I usually only go to Havana for the February and November Festivals but this year is an exception as a good friend and great cigar aficionado asked me if I could show him around for a few days which was of course my pleasure to do. It was an even greater pleasure as we stayed on his splendid boat instead of the Hotel Nacional where I usually stay and I can tell you it was far better accommodation !

We were lucky to have an excellent driver (thank you Jorge!) and our site seeing included visits to Hemmingway’s house, Floridita, Camra Oscura, Los Jazmines, Robainas plantation, Robaina shop at the Melia

I can’t think of a better place than Havana to smoke the best Havanas ever made which included Partagas 150 and 155th anniversary Habanos 1994 amongst many others- usually matched up with some first rate Robert Graham single malt as well as 1949 Macallan- that was a treat !

The weather was a bit changeable on this my 50th trip to Havana so I’m hoping it improves by trip 51 next month for the XIII Festival del Habanos which I’m looking forward to.

Since I returned, the interest level in the incredible Partagas 165th anniversary humidor seems to have reached frenzy level as they have now sold out in Cuba. I hear someone walked in to Partagas and bought all that were not sold at the November Partagas Festival!

We finally received and have started shipping the latest Orchant Seleccion Havana cigars:

El Rey del Mundo Tainos Orchant Seleccion in slide lid boxes of 25 and singles with the most perfect wrappers and in the best condition you are ever likely to see a Havana cigar in.

Bolivar tubed Royal Coronas Orchant Seleccion to mark the occasion of the Royal wedding in boxes of 10 and singles

My cigars are of course specially double banded Orchant Seleccion and the boxes have numbered inserts. Only 64 and 100 boxes of each will ever be made available. The finest Havanas you will ever smoke…or your money back.

I’m off to Ten Manchester street for a spot of dinner and some good smokes, probably a Por Larranaga Regalias de Londres or two 🙂

Have a great weekend.

Peaceful puffing

Mitchell

The annual General Meeting of Orchant & Wolters Gmbh was held in London last Sunday. The Directors of the Board including myself and Christoph Wolters (that’s the whole board!) started the meeting at Ten Manchester street’s lovely cigar terrace for a spot of lunch and continued the meeting at the American bar in the Stafford Hotel in St James’s which has a delightful cigar friendly terrace. Business was discussed very seriously over a large quantity of BHK 52’s accompanied with ‘Horsenecks’ and ‘Old fashioned’ cocktails 🙂 Plans were made for our continued world domination of the cigar trade 🙂 Needless to say Chrissie and I had a great afternoon.

El Rey Del Mundo Tainos 2001- Orchant Seleccion
Next week I am releasing a limited edition of 64 boxes of English Market Selection, 2001 vintage Tainos, personally selected at Hunters and Frankau and specially double banded Orchant Seleccion. I shall open 2 or three boxes for visitors to my London office so singles will be available as well as full boxes for a limited period of time.

To reserve some of these fine Havanas, simply drop me an email …hurry as 30 boxes are already pre sold !

Bolivar Royal Coronas – Royal Wedding cigars – Orchant Seleccion
Congratulations to William and Kate ! we are so proud of our Royal family and terribly excited for the Royal wedding that this week we are releasing 100 boxes of 10 Bolivar tubed Royal Coronas – Orchant Seleccion. Specially double banded and with Royal Wedding insert.

To reserve some of these fine Royal Wedding Havanas, simply drop me an email or pre order using this dummy secure order link hurry as 50 boxes are already pre sold !

This blog comes to you from sunny Havana where I am enjoying a few days herfing with a good friend and client who is experiencing Havana for the first time and I am relishing my role as official Havana cigar tour guide J we’re smoking our way through vast quantities of El Rey del Mundo Tainos Orchant Seleccion – of course whilst sipping some great 15 year old Cuban rum… more details on my return to Blighty.

Peaceful puffing

Saludos desde La Habana

Mitchell

Happy new year Folks 🙂 and what a pleasure it is to be back to normal after all the Christmas and New Year’s herfing 🙂

My herfing continues this weekend with a little quality control on Cohiba BHK 52’s 😉 recently tipped in one of the cigar mags and with sales going through the roof on these I just have to check that they are as good (or better) than when first released.

Had a great dinner with my cigar twin (non identical but same birthday!) Ranald Macdonald at Boisdale Belgravia last week. Splendid evening chatting about the planned opening of Boisdale in Canary Wharf which will feature one of the finest cigar stores and Terraces in London. We are looking forward to the opening and already planning our next Vintage Cigar Auction.

If you have puffed through your cigars and need to top up the humidor, feast your eyes on some of our soon to be released specials. Hopefully we’ll have the photos up on the website in the next few days (if we haven’t pre sold them all!)

El Rey Del Mundo Tainos 2001- Orchant Seleccion
Next week I am releasing a limited edition of 64 boxes of English Market Selection, 2001 vintage Tainos, personally selected at Hunters and Frankau and specially double banded Orchant Seleccion. I shall open 2 or three boxes for visitors to my London office so singles will be available as well as full boxes for a limited period of time.

To reserve some of these fine Havanas, simply drop me an email

Bolivar Royal Coronas – Royal Wedding cigars – Orchant Seleccion
Congratulations to William and Kate ! we are so proud of our Royal family and terribly excited for the Royal wedding that next week we are releasing 100 boxes of 10 Bolivar tubed Royal Coronas – Orchant Seleccion. Specially double banded and with Royal Wedding insert.

To reserve some of these fine Royal Wedding Havanas, simply drop me an email or pre order using this dummy secure order link http://www.cgarsltd.co.uk/mitchells-special-p-4716.html

Che – 2010 by Orchant Seleccion – Now available
Numbered collector’s edition (only 39 will be made for the 2010 edition)
Hand crafted presentation humidor created by Arlin Liss containing 2 cigars of each vitola – email for details and to reserve your preferred number [email protected] (sorry not available in the UK)

Have a great weekend

Peaceful puffing

Mitchell

Last blog of 2010! and what a fast and fabulous year it has been – I decided to throw an early new years ever herf last night at White House restaurant to celebrate my nephew Gabriel’s wedding to Verity.Dinner,Single Malt Whisky from Robert Graham Ltd and Cohiba Robustos were enjoyed by 30 friends and family – great way to finish the year 🙂

…and now its Cohiba Behike 56 till 2011…and beyond with a bottle or three of Pol Roger Champagne 🙂

Wishing all C.Gars Ltd Friends, Clients and Staff a happy, healthy and prosperous new year

Peaceful puffing

Mitchell

Another record breaking week with 99.9999999999999999% on time deliveries. Well done to C.Gars Ltd sales Teams in London and Norfolk, highest volume sales we have ever known, so quite an experience even for a cigar merchant that is used to massive year round sales. It’s been an amazing challenge and terribly exciting at the same time.

Our London manager Marcela who has managed the warehouse for the last 5 years has left the company ( for now at least!) and is heading back to Slovakia and we wish her the best of luck for the future. Marci did an amazing job organizing the warehouse and assisting our clients. We’re delighted that Eli is taking over from here assisted by Mirka, Blanka and Dasha.

We have very exciting plans for 2011 as we intend to build a brand new walk in humidor at our London premises which will be the largest walk in humidor in the UK with the largest range of new, aged and rare Havana cigars in the UK

I’ve managed to get through the week by herfing through a box of Punch Serie D’Oro no.1 – this extraordinary UK exclusive regional edition is now more or less sold out and to be honest, it’s such a great cigar, I’m surprised it’s lasted this long. I’m going to have to break into one of the Serie D’Oro humidors when the boxes run out 🙂

Well I’m outta the London office in a few hours’ time and heading to Liverpool for Christmas- looking forward to checking out the building work on our new Liverpool cigar store and having a smoke or two in the soon to be redeveloped existing Turmeaus cigar store ( we are developing that store into a traditional confectionery store…yummmmmmm!)

I’m taking my trusty herf’dor filled with UK regionals for Christmas weekend and topping it off with some Davidoff Chateau Latour for my Father and I to enjoy over the weekend 🙂

So, thanks to our fabulous suppliers and our brilliant sales Team and most of all our valued clients. Wish you all a safe and merry Christmas

Peaceful puffing

Mitchell

Finally some photos of our Christmas staff herf with our good friend and top basketball player Mark Blount 🙂