For Prime Time Special Edition 78, we are honored to welcome the one and only David Garofalo to the show. Dave not only loves cigars, he wears many hats in the cigar industry and we’ll talk to him about the journey he has taken. We will also have another “One Must Go” segment tonight, […]
Announcement: Prime Time Special Edition 77 – Phil Zanghi, Debonaire House
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It’s Prime Time Special Edition 77, and it’s a jam-packed episode. First we welcome the one and only Phil Zanghi of Debonaire House who makes his return to the Prime Time Show. We’ll catch up with Phil and chronicle his journey in the cigar industry. Plus, we welcome two new segments to the Prime […]
Agile Cigar Review: Atabey Sabios by Selected Tobacco
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Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
Cigar Review: El Tallo (Toro)
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April Fool’s Day has typically been a time many in the cigar industry turn their creativity to humor. When covering the cigar news, it usually means sham news stories in an attempt to fool you. While there was at least one April Fool’s news story that was so well done that it fooled us, for […]
IPCPR 2019 Spotlight: United Cigar
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United Cigar is the distribution arm owned by David Garofalo. Garofalo is best known as being a founder of Two Guys Smoke Shop as well as The Cigar Authority podcast. United Cigar distributes several brands – and perhaps best known are the brands of Nelson Alfonso’s Selected Tobacco (Atabey, Byron, and Bandolero). United Cigar always […]
Cigar News: Selected Tobacco Launches Byron Serie Siglo XX Venecianos and Mesolongis Line Extensions
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At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Selected Tobacco launched two new sizes under its Byron Serie Siglo XX line, the Byron Serie Siglo XX Venecianos and the Byron Serie Siglo XX Mesolongis .This brings the total number of vitolas offered in the Byron Serie XX line to four. The Venecianos is a 6 1/2 x […]
Cigar News: Selected Tobacco Launches Atabey Idolos and Sabios Line Extensions
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At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Selected Tobacco launched two new sizes under its Atabey line, the Atabey Idolos and Atabey Sabios. This brings the total number of vitolas offered in the Atabey line to eleven. Atabey Idolos introduces a 4 x 55 vitola into the Atabey line while Sabios introduces a Robusto-sized 5 […]
Cigar News: Garofalo Says “No” to PCA 2020
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One of the major players in the cigar industry has said based on the current plans by the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) for its CigarCon event that he is pulling out. David Garofalo today confirmed on the July 6th edition of his The Cigar Authority podcast that PCA 2020 will go on without him. Garofalo […]
Cigar News: United Cigar Updates Packaging for La Gianna Havana
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United Cigar’s La Gianna Havana brand has received a packaging upgrade. The new packaging is coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the brand. The company says the new packaging is now shipping nationwide. La Gianna Havana was originally released in 1994. At the time, David Garofalo, owner of Two Guys Smoke Shop in New Hampshire […]
Cigar News: United Cigars Teams up with Hammer + Sickle for Series Unidas Collaboration Release
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United Cigars has announced it is launching a new collaboration series called Series Unidas. The first installment of this series will be done in collaboration with Hammer + Sickle cigars and is scheduled to hit retail shelves in May. United Cigars is actually no stranger to teaming up with leading manufacturers. In conjunction with Two […]