Just back from a few days up in Scotland visiting my Robert Graham whisky, cigar and chocolate stores and talk about the finer things in life 🙂 they can all be found in our stores and our Canongate store on the Royal Mile finally has the whisky tasting lounge completed and looking rather splendid

At C.Gars Ltd I love to offer different cigars that can’t be found anywhere in the world and as a specialist in vintage Havanas we try to keep the range interesting and ever changing. Check out the aged sections on the website to see some great Davidoff, Dunhill and pre embargo cigars.

I’m planning to get my way round the smoking ban with a cruise herf in New York in summer. Checkout the boat on this link! Looking forward to sampling some Dominican, Nicaraguan and Honduran cigars with a lot of friends whilst cruising to the Statue of Liberty and watching the New York Skyline, should be a great herf

So I’m starting to get ready for the 2010 Festival del Habanos next week and looking forward to visiting El Laguito and La Corona cigar factories as well as trying out some of the new cigars due for launch this year including the new Cohiba Behikes cigars.

Here’s the list of all the planned new releases:

Expected March/April

All presented in boxes of 10

Cohiba Behike BHK 56 6 1/2″ length and 56 ring gauge

Cohiba Behike BHK 54 5 5/8″ length and 54 ring gauge

Cohiba Behike BHK 52 4 3/4″ length and 52 ring gauge

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Expected May/June

Romeo Wide Churchill 5 1/4″ length and 55 ring gauge in boxes of 10 and 25 with 3 packs to follow later in the year

Romeo- Julieta 4 3/4″ length and 33 ring gauge

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Expected June/July

2010 Limited editions

Montecristo Gran Edmundo boxes of 10 5 7/8″ length and 52 ring gauge

Partagas Serie D Especial -boxes of 10 5 1/2″ length and 50 ring gauge

Trinidad short robusto – boxes of 12 4″ length and 50 ring gauge

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2010 UK regional editions

Expected August/September

La Flor De Cano Short robusto -cabinets of 25 ( a re-creation of the famous LFDC short churchill with shorter ring gauge) 4″ length and 50 ring gauge

Por Larranaga – Regalias de Londres- boxes of 25 5 1/2″ length and 50 ring gauge

See photos below thanks to Eric Rigori showing some of the preparations being made for the Festival.

Oh well another week done so I’m off to our London shop for a sampling session of Bolivar Centenary Royal Coronas this afternoon,feel free to join me for a smoke and a dram at Broadwell Parade, Broadhurst Gardens NW6 (just round the coroner from West Hampstead tube) I’ll be there from 2 pm !

Have a smokey weekend.

Peaceful puffing

Mitchell

Happy Valentines Folks !

At last my new website design is launched. Hope you like it.We are still ironing out a few glitches but navigation should be easier and faster. Suggestions and criticism always welcome. Well done to Laura and her team for the massive effort.

I’ve had a busy week selling chocolate cigars for Valentines, presumably these bypass the smoking ban although I do recall a chap in Edinburgh back in December who had a dram too many and tried to light one! I charged him extra as it had become hot chocolate 🙂

Obviously I’ll have to smoke a Romeo Y Julieta on Valentines and as I like large cigars it’s going to be the limited edition “Duke” I never rated this cigar when it was first released but it has certainly turned into a different beast with the benefit of a little patient maturing time in my humidor. This sweet tasting Havana is medium strength and medium flavour, beautifully crafted and well balanced. Grab some whilst they are still available as they are a limited edition.

I think I’ll go easy on the booze this weekend as I have a big whisky sampling week coming up so I’ll pair up the Romeo Duke with some delicate Champers. I reckon our Andre Clouet Rose should be perfect but if you are looking for something a little smaller checkout these little beauties Jannison Baradon or the pink baby in our range Moutard.

Check this sampler out if you really want to treat the one you love 🙂 Yummmmster !

Our London shop held a whisky sampling session on Tuesday which was very well attended and the ’92 Speyside certainly went down well. A dram of Speyside matched up with an Upmann Corona Junior was a perfect combination for a cold afternoon and of course it’s perfectly OK to enjoy sampling smokes and drinks in my shop.

Two more of our team (Lucy and Mirka) received the certificates having attended Hunters and Frankau’s Cigar School on Tuesday and three more of our team are on the next Cigar School next week. I’m aiming to have more Cigar Specialists than any other cigar merchant in the world! (After all I am a cigar megalomaniac!)

Next week I’m travelling up to my cigar stores in Liverpool, Chester, Glasgow and Edinburgh to do a little quality control sampling…. could be a tough week-not !

So Happy Valentines to Karyn and Mish and Laura and all of the C.Gars girls 🙂

Have a smokey weekend

Best

Mitchell

Yes its true our Directors favourites sampler is ridiculously good value 🙂

Check it out on this link

– Por Larranaga Magnificos UK regional 2007
– Punch Serie D’Oro No.1 UK regional 2008
– La Gloria Cuban Gloriosos UK regional 2008
– Juan Lopez Seleccion UK regional 2009
– El Rey del Mundo Choix de L’Epoque UK regional 2009
– Cohiba Gran Reserva 2009
– Bolivar Centenary Belicosos UK exclusive 2002
– Bolivar Centenary Royal Corona UK exclusive 2002

….all the best of the best English Market selection Havana cigars and the price includes VAT and delivery 🙂

Just back from my Robert Graham Ltd whisky and cigar shops in Scotland where we have finally opened our “tasting room” at our Canongate store. We sell a splendid range of chocolate ( even chocolate cigars ) and I managed to consume twice my bodyweight in hot chocolate shots over a 48 hour period.I never realised it at the time as I was intermittently sampling the Robert Graham range of single malt whiskies! I reckon our walk in humidors at the Rose street and Canongate branches must have the largest range of Havanas in Scotland and I always spot some unusual stuff there.

Searching round our London store yesterday I found some Upmann Magnum LE’s which I was sure had sold out some time ago. Had to smoke one for testing purposes but there are another 24 left if you hurry 🙂

Click here to order

Whisky and Cigars
by Robert Graham Ltd
4 Broadwell Parade
Broadhurst Gardens
London
NW6 3BQ
Tel: 0207 624 3351

My manageress Lucy would be delighted to welcome you 🙂

Colin Ganley from European Cigar Cult Journal popped into the shop for a quick smoke so I recommended the rather delish UK regional El Rey del Mundo Choix de L’Epoque which seemed to hit the spot. Colin’s kindly reviewing the Vegas Robaina range of cigars for us as well as the Robaina book and we hope to publish his review in the coming weeks.

Colin is also reviewing my book Once Upon a Time in Cuba which I understand he enjoyed browsing through whilst smoking a good Havana.

I popped into Mill Hill Wines last night and was really impressed by the range and the service and they have a great range of single Havanas too. Support your local Havana Cigar Specialist 🙂

Last call on Bolivar Centenary cigars,they have been selling like mad this week

Available Now – Rare Bolivar Centenary Cigars

Only 100 of these humidors were made for the UK market and released in 2002.
The humidors were numbered and contained
50 specially double banded Royal coronas and 50 specially double banded Belicosos Finos.

English Market Selection. Pristine condition.

Bolivar Centenary specially banded Royal Coronas (25 cigars)
Bolivar Centenary Special Sampler – 10 cigars
Bolivar Centenary Double Sampler – 4 cigars
Bolivar Centenary specially banded Royal Coronas
(25 cigars) £525.00
4 7/8″ length and 50 ring gauge
Click here for more details

Bolivar Centenary specially banded Royal Coronas £25.00
4 7/8″ length and 50 ring gauge
Click here for more details

Bolivar Centenary specially banded Belicosos Finos £26.00
5 1/2″ length and 52 ring gauge
Click here for more details

Bolivar Centenary Double Sampler – 4 cigars £99.00
2 each Royal Coronas and Belicosos Finos – total 4 cigars and free delivery
Click here for more details

Bolivar Centenary Special Sampler – 10 cigars £250.00
This sampler contains five each of the specially made cigars from the Bolivar Centenary Humidor.
Click here for more details

All prices include free shipping.

Have a smokey weekend

Peaceful puffing

Mitchell

Stop Press 🙂 just had the latest news of the exciting new Havana cigar releases expected this year from Hunters and Frankau 🙂

Expected March/April

All presented in boxes of 10

Cohiba Behike BHK 56 6 1/2″ length and 56 ring gauge

Cohiba Behike BHK 54 5 5/8″ length and 54 ring gauge

Cohiba Behike BHK 52 4 3/4″ length and 52 ring gauge

————————————————————————————————-
Expected May/June

Romeo Wide Churchill 5 1/4″ length and 55 ring gauge in boxes of 10 and 25 with 3 packs to follow later in the year

Romeo- Julieta 4 3/4″ length and 33 ring gauge

————————————————————————————————-
Expected June/July

2010 Limited editions

Montecristo Gran Edmundo boxes of 10 5 7/8″ length and 52 ring gauge

Partagas Serie D Especial -boxes of 10 5 1/2″ length and 50 ring gauge

Trinidad short robusto – boxes of 12 4″ length and 50 ring gauge

————————————————————————————————-
2010 UK regional editions

Expected August/September

La Flor De Cano Short robusto-cabinets of 25 ( a re-creation of the famous LFDC short churchill with shorter ring gauge) 4″ length and 50 ring gauge

Por Larranaga- Regalias de Londres- boxes of 25 5 1/2″ length and 50 ring gauge

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I’m looking forward to sampling the new Behike range and the new LE’s at the Festival in Havana at the end of this month 🙂 tough job…

Have a great week

Peaceful puffing

Mitchell

Happy Friday Folks and a very warm welcome to our new Customer Care Manager Jessica Taylor,you may well be hearing from Jess by email or phone in the coming weeks and if you have any suggestions or complaints she is going to want to know 🙂 You can email her at [email protected]

And another warm welcome to our new Operations Manager Chris Scullion. Based in our Edinburgh office Chris has a wealth of experience in the booze biz and we are now forcing him to try every cigar in our range all in the interests of education and training 🙂

I have selected some of my favourite smokes  for my latest sampler pack which really does represent the best of English Market Selection Havanas carefully stored and cared for in our walk in humidors. An unbeatable price for some of the finest Havanas you will ever try

Best of the best sampler
Por Larranaga Magnificos UK regional 2007
Punch Serie D’Oro No.1 UK regional 2008
La Gloria Cuban Gloriosos UK regional 2008
Juan Lopez Seleccion UK regional 2009
El Rey del Mundo Choix de L’Epoque UK regional 2009
Cohiba Gran Reserva 2009
Bolivar Centenary Belicosos UK exclusive 2002
Bolivar Centenary Royal Corona UK exclusive 2002
8 of the finest Havana cigars at a truly unbeatable price including shipping £179
( If you buy these in singles you would pay £232.72)
Only 50 sampler packs will be made available due to limited stock availability
Orders by email only, hurry to avoid disappointment [email protected]
 
I zoomed over to Hamburg on the Squeezy jet last Tuesday to do some rather tasty rum testing at La Casa del Habano Hamburg with my partner Christoph Wolters. I was knocked out by an incredible Diademas that Christoph gave me to try. This cigar was rolled 5 years ago at the Partagas factory and banded for Christoph (or Cristobal as he is affectionately known) The vitola was “Diademas” and it was a sublime smoking experience. TY CW.
 
It never ceases to amaze me how busy our cigar lounge is in Hamburg, literally packed every day with the nicest bunch of guys, talk about a regular nightly herf! If you get a chance to visit Hamburg, our LCDH is a must. Christoph is probably the most knowledgeable cigar merchant in the world and a delight to herf with ( as I’m sure his customers will agree!)
 
Checkout the new additions to the range that we enjoyed

Cuban rum – perfect with a Cuban cigar! Lowest prices in the UK guaranteed and free shipping in the UK as well ( just this weekend)

Ron Caney Oro – Cuban Rum 70cl 38% – £19.99
Ron Caney Oro is a premium golden rum made by blending rums aged
from three to five years — Oro is superb on its own, in cocktails and with mixers.
http://www.cgarsltd.co.uk/caney-cuban-70cl-p-8315.html

 
Ron Caney Anejo Centuria – Cuban Rum 70cl 38% £20.99
Ron Caney Anejo Centuria winner of the Havana taste trials,
is a blend of rums aged for up to seven years.
http://www.cgarsltd.co.uk/caney-anejo-centuria-cuban-70cl-p-8316.html
Santiago de Cuba 20 Years Old – Cuban Rum – 70cl 40% £69.99
One of the best rums anywhere and one of Fidel Castro’s favourites.
Blended from the oldest and best casks in the reserves,
all apparently a minimum of twenty years old.
http://www.cgarsltd.co.uk/santiago-cuba-years-cuban-70cl-p-8317.html

 
Try a few of these whilst you can, not for the novice as this is one sophisticated strong puppy think rustic old style full on Boli and you are getting the picture
 
Last few – Rare Bolivar Centenary Cigars
Only 100 of these humidors were made for the UK market and released in 2002.
The humidors were numbered and contained
50 specially double banded Royal coronas and 50 specially double banded Belicosos Finos.
English Market Selection. Pristine condition.

Bolivar Centenary specially banded Royal Coronas £25.00
4 7/8″ length and 50 ring gauge
http://www.cgarsltd.co.uk/bolivar-centenary-specially-banded-belicosos-finos-p-5043.html

Bolivar Centenary specially banded Belicosos Finos £26.00
5 1/2″ length and 52 ring gauge
http://www.cgarsltd.co.uk/bolivar-centenary-specially-banded-royal-coronas-p-5042.html

Bolivar Centenary Double Sampler – 4 cigars £99.00
2 each Royal Coronas and Belicosos Finos – total 4 cigars and free delivery
http://www.cgarsltd.co.uk/bolivar-centenary-double-sampler-cigars-p-8257.html

All prices include free shipping.
 
Treat yourself to some of  my limited edition Cigar Malt. When I say limited I really mean it as there are only 60 numbered bottles in presentation case.

Cask strength and non chill filtered this 1992 Speyside Distillery is simply splendid.

A must for whiskey and cigar aficionados.
Speyside Distillery 1992 CIGAR MALT 70cl 61.2%
http://www.whisky-cigars.co.uk/speyside-distillery-1992-cigar-malt-70cl-p-4617.html
 
Well that’s the another month more or less wrapped up and a fabulous start to the year with all of all of our outlets reporting record sales again 🙂 http://www.cgarsltd.co.uk/document.php?id=contact.htm&title=Contact+us Please don’t forget to “buy less but buy the best” EMS Havanas- it doesn’t get any better 🙂
 
Next week I’m visiting my splendid Robert Graham cigar and whisky stores in Glasgow and Edinburgh http://www.whisky-cigars.co.uk/ form a little product sampling and we are also hoping to unveil our new website design for C.Gars Ltd (always very exciting for us!)
 
Have a smokey weekend
 
Peaceful puffing
 
 
Mitchell