bradley American Classic Cigars! We light up the Alec Bradley Connecticut and the American Classic Sun Grown. Plus, we've got the new scoop of cigars coming out soon.

It's an explosive show as we celebrate our independence and the deceleration of our rights and our freedoms. Kurt Van Kemple, owner and founder of Xikar Cigar Accessories, joins us... as we light up the perfect cigars to celebrate; The Fire Cracker, and the Black Bomb.

Today on the Cigar Authority we're LIVE with Zino Red Carpet Tour reviewing the new Davidoff Nicaraguan.

Celebrating Father's Day weekend with Bobby Newman from J.C. Newman Cigar Company, and the hottest new thing to happen to cigars since the match! His son Dawson Newman as we light up the flavorful Julius Caeser to celebrate this special weekend.

Live from the CANH Golf Tournament (Cigar Association of NH), we light up the limited Master's Edition Davidoff Club House Toro and celebrate our rights as cigar smokers.

Iconic Leaf Cigar Company's J.R. Dominguez and Scott Weeks visit as we light up the Recluse Kanu #2 and the pre-release Draconian.