Our man in Havana

I’d like to say that this report comes from sunny Havana but so far although its warm, its cloudy and raining! I’m in Havana of course for the 15th Partagas Festival with the gala dinner being held at the Habana Libre (the Havana Hilton for fans of Godfather 2 !) Some beautiful double banded cigars of various vitolas have been made for the Festival week and I’m looking forward to the auction of humidors at the gala dinner.

 

The Cohiba book is rumoured to be released to the LCDH shops in Havana tomorrow. I popped in to Villa Nueva for some great coffee and a Reynaldo custom blend monster sized 60 ring gauge cigar which was ….splendid. Smoked La China Ideales at Partagas LCDH with some great Cuban rum…it doesn’t get much better šŸ™‚

Visited Eduardo Diaz Gonzales,the production manager at El Laguito ( look out for MEL codes this month!) and had a fabulous tour round the Cohiba factory which was churning out around 12000 sticks a day including plenty of Siglo VI and Siglo I today.Delighted to see that every single cigar is draw tested and quality controlled.


I’m off to the Zorra jazz club this evening where I hear a great band is playing, meeting up with friends from Canada and the UK Photos to follow šŸ™‚

 

Hasta Luego


Mitchell

UK exclusive regional LGC Wow!!! Boisdale Belgravia!

Just back from dinner at Boisdale Belgravia with friends where I had my first opportunity of smoking the new La Gloria Cubana – Gloriosos 6 1/8″ length and 50 ring gauge and all I can say is Wow !

 

Belgravia Restaurant

 

What a fabulous smoke, sweet flavour, perfect construction, complex and all wrapped up in a beautiful colorado maduro wrapper.

 

Presented in boxes of 10 each cigar is double banded and exclusive to the UK market only as this is one of the 2008 regional editions.

 

I expect to have them for sale in the next few days, drop me a line if you would like to reserve as they won’t be available for long! [email protected]

 

Peaceful puffing

 

 

Mitchell

Guy Fawkes

Good grief! never mind Guy Fawkes night it  sounds like I am in a war zone tonight and for the last week.I don’t think I have ever heard so many fireworks going off…and its raining!

 

Sadly I can’t go out in the rain this evening as my cigar may be extinguished so I’m kicking back with my favourite Partagas P2, now available in tubes

 

Partagas Serie P No. 2 Tubed

 

 

http://www.cgarsltd.co.uk/partagas-serie-p-536.html ( how cool…a piramides in a tube!)

 

and my current favourite Scotch

 

Allt A Bhainne 15 year old whisky

 


 

Our Christmas range is just about complete on all our websites and I reckon there is just about something for everyone.This is my favourite new addition to our range http://www.cgarsltd.co.uk/montecristo-seleccion-case-p-5469.html sheer class and lots of wow factor.

 

I zoomed up to my Glasgow and Edinburgh shops last week and their hamper gift range are now ready to roll http://www.globalwhiskyshop.com/christmas-gifts-gift-hampers-c-360_398.html ready made up hampers as well as custom made samplers…very impressive.

 

I’ll be in my Chester and Liverpool shops this Tuesday to see if I can find some nice mature cigars at the back of the humidors:-) There’s usually something I have forgot about lurking there just waiting to be discovered:-)

 

The following week I’ll be on my way to Havana for the Partagas Festival that I love to attend every year,staying at the Nacional and looking forward to seeing lots of my Havana herfing buddies…oh and I hear the weather is hot and sunny,just what I need:-)

 

Have a great weekend

 

Peaceful puffing

 

 

Mitchell