This year we are proud to sponsor the annual Falmouth herf which will be held on a fabulous riverboat, A rare chance to herf indoors in the lounge of the river boat, or indeed on deck if you wish to see the sunset over the river!

Saturday 8th August 6pm until around 10pm

Price £30 to include on board buffet etc

Location Falmouth up river to Truro then back to St Mawes, ashore and then return to Falmouth

Accommodation recommendations Falmouth Hotel, Greenbank Hotel, Green Lawns Hotel, Penmere Manor Hotel and many more available from me via e-mail [email protected]

http://www.enterprise-boats.co.uk/

http://www.falmouthhotel.com/index.php

http://www.bw-falmouthbeachhotel.co.uk/

http://www.greenbank-hotel.co.uk/

http://www.premierinn.com/pti/hotelInformation.do?hotelId=24001&iscsell=true

Peaceful puffing

Mitchell

I was a bit sceptical about the Monte Open range when they were first shown to us in Havana back in February at the Festival as I couldn’t quite see the point in them but I have to say I am warming to them as are many of my clients who want to try something just a little bit different. I am particularly fond of the Junior and whilst not my normal vitola,these little smokes are perfect when short of time. Give them a try http://www.cgarsltd.co.uk/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=montecristo+open

I was hoping to start listing some new and rather splendid antiques on the site this week but we seem to have run out of time. I have some fabulous new cabinets that are sure to be snapped up fast. Hopefully will get them on next week

Took the Squeezy Jet to Scotland yesterday to visit my Robert Graham Whisky and cigar shops in Glasgow and Edinburgh http://www.whisky-cigars.co.uk/ and was delighted with the expanded range of cigars and scotch that they carry. I think our Glasgow store is the only place in Glasgow you can find a decent range of Havanas and I am fairly certain that our Edinburgh store is the only cigar store in Edinburgh with a walk in humidor. Weather was great so my partner Ron and I enjoyed smoking (exclusive to the UK of course) with a spot of lunch at Miro’s Cantina Mexicana at 184 Rose Street,well worth a visit.

I’m off to my cigar stores up North next week and looking forward to having a smoke with some of our regular clients, fortunately it’s still legal to sample cigars in our cigars stores

Mish will be making available a new temperature controlled humidor at a killer price in the next day or two which are a welcome gap to our range. At last, you won’t have to worry about the temperature of your humidor in summer! (that assumes we will have a summer in the UK!)

Peaceful puffing and best from London

Mitchell

TGIF ! it’s been a long week as Michelle has been on vacation and I returned to day shifts managing the business which was quite a shock to me as I am used to working late shifts! My thanks to Cubita coffee and the fabulous UK regional exclusive Punch Serie D’Oro no.1 for helping me through the week 🙂 Michelle is back on Monday. I think we’ll throw an office herf to celebrate 🙂

We finally had the new Montecristo Open range released by Hunters and Frankau in the UK market on Tuesday and have been staggered by the success of this new cigar. Light and fresh flavours that are a perfect entry level Havana cigar for the novice.

Royal Mail decided to hold a strike on Tuesday and Wednesday in our area probably to see if their service could actually get any worse. We managed to switch to courier delivery for 90% of your orders so hopefully none of our customers experienced too much delay.

On Tuesday we had our Annual General Meeting at the lovely Browns Hotel in Mayfair and our Finance director Martin Hughes was delighted to announce that we had our best year ever. So, thanks to all our clients as well as my sales team. Looks like this year will exceed expectations if the last few months are anything to go by

Is there really a recession going on? I know I read about it in the papers but the centre of London seems to be busier than I can ever remember with crowded shops and restaurants day and night. Seems that people (well my clients at least) are enjoying their cigars and scotch more than ever. Robert Graham Ltd, my whiskey business in Scotland tell me they are busier than ever and what’s the best selling line? our own exclusive single malt of course ! Perfect with a fine Havana.

I’ll be zooming off to Scotland next Wednesday for a long lunch with my partner Ron Morrison as we are planning our next exclusive Robert Graham cask release. If you are in Glasgow or Edinburgh,pop in and have a wee dram with me.

La Casa del Habano- Hamburg expects to have the new German regional fairly soon and they sound very promising checkout Christophs blog on our website

As we say in the cartoons….that’s all folks!

Have a smokey weekend

Peaceful puffing

Mitchell

We were delighted to have Armando Risoto Perez rolling fresh Havanas in our London offices over the last 3 days. Our thanks to Hunters and Frankau for their kind assistance as ever

Armando has rolled some fabulous mas fuerte robustos whilst we played his Cuban CD’s which were …better than ours 🙂

We had a constant stream of customers and friends visiting the office to sample Armando’s cigars paired up with some refreshing rose Champagne, a perfect combination 🙂

We even had my tailor here measuring up friends for new suits and jackets so they can look as smart as me ! Felt like a private gentleman’s club!

Mike Mirecki from CubaWelcome travel agents was also herfing with us and we discussed our latest project which is a photo book of Cuba/Fidel/Che etc etc due out later this year. Very exciting indeed. Only 500 coffee table style books will ever be made. Email me if you would like to reserve. [email protected]

I finally managed to say adios to the last visitor at 8 in the evening and luckily Mishie drove me home ( I was perhaps a tad over the top!) and thought it better not to attempt to drive the C7GAR car home !

You can try our mas fuerte robusto custom blends for £15 per cigar when you purchase any other Havana cigars, simply mention that you want custom blends on the comments section of the order form

Apologies to clients who experienced problems on our website over the last 24 hours. C.Gars Ltd have grown so much over the last year that we outgrew our server and had to move over to a far more powerful dedicated server which should be fully operational in the next 24 hours making ordering much faster and easier than ever online.

Michelle is now on vacation for 10 days so I’m back to working full time. Eek!…early mornings/bit of a shock to the system but a good Bolivar Belicoso and some Cubita coffee helped me wake up fast. Fortunately The London team (Lucy/Eli/Marci and Mirka) do most of the hard work round here…. well done Girls 🙂

We bought up a load of cigars from the CAO importer in the UK and they are incredible value at half the previous price available in singles, samplers and boxes. Check them out on this link

Got to go…the phones ringing again!

Best wishes from hot hot hot London:-)

Mitchell

I’m delighted to welcome Armando to our London office this week where he is rolling some delicious robustos for me and …for you 🙂 email for details [email protected]

Armando Risoto Perez is a 34 year old cigar roller from the Partagas factory in Havana. He has been working there for a total of 9 years, working his way up through the grades to become a top Torcedor, grade 9, which allows him to construct the most complex of sizes and shapes.

He thoroughly enjoys his work and is happiest when rolling. He is currently in charge of rolling the Salamones shape, yet with this shape being incredibly hard to make he can still construct over 50 a day.

He smokes cigars occasionally, preferring the larger sizes. His favourite at the moment is either a Churchill or a Prominente.

If you would like to see Armando rolling and smoke a fresh Havana, we welcome clients by appointment

Peaceful puffing

Mitchell