30 Jun
I am back from a great and very productive trip to Havana and Cuba. Here is a new cigar that has not been released officially yet and that I found by chance walking around the floor of a Havana factory during one of my visits. Beautiful wrappers and presentation. Look forward to smoke it next Read more…
9 May
Now that these boxes are safely in the hands of MRN for the preservation of cigar history, here is the “back story” of their acquisition. Two ultra rare boxes of Cohiba Lanceros presented by the Cuban government to foreign personalities in the 1970’s surfaced earlier this year. Before leaving for Cuba in February, literally hours Read more…
5 May
Part Three and Final The fifth day was a very relaxed one. It started with a leisure breakfast and was followed by a long and relaxing pool time. We were picked up in the afternoon by MRN’s driver and had a late lunch in his home accompanied by a Magnum of 1996 Dom Ruinart Blanc Read more…
3 May
Part Two The third day in Hong Kong started with Frank giving me a wake up call when I could have slept on for another few hours. But we had arranged for mutual wake up calls so as to enjoy the most out of the day and we met by the pool for a light Read more…
1 May
Part One What started as the “European Cigar Tour” in early April travelling to Leipzig, Lommel, Amsterdam and Antwerp with my buddy Frank, became an Asian cigar tour as we travelled to Hong Kong for a full week to visit my ( and now our ) friend Min Ron Nee. Having taken Frank along a Read more…
13 Apr
Review and pictures courtesy of my friend Michel v. W. Recently in Amsterdam a surprise cigar was handed to me with the request to smoke it and to provide my opinion : a 1984 Cohiba Lancero Diplomatico. Courtesy of Min Ron Nee via my very dear friend Nino Muñoz – a big thank you to Read more…
11 Apr
Nothing like blue skies and warm temperatures to travel around Europe and enjoy the best the old Continent has to offer. Early April, during Easter, I decided to travel up to eastern Germany and visit some family residing near Dresden. Nothing better to do on a quiet Easter Saturday than visit Leipzig which has undergone Read more…
