This blog comes to you from sunny Israel where I am herfing with friends and clients over the next couple of weeks and introducing them to the pleasures of our fabulous English Market Selection (EMS) UK exclusive regional edition Punch and La Gloria Cubana cigars. In fact I have smoked nothing else for the last few days!

Don Alejandro Robaina has just celebrated his 90th birthday and thanks to our friend and excellent photographer Eric Rigori you can see some fabulous photos (spot the famous personalities!) of his birthday on my blog 🙂 We all wish Don Alejandro many more happy birthdays.

If you are outside the EU and order any box of 25 English Market Selection Vegas Robaina cigars this month… we will send you an extra 5 free… just mention you saw the offer on SmokeyMo’s blog.

Wishing all our friends and clients a Happy Easter and a Chag Sameach/Happy Passover

Peaceful puffing

Mitchell

…and here is the news 🙂

The office was packed last night as we enjoyed our regular monthly “office herf”, friends of C.Gars Ltd travelled from far and wide to sample Por Larranaga Magnificos (2007 UK regional edition exclusive to the UK)

I thought this would be an appropriate smoke considering the release of the limited edition Por Larranaga Magnificos humidor next week http://www.cgarsltd.co.uk/larranaga-magnificos-humidor-p-6586.html

I can gladly report that we were not disappointed as these cigars are maturing perfectly into a fine and complex Havana.

The Por Larranaga is a mile to medium flavour and strength cigar so we paired it well with some 1989 vintage Bilecart Salmon Champagne http://www.cgarsltd.co.uk/billecart-salmon-cuvee-nicolas-francois-1989-p-5985.html

I’m off to La Casa del Habano – Hamburg tomorrow where Christoph and I will be doing a comparative tasting of the new H Upmann Magnum 46 from the beautiful jar that has just been made available http://www.cgarsltd.co.uk/upmann-magnum-porcelain-with-cigars-p-6439.html with magnum 46 from 2005/2000/1998 and 1995 ….could be a long day!

Peaceful puffing

Mitchell

Por Larranaga Magnificos Humidor

The one we have all been waiting for!!!!

-Limited edition exclusive to the UK Market
-English market Selection (EMS)
-Only 100 will ever be made
-Each humidor individually numbered
-50 Magnificos cigars in 5 drawer humidor
-The cigars are not a re-release,they are the original cigars made for the Uk exclusive cigar
-Release date 6th April 2009
-£1299
-Shipping at costs ( depending on destination)

http://www.cgarsltd.co.uk/larranaga-magnificos-humidor-p-6586.html

No further details or photographs are available at this time…..but as soon as they are…you’ll read it here first:-)

Have a great weekend

Peaceful puffing

Mitchell

C.Gars Ltd are proud to welcome Mercer Cigars of Mexico http://www.mercercigars.com into our extended family of cigar businesses.

Mitchell and Drew have been good friends for many years and both share a passion for Havanas that is evident in their product knowledge and customer service.It was only a matter of time till C.Gars and Mercer would go into partnership!

Located in beautiful Merida Mexico ,with a fully stocked humidor and bar as well as a splendid cigar lounge we are delighted to welcome C.Gars and Mercer customers whether instore or online and assure you service and quality second to none.

Mercer cigars specialize in shipping cigars to Mexico and Latin America and we will shortly be launching an all Spanish website.

The extended family of C.Gars Ltd now includes:

– La Casa del Habano in Hamburg Germany
– The Decent Cigar Emporium in Dublin,Ireland,
– Robert Graham Ltd in Edinburgh Scotland
– Global Whiskey in Glasgow Scotland
– Turmeaus Tobacconist shops in England
….and of course C.Gars Ltd on London and on the internet
Full contact details for all of our outlets can be found on this link http://www.cgarsltd.co.uk/document.php?id=contact.htm&title=Contact+us

We are now planning a flagship cigar store specialising in vintage Havanas in Mayfair in the heart of London in the near future.

Wherever you are located in the world…we have you covered!…and can supply all your cigars needs with friendly helpful service and knowledgeable staff

Peaceful puffing

Mitchell

Dip 2’s? first rate !

It’s been an interesting weekend as I decided to do a blind taste test between Friday and Sunday on the same 3 cigars and rate them.

The cigars were a Monte 2.Upmann 2 and Diplomaticos no.2

Michelle numbered 3 piramides 1,2 and 3 but I (obviously ) didn’t know which cigar was which.

All the cigars were 2007’s.

Happy to report that I managed to identify all three cigars correctly ( good start!) on all three days but was surprised to find that on all three days the highest rated cigar was the Diplomaticos no.2

Now,there was nothing wrong with the Upmann 2,in fact 2007’s are the best vintage I have found in this cigar but it was a bit”tart” in comparison to the other two and I generally enjoy a smoother smoke.The Monte 2 was a great smoke as well but lacked the depth/.complexity of the Dip 2.

So there you have it,after a lifetime of having the Monte 2 as my favourite piramides I can honestly say the Dip 2 for my palette at least was a better smoke.

Lasts weeks travels took me to on a tour around my whiskey and cigars shops in Scotland http://www.whisky-cigars.co.uk/ where I enjoyed smoking the new La Gloria Cubana Gloriosos with my partner Ron whilst enjoying a dram or two of our exclusive Robert Graham single malt range.

Our shops also received allocation of the limited edition H Upmann Magnum 46 jar ( 30 cigars) which can only be described as exquisite. Grab one while you can as there are only a tiny amount available.

I also visited my cigar stores in Liverpool and Chester which were busier than ever.In fact Turmeaus in Liverpool should go in for a competition “how many customers can you cram in a tiny cigar shop”! it was positively buzzing!

I only manage to get around to all our cigar stores every few months these days but love to rummage through the humidors to see what goodies I can find. I even managed to snag a few Ramon Belicosos on this trip…DEE LICIOUS !

Have a great week

Peaceful puffing

Mitchell