Fish & Chips In Style – Nassauer Hof Wiesbaden

21 May

It was a public holiday yesterday here in Germany, the weather is continously lousy and we needed some cheering up. So we, a small group of friends, met for cigars, conversation and excellent drinks at the superbly cozy cigar lounge of the Wiesbaden Nassauer Hof hotel. Andreas gave the award-winning barman Mr Hahner a free Read more…

A Long Spanish Lunch by the Rhine River

19 May

  Nothing like a lazy Sunday afternoon out in the German countryside.  Long, leisurely lunch of top dry-cured top northern Spanish beef, a plate of small seafood filled Txipirones ( young squids ) with delicious black rice to start with, all washed down with a first class red wine from one of Spain’s most famous Read more…

ANS – The Cigar Box

19 May

  Last Friday’s cigar meeting had nothing to do with a cigar box. But it will be remembered as the pharmacy cigar meeting where Andreas decided to start having a cigar box handy. Big applause and carry on as usual. It was one of those Friday cigar meetings where people come from all over the Read more…

Father’s Day – Cigars & Steaks

10 May

  A nice event in a nice old farm-house near us yesterday where we spent a few hours enjoying best steaks from Uruguay and good cigars with friends. All very unhurried and stylish. The Cain Daytona F was certainly a very decent NC. Other than that we did what we do best – relax and Read more…

Friday Whiskey – Saturday Hangover

4 May

 It all started quite harmless & spontaneous, just a dinner with friends. Andreas & Big Hans. Men’s quiet night out. Shouldn’t be. I made the mistake of taking two bottles of Whiskey along thinking of having the usual Whiskey “Monday” cigar evening with the guys – it was a bottle too much, I guess. But Read more…

Mayday Wine

2 May

  Not a great sunny first of May holiday for a wine tasting, we are still waiting for great sunny days here, few and far between so far. A very informal light lunch menu prepared by Herve inside a local winery, Weingut Hoch in Wallertheim, around the corner from us, and a tasting of their, Read more…

Sun, Steaks, And Avo Legacy

26 Apr

  A fantastic sunny day, great weather, finally hot sun, a hint of summer, an open air Alsatian restaurant in a small hamlet next to the village, friends and a box of good cigars – what more can you ask for ? Stefan, one of the friends smoking at the pharmacy, is a fan of Read more…