{"podcast":{"title":"Cigar Aficionado Podcast","slug":"cigar-aficionado-podcast-7850942","podcast_index_feed_id":7850942,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2616085.rss","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/cigar-aficionado-podcast","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/94z1bhheegh6xnu6p0t0q4yc4zro?.jpg","author":"Cigar Aficionado","episode_count":3,"summary":"The Cigar Aficionado Podcast brings the world of premium cigars straight to your ears. Hosted by executive editor David Savona, each episode pulls back the curtain on the people, places, and rituals that define cigar culture. Get candid conversations with the industry's most influential makers and tastemakers, sharp reviews and ratings of the latest releases, and explorations of the spirits, travel, and lifestyle that pair so naturally with a great smoke. Watch the video version on YouTube: youtube.com/@CigarAficionado Visit CigarAficionado.com for ratings, news, and the stories trusted by cigar lovers for more than 30 years. Follow along: @CigarAficionado on Instagram and Facebook, @CigarAficMag on X. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T08:18:05.768009+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cigar-aficionado-podcast-7850942"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 3: $100 Cigars","slug":"episode-3-100-cigars","published_at":"2026-06-10T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cigar-aficionado-podcast-7850942/episode-3-100-cigars","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cigar-aficionado-podcast-7850942","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2616085/episodes/19327115-episode-3-100-cigars.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2616085/episodes/19327115-episode-3-100-cigars.mp3","summary":"Would you pay $100 for a single cigar? Executive editor David Savona and managing editor Gregg Mottola light up two of them (the Rocky Patel Conviction and the Montecristo 1935 Anniversary Doble Diamante, both rated 95 points) to find out what's driving cigar prices to record heights. They trace the trend from Davidoff's $500 Oro Blanco to the 2022 Cohiba price hikes that ended bargain hunting in Havana, share three decades of pricing data from Cigar Aficionado's blind tastings, and reveal th...","meta_description":"Would you pay $100 for a single cigar? Executive editor David Savona and managing editor Gregg Mottola light up two of them (the Rocky Patel Conviction an…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1194,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cigar-aficionado-podcast-7850942/episodes/episode-3-100-cigars/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cigar-aficionado-podcast-7850942/episode-3-100-cigars.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}