The Cigar Authority

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The Cigar Authority episodes

March 26, 2016 Celebrating AVO’s 90th & Smoking Cubans
This week on The Cigar Authority podcast we celebrate Avo Uvezian’s 90th birthday by lighting up a cigar that was included in the care package.
We also take a look at the industries copycats and light up a couple of Cuban cigars.
We got our first cease and desist letter and bring you up to date on the latest news regarding the FDA deeming regulations.
2 hr 1 min
March 19, 2016 Shooting Ashes, Smoking Fines, And LFD TAA!
This week on The Cigar Authority we discuss a recent ticket we got for smoking in a cigar store as the government goes to far in interpreting a law.
We light up the new La Flor Dominicana TAA 2016 and reach int the care package to smoke El Baton.
We also recap the latest issue of Cigar Journal magazine and jump into some mailbags…
2 hr 1 min
March 12, 2016 Habanos & TAA Festivals While Going Green
This week on The Cigar Authority we prepare for St. Patrick’s Day while lighting up the Dos Hombres Candela and discuss the history of Candela cigars.
Dave has returned from Cuba and we talk about the Habanos Festival as well as his time spent at the TAA.
In the second hour we take a sneak peek at the CLE Azabache and discuss how American let David down…
All this and the usual madness on the Internets #1 cigar related podcast!
2 hr 2 min
March 05, 2016 Lighting, Cutting, Tasting, Oh My!
With David Garofalo in Cuba at the Festival Del Habano the asylum is left to Mr. Jonathan, Chuck Morrison and yours truly, Barry Stein. But we have a special guest in the house and he will be bringing some food to the studio, Mr. Tommy Grella.
In this educational edition of The Cigar Authority we will discuss different types of cutting techniques, cutters and lighters. In the second hour Barry will discuss with us how to properly taste a cigar.
With a little bit of luck David will be calling in live from Cuba and we will discuss how Tommy Grella went financial advisor to being on the show the Next Top Chef…
It’s going to be a wild ride, so be sure to tune in!
2 hr 2 min
February 27, 2016 National Cigar Day w/ Four Kicks & The Oscars
February 27th is National Cigar Day, and we celebrate the holiday Four Kicks, with Crowned Heads Four Kicks. We will discuss consolidation in the industry. We will discuss the Oscars and in the second hour smoke Leaf by Oscar as well as give our predictions for the winners.
Lastly we came across a book this week called The Cigar; Moments of Pleasure and we take a look at that book and let you know where you can get it.
All this and the usual madness known and The Cigar Authority.

2 hr 3 min
February 20, 2016 Smoking A Bowl With Swag in SoBe
This week on The Cigar Authority we celebrate International Pipe Smoking Day… Join the boys as they light up a pipe and smoke a bowl while discussing the history of this tradition.
In the second third of the show we will light up a discontinued cigar that was part of The Cigar Authority Care Package… The Swag SoBe from Aging Room cigars…
Join us for all the madness on The Cigar Authority…
2 hr 4 min
February 13, 2016 Politics, Rumors and Science
This week on The Cigar Authority, David Garofalo returns from Washington DC with information on FDA as well as a whole bunch of rumors going around the cigar industry…
Also Mr. Jonathan decides to do a little bit of science when it comes to cutting a cigar..
Join us for Mr. J the science guy and a whole lot of rumors that will surely lead to one of our most controversial cigars…
All this and more on The Cigar Authority…
2 hr 5 min
February 06, 2016 The Cigar of the Year Edition
Since 1992 David Garofalo has been naming The Cigar of the Year, and for the 24th time, we will do so today; the day before Super Bowl Sunday in our time honored tradtion...

We well smoke the 2014 COTY BG Meyer one last time and then light up the 2015 Cigar of the Year...

Who will it be? Tune in and find out!
2 hr 1 min
January 30, 2016 Fixing Lighters and Smoking Wheels
This week on The Cigar Authority we smoke a few rare cigars... The first one was included in the now sold out Cigar Authority Care Package... Made in 2012; 500 boxes of 50 are long gone.. So what does David do? He sends out the ones he had stashed away in his personal collection...
In the second hour we light up a Cohiba XV550 Extra Vigoroso that was rolled by Dave on January 11, 2004.
On top of all of that we take on the question that is asked often in a cigar shop, how come my lighter doesn't light? We will break down lighter filling, lighter repair and why certain cans of Butane work better than others...
All this and more on The Cigar Authority...
2 hr 9 min
January 23, 2016 Reinhold Widmayer and the End of KILO
We are joined by the Editor In Chief from Cigar Journal Magazine who weighs in on Dave’s article where he rated the cigar magazines… What will Reinhold Widmayer have to say?
Also rumour has it that KILO is no more, and we will have the details about it and how you can get a special deal on the remaining inventory… Tune in and find out how you can get two boxes for the price of 1.
All this and more on The Cigar Authority
2 hr 2 min